PhD Supervision in Economics
The Economics Department has a strong track record of PhD supervison in applied economics. In the Research Assessment Exercise results of 2008, 100% of Economics research, was judged to be of international quality. The Department's Postgraduate Research Convenor is Professor Ioannis Theodossiou. We can offer supervision in the following areas:
labour and macro economics
- Professor Tim Barmby- personnel economics, labour supply
- Dr Harminder Battu-economics of education, employment contracts, regional inequality
- Professor Keith Bender - labour economics
- Dr Heather Dickey- labour economics
- Dr W. David McCausland- macroeconomics, labour economics
- Professor Euan Phimister- economics of spatial labour markets
- Dr John Skåtun- labour economics, labour market contracting, trades unions
- Professor Ioannis Theodossiou - wage determination, unemployment, macroeconomics
energy and environmental economics
- Dr Ben Davies- environment-agriculture interactions; environmental policy design; environmental management
- Dr Sola Kasim- energy and climate change adaptation and mitigation economics.
- Professor Alex Kemp- north sea economics, international petroleum economics
- Professor Euan Phimister - agricultural and energy economics
the economics of health and wellbeing
- Dr Yu Aoke - health economics
- Dr Ramses Hani Abul Naga- public economics, health economics, microeconometrics and the measurement of inequality and wellbeing
- Dr W. David McCausland- economics of health and wellbeing
- Mr David Newlands- health economics
- Professor Ioannis Theodossiou - economics of health and wellbeing
experimental economics
- Dr Jeurgen Bracht- experimental game theory
- Professor Miguel Costa-Gomes- experimental game theory
- Dr Andrea Patacconi-
- Professor Joe Swierzbinski - experimental economics
Economics has 1+3 (+CASE) ESRC recognition for doctoral research through collaboration with the Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics (SGPE). Additionally, the SGPE offers a one year MSc in Economics, through which students develop the state-of-the-art analytical and quantitative techniques required to undertake research for a PhD.
More details from the postgraduate prospectus
The University of Aberdeen is a member institution of the ESRC Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Doctoral Training Centre (DTC). 1+3 and +3 doctoral studentships are available in Economics, Business and Management, Accountancy and Finance and Real Estate under the Scottish ESRC DTC: Research Council Awards - ESRC. Other sources of funding may also be available: Graduate School Funding Database.
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