A new CEPR working paper by Professor Miguel Leon-Ledesma, collaborating with Adina Ardelean, and Laura Puzzello, studies how the structure of international trade affects macroeconomic … Read more
May News RoundUp
Belated graduations, REF21 results and our academics recognised for their outstanding teaching; May brought multiple celebrations! Read all about it in our Monthly RoundUp. Economics … Read more
Celebrating the Class of 2021, finally
These were the students who were most impacted by the Covid pandemic, so it was extremely joyful to catch up with them before their belated … Read more
Brexit, a trade (and not only) war against itself
Economics and Data Student Salvatore Ingenito looks at some of the effects of Brexit has had on the UK’s terms of trade, inflation and internal … Read more
Going Above and Beyond!
We were so proud to see so many of our staff recognised by students at Kent Union’s Above and Beyond event this month. The Above … Read more
Economics see huge improvement in REF 2021
The School of Economics rated 88% and 87% for our ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ research environment and publications in the latest REF, reflecting the … Read more
April News RoundUp
Engaging, Speculating, Researching, Winning. Celebrating a Successful Spring in our monthly RoundUp. The Musk Effect Student Kheireddine Adeyemi is working on his Stage 3 dissertation … Read more
The Musk effect
Stage 3 student Kheireddine Adeyemi is working on his dissertation -how Elon Musk’s Twitter activity effects financial markets. With Musk’s recent bid to acquire Twitter, … Read more
How does interoperability in mobile financial services affect financial inclusion of low-income urban women in a developing country?
Dr Zaki Wahhaj and Maliha Rahanaz have obtained funding from the FIT IN initiative to explore the effects of seamless digital transactions on mobile devices … Read more
The Annual Stock Pitch Challenge
“It is a must-have skill for people interested in hedge funds or asset management firms.” Wednesday, March 23rd saw the first round of stock pitches … Read more









