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Qualifications

MSc Social Research Methods, The Open University
BSc (Econ), London School of Economics
Diploma in Financial Planning

Professional affiliations

Society of Authors

Also a personal finance practitioner, working with a variety of independent, consumer-facing organisations and financial services providers, including the Money Advice Service, Which? and Royal London, carrying out consultancy, commissioned research, authoring financial capability materials and creating interactive financial capability tools. Past head of Money Research Group at Consumers' Association/Which? and past editor of research journal, Consumer Policy Review (Blackwell's/Consumers' Association).

Course development and teaching

Qualification Director for the Foundation Degree in Financial Services (X10) and Diploma of Higher Education in Financial Services (W10).

Member of the module team producing the new level 2 economics module Running the economy (DD209). Past Module Team Chair of the Personal investment in an uncertain world (DB234) and past member of the You and your money: personal finance in context (DB123) course team. Tutor on DB123.

Research interests

Systems of pension provision; theorising and evaluating financial capability; causes of and remedies for consumer detriment in retail financial markets; consumer interface with the tax system; and retail financial regulation in the UK. Jointly responsible for the Financial Institutions and Economic Security (FIES) project strand in the IKD Research Centre.

Recent publications

A selection of my research publications can be viewed at The Open University's Open Research Online.

Books

Lowe, J., 2011, Giving and inheriting: tax-efficient ways to pass on money, London: Which? Books.

Lowe, J., 2010, Pensions Explained, London: Which? Books.

Lowe, J. and Williams, S., 2010, The FT Guide to Personal Tax, Harlow: Pearson Education.

Lowe, J. 2010, Be Your Own Financial Adviser, Harlow: Pearson Education.

Lowe, J. 2009, Personal Finance Handbook London: Child Poverty Action Group/ Services Against Financial Exclusion.

Lowe, J., 2009, Finance Your Retirement, London: Which? Books.

Lowe, J., 2008, Save and Invest, London: Which? Books.

As a contributor

Lowe, J., 2012, 'Pensions' in Callaghan, G., Fribbance, I. and Higginson, M. (eds), 2012 Personal Finance, Chichester: John Wyley/Open University.

Rutterford, J. and Lowe, J., 2012, 'Savings and investments' in Callaghan, G., Fribbance, I. and Higginson, M. (eds), 2012 Personal Finance, Chichester: John Wyley/Open University.

Lowe, J., 2012, 'Where to go for advice' in Tolley's Finance and Law for the Elderly Client, LexisNexis Butterworth.

Lowe, J., 2012, 'Equity release' in Tolley's Finance and Law for the Elderly Client, LexisNexis Butterworth.

Lowe, J., 2010, 'Investment choices' in Mazzucato, M., Lowe, J., Shipman, A. and Trigg, A., 2010, Personal Investment, Palgrave Macmillan/The Open University.

A repository of research publications and other research outputs can be viewed at The Open University's Open Research Online.

Last updated: 30 November 2012