Research and impact
Our research is pluralistic, interdisciplinary and policy-relevant. We address directly key societal challenges and promote a wide range of perspectives both in theory and in method. We demonstrate a high capability for interdisciplinary research, as well as disciplinary research.
Our research is organised around four broad themes. These are diverse and cross-cutting:
- Incorporating multiple perspectives in economics and reflecting the distinctive pluralistic tradition of the Department
- Operating at multiple scales: cities, regions, nations and the globe
- Using multiple methods: qualitative (semi-structured interviews; ethnographic methods), quantitative (applied econometrics; survey methods) and mixed (realist)
- Engaging multiple disciplines both in the social sciences and STEM
- Recognising the importance of institutions, history, and political economy as well as individuals
- Conducting impactful research that can positively inform policy and practice in line with the Faculty’s mission to make a positive difference in society
Research themes
Labour, Wellbeing and Behavioural Economics
Behavioural economics and policy; subjective wellbeing; health; labour supply; personnel economics; job quality; gender; poverty; education; social norms; causal inference; distributional analysis
Macro-Finance
Macroeconomics, monetary economics, open-economy macroeconomics and international finance; financialisation; central banking; currency hierarchies; inequality; financial instability; structural change
Development, Trade, and the Environment
Macro-development (emerging markets, capital flows, financial risks, real exchange rate policies); micro-development (gender, poverty, inequality, human development, mobility); international trade (globalisation, international firm, global value chain analysis); environment (energy economics, ecological economics); regional economics (regional development, regional disparity, city dynamics)
Pedagogy and Research led Teaching
Curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment in economics education, student recruitment and transition.