1. Leeds University Business School
  2. Departments
  3. Economics
  4. Research and impact

Research and impact

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Our research is policy-relevant, realistic and pluralistic. We address real-world challenges through our research and promote a wide-range of perspectives. We demonstrate a high capability for interdisciplinary research, as well as disciplinary research. This means that our research on any one theme is diverse:

  • Taking multiple perspectives in economics: distinctive pluralistic breadth of the Department
  • Operating at multiple scales (cities, regions, nations, international)
  • Using multiple methods: qualitative (semi-structured interviews; ethnographic methods), quantitative (applied econometrics; survey methods) and mixed (realist)
  • Engaging multiple disciplines eg economics, environment and engineering approaches (to innovation, industrial strategy); sociology; geography; international business; history
  • Recognising importance of institutions, history, and political economy as well as individuals
  • Addressing pedagogy and research-led teaching

Research themes

Labour, Wellbeing and Behavioural Economics

Behavioural economics, wellbeing and health, labour and personnel economics, gender and family economics.

Macro-Finance

Macroeconomics, monetary economics, open-economy macroeconomics and international finance, international economics.

Development, Trade, and the Environment

Development economics, distributional analysis, trade and global value chains, ecological and environmental economics, regional and urban economics, industrial and innovation economics. 

Pedagogy and Research led Teaching

Curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment in economics education, student recruitment and transition.

Grants

We have a portfolio of more around £20M in recent and current grants for which our members are PI or Co-I, from diverse funders including ESRC, EU, EPSRC, NERC, ISCF, GCRF, BBSRC, national and local Government, and stakeholders of many kinds.

Impact

Our excellence and real-world ethos commit us to seek impact of all kinds, across all levels and scales. See here for more information on our research impact.