Contact Details

Telephone

work +44 (0)1224 273690

Email

c.montagna@abdn.ac.uk

Address

The University of Aberdeen EW S28

Biography

Catia joined the University of Aberdeen in June 2013 as Professor of Economics. She was awarded the Jaffrey Chair of Political Economy in 2018. She previously held appointments at the University of Glasgow and at the University of Dundee where she held a Personal Chair in Economics. 

External Affiliations

• External Research Fellow, Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, University of Nottingham
• Associated Researcher, The Tuborg Research Centre for Globalisation and Firms, University of Aarhus
• Network Member InsTED - Institutions, Trade and Economic Development

Research Interests

• Firms in the Global Economy
• Labour Markets, Trade and FDI
• Globalisation and the Welfare State
• Globalisation, Economic Insecurity and Wellbeing

Research Grants

Current Research Grants

• 2015-2018: "Globalisation, Labour Markets and the Welfare State", NORFACE Welfare State Futures (€ 807,446) - Project PI, with Holger Görg (IFW-Kiel) and Fredrik Sjöholm (Lund University).
• 2014 -: "Management practices, firms’ performance and internationalisation", Pool Engagement in European Research - PEER, Scottish Government, PI: £8,000.
• 2014 -: “Skill Mismatches and Competitiveness: Workers, Firms and Industries”, ESRC/Scottish Government +3 Collaborative Scholarship – student Pietropaolo Vanin (First supervisor, with Keith Bender).
• 2012-16:  “Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe” (http://www.foreurope.eu/), (with H. Molana and Y-F Chen from the University of Dundee) –  EU Cooperation Programme / Theme 8 / Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (Call ID “FP7-SSH-2011-1”), total bid value € 8.5 million involving 33 institutions from 12 European Countries).
• 2010 -: "The Effects of Economic Insecurity on Health and Wellbeing", ESRC 1+3 Studentship Competition – student Daniel Kopasker.
  

Teaching Responsibilities

Undergraduate Courses

• International Economics (EC3024, Course Coordinator)
• Industrial Economics (EC3522)

Postgraduate Courses

• Business Strategy (BU5558, Coordinator)
• International Trade (Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics MSc)

External Responsibilities

• Joint Managing Editor, Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Admin Responsibilities

• School Director of Research

• Director of Research for Economics

Policy Papers

• "Compensating the Losers of Globalisation", with Z. Asatryan, S. Braun, W. Lechthaler, Holger Görg, Friedrich Heinemann, Hassan Molana, European Policy Brief No. 4, August 2014.

• "Compensating the Losers of Free Trade", with Z. Asatryan, S. Braun, W. Lechthaler, M. Mileva, WWWfor Europe Working Paper no 63, June 2014.

• "Globalisation and the Future of the Welfare State", with Y-F Chen, Holger Görg, Dennis Görlich, Hassan Molana, and Yama Temouri, IZA Policy Paper No. 81, March 2014.

Publications 

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