Specialising in the economic analysis of commercial and residential real estate markets using qualitative and econometric methods.
The real estate group is part of the Business School and runs the Centre for Real Estate Research (CRER). Members of the group have attracted funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the EU, and a range of commercial and professional sponsors including the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Investment Property Forum (IPF). The group has industry links and publishes for instance the quarterly Aberdeen Housing Market Report.
The members of the real estate group conduct also research and research supervision with members of other groups within and outwith the Business School, for instance on the performance of investment funds and aspects of capital investments of universities (with members of the finance group of the Business School) and on GP business and location choices (with members of the health economics group of the Medical School).
Real Estate research is integrated across five distinct research themes in our Business School. These themes are carried through into our Research Centres and current research projects. Find out more about our staff research interests on our departmental pages.
Our research on Work, Health and Wellbeing examines some of the most important public policy challenges of the 21st century.
Supervisors: Dr John Skåtun (Theme Leader), Dr Harminder Battu, Professor Keith Bender, Dr Heather Dickey, Professor W David McCausland, Professor Catia Montagna, Professor Euan Phimister, Professor Ioannis Theodossiou, Dr Alex Zangelidis, Dr Yu Aoki
Work, Health and WellbeingAdvancing academic understanding of, and contribute to policy debates on, the major contemporary societal challenges in energy and the environment in the UK and worldwide
Supervisors: Professor Euan Phimister (Theme Leader), Professor Catia Montagna, Professor Alex Kemp, Dr Takahiko Kiso, Dr Agathe Rouaix, Dr Nikolaos Vlassis, Dr Mauro Papi, Professor Joe Swierzbinski, Dr Nan Liu, Dr Rainer Schulz, Dr Martin Wersing, Dr Jing Cai
Energy and EnvironmentOur research focuses on theoretical and empirical research on risk and asset pricing.
Supervisors: Professor Joe Swierzbinski (Co-theme Leader) and Mr Mark Whittington (Co-theme Leader), Dr Ercan Balaban, Dr Laura McCann, Dr Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Dr William Finlay, Professor Martin Hoesli, Professor Hans K Hvide.
Finance, Organisation and GovernanceThe theme explores implications for methodological, theoretical, and empirical research as well as impacts for policy and practice.
Supervisors: Dr Karolina Kazimierczac (Co-theme Leader), Professor Catia Montagna, Professor Joe Swierzbinski
Theory and MethodsInternationally-recognised research on real estate markets and regional and rural development issues, with findings influencing academic, policy and professional debates in the UK and worldwide.
Supervisors: Professor Norman Hutchison (Theme Leader), Dr Nan Liu, Professor Bryan MacGregor, Dr Rainer Schulz, Dr Martin Wersing
Property Market AnalysisAll applicants for the research degree programmes must have at least an upper-second Honours degree in real estate, economics, finance, business management, spatial planning or a related subject. If English is not your first language you must also show evidence of attaining standards in English. Details of English language criteria
All applicants for the research degree programmes must have prior training in research methods, in particular if the research requires quantitative analysis.
Applicants must provide a detailed research proposal with their application and should include two academic references from their most recent academic institution.
Details of our current staff and their research interests
International Applicants
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Graduates of the research programmes have been successful in establishing careers in a wide range of industries and sectors and can be found in many leading national and international industrial and financial organisations as well as universities.
Many of our overseas students return to senior positions in their own country.
