April: the spring term ended, the exam season started, the sun shone, the snow fell, we could get a haircut again or sit outside freezing … Read more
Category: Postgraduate
Have Social Distancing Measures Led to an Increase in Inequality in Latin America and The Carribean?
PhD candidate from the School of Economics Werner Pena has had a paper entitled ‘The Distributional Consequences of Social Distancing on Poverty and Labour Income … Read more
Life after Winning the Lottery
The first paper of PhD candidate, Guillermo Cabanillas-Jiménez’s thesis has researched the effect of the Spanish Christmas Lottery, El-Gordo – a very popular event in … Read more
How Effective was Eat Out to Help Out?
Yannis Galanakis has won the Summer Vacation Research Competition (SVRC). His project examines the economic impact of the “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme. Now … Read more
Finalist Event: Thinking of doing a Master’s in Economics?
As you approach the end of your undergraduate studies, many of you may be wondering about a Master’s degree, what you would get out of … Read more
February News Roundup
In a month where the government gave us hope of a return to “normality,” here is a summary of what has been going on in … Read more
Toluwalope Shomoye: Opening New Doors with an MSc in Financial Economics.
Toluwalope Shomoye had been working in the financial industry for several years before reassessing his career and returning to us for his master’s degree. “In … Read more
The Kent-Sussex Micro Seminars are back for 2021!
The PhD virtual ‘Micro-Seminars’ series co-organized by the University of Sussex and the Development Economics Research Centre at the University of Kent, has returned for … Read more
Economics Winter News Roundup
These last two months have seen us head back into a national lockdown, but it hasn’t stopped our staff and students! Here is a summary … Read more
8-Week Mindfulness Course for Economists
“Mindfulness is a journey of beingness undertaken by all our breathing, feeling, loving selves – we always have this moment.” Joshua Stevens, UKC Mindfulness Society … Read more