Econometrics group members
View the membership of the Econometrics research group.
Our research activity is spread across five research groups.
View the membership of the Econometrics research group.
View the membership of the Economic Theory research group.
View the membership of the Labour, Education and Health Economics research group.
View the membership of the Macroeconomics and Finance research group.
View the membership of the Public and Environmental Economics research group.
Our research has furthered our understanding of various key economic issues, such as pensions, the minimum wage, economic cycles, financial markets, sustainability and policies to tackle obesity.
The UK has made dramatic progress in increasing its recycling levels, rising to just over 40% now, but we still have to reach 50% by 2020.
In a poll of political experts by the Institute of Government, the minimum wage was voted the most successful UK government policy of the past 30 years.
In light of the financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent spending cuts, many large projects are being increasingly scrutinised for their cost effectiveness.
The recent financial crisis has cast doubt on existing economic models used by the Central Bank.
Around 19 million people in the UK are expected to be over the normal retirement age by 2050.
We have a regular series of seminars that takes place in our department.
See the schedule of online seminars taking place in the Department of Economics. All our seminars are free to attend.
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
Showing our commitment to the quality of our work, our research was rated excellent by Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.
Our department has a strong research culture, with many of our papers published in leading journals. We carry out interdisciplinary research that has a widespread impact on society, including contributions to large scale international projects.
Contact us to find out more about our research.