Economics and Finance
Economics and Finance
We are a vibrant and enthusiastic Department with 29 academic members of staff and have a distinctive focus on integrating Economics and Finance. This is reflected in our undergraduate degree programmes, our taught postgraduate courses, which include four MSc programmes, an MRes course and New Route PhD programs. We also offer a PhD by research.
The teaching in our programmes is directly informed by our staff’s internationally acclaimed research in financial markets and institutions, macro- and microeconomics, development, financial accounting, corporate governance and econometrics. In addition, many of our staff advise governmental and intergovernmental organisations on economic policy and bring this real world experience to their teaching.
Our research is focused in our four research centres: Economic Development and Institutions, Empirical Finance, Accountancy and Corporate Governance and Macroeconomics. Within each group we have built a broad base of skills that allow us to respond to the ever-changing research environment. Each group encourages and supports individual researchers, from those just starting out as PhD students to those who have reached the highest levels of acheivement. The groups provide support for research activities and funding proposals and provide opportunities for discussion of research ideas and the dissemination of findings.
