Rob Fraser, Professor of Agricultural Economics, has been appointed to a new national taskforce of experts looking at tree health and biosecurity. Rob is one … Read more
Category: Research
Talk by Simon Hall, Bank of England
Wednesday 17 October 2012 Bank of England head of macroprudential strategy, Simon Hall, is to give a talk in the School on Wednesday on “The … Read more
New lectureship post
The School of Economics is inviting applications for a Lectureship in Economics. We are seeking a colleague who is capable of publishing research of international … Read more
School expert appointed to Defra’s Economic Advisory Panel
Professor Rob Fraser of the School of Economics has been appointed to sit on the newly formed Economic Advisory Panel to the Department for Environment, … Read more
Prof Tony Thirlwall invited to give Luigi Einaudi Lecture
Tony Thirlwall, the School’s Professor of Applied Economics, has been invited to give the prestigious Luigi Einaudi Lecture at the meeting of the Italian Economic … Read more
Euro project ‘is at crossroads’
Professor Miguel León-Ledesma, the School’s European economics expert, comments on the prospects for the single currency. He said: ‘The euro project is at a crossroads … Read more
International Macroeconomics Workshop
An International Macroeconomics workshop, titled ‘Capital Flows, Real Exchange Rates and Growth in the Global Economy: A New Context for Macroeconomic Policies’, will take place … Read more
On the Wider Economic Impacts of Transport Projects
Professor Roger Vickerman delivered a keynote lecture to the University of Hong Kong’s influential Institute of Transport Studies on 25 April. His lecture, titled ‘On … Read more
Three decades of thinking development
Professor Tony Thirlwall gave a keynote address at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva in February, to celebrate the 30th … Read more
The impact of quantitative easing
The Bank for International Settlements’ Quarterly Review featured two articles by one of the School’s PhD students, Jack Meaning, that dealt with unconventional monetary policies. … Read more