Department News

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360 Guest Lecture - Vinay Gupta Lecture

On Monday 29 January 2018, Virtual Futures in partnership with Vinay Gupta, the co-founder of Mattereum delivered a talk, as part of the 360 Lecture Series, on the topic of blockchain and cryptocurrency, giving an insight into its history and the future. The topic proved to be popular attracting an audience of over 450 students and staff.

Commenting after the lecture, Vinay stated "I really enjoyed speaking to the students and staff of the economics and other departments, about the blockchain, history, and our future in space. I did not expect so many people to attend, and the conversations after the event were fascinating and stimulating. A really good event, thanks everybody!"

The video is currently being edited and will be live on the Department's Youtube channel.

PG Winter Graduation

The Department of Economics hosted its PG Winter Graduation on Friday 19 January 2018, celebrating the success and achievements of those who graduated from the MSc programmes. After receiving their certificates, students and their families along with our members of staff from the Department enjoyed an evening of food and drink with live music in the Panorama Room.

More information about the prize winners and photos taken on the day can be viewed on the news item here.

Students' Question Time

The Students' QT 2018 was held on 22 January 2018 with six selected students from Economics, PPE and Politics joining the Chair Claudia Rei to discuss current affairs. Our student panelists argued about a range of topical issues such as whether social media was the root cause of intolerance to other cultures and religions, the rise of populism on both sides of the Atlantic and its effect on neoliberal world order and whether the UK government should withdraw Trump's invitation for a state visit.

The video is currently being edited and will be live on the Department's Youtube channel.

Economics Video Project - New

A series of short videos will be created professionally to use on our website for marketing promotion ranging from student interviews to Economic modules. Over the coming weeks, selected students will be given the opportunity to work with Online Communications Officer Maz Meharban and the internal Warwick Production team. Depending on the video content, academic and/or administrative staff will be contacted by Maz (m.meharban@warwick.ac.uk) and requested to spare 10-15 minutes, so could you please set some time aside.

Stephanie Redding - Economics Students Careers Link

Just a quick reminder to all staff, and Personal Tutors in particular, that all queries from students related to careers, jobs, internships and guidance related to those should be referred to Stephanie Redding - S.Redding@warwick.ac.uk

Offer Holders Open Days - coming up this month!

The Department hosts Offer Holders Open Days throughout the year to allow prospective students to find out more about studying Economics at Warwick from our academic staff and current students. The first OHOD will be held on Wednesday 14 February from 12.30 - 3.00pm. These events are a valuable conversion opportunity and past feedback received has been very positive.

Update - There will be lunch in the Oculus at 12.30pm, and we would like to encourage staff to attend these events, so please save the below dates in your diary.

• Wednesday 14 February 2018
• Wednesday 14 March 2018
• Wednesday 25 April 2018

Christmas Dress-Down Day - Update

The total amount raised for the Christmas Dress-Down day in aid of Cancer Research at Warwick was £2,057.98, this includes the amount donated to the Economics’ collection tin which was £51.79. Thank you to all members of staff and research students who took part in the Christmas Dress-Down day and gave donations.

Staff Recognition Scheme Goes Live!

We are very pleased to announce the introduction of the Economics Department Recognition Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to acknowledge employees or teams who make an outstanding contribution on a one off or short term basis and is a platform to provide instant recognition. The procedure was distributed to all staff on Monday 15 January 2018.

All staff in grades 1-8 are eligible to receive an award. Academic staff can nominate each other or a member of support staff and vice versa, support staff can nominate each other or a member of academic staff.

The nomination form can be found here and it is on the intranet, under Governance. The webpage will be updated on a regular basis and will include nominations received.

Publications, Presentations & Talks

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Natalie Chen & Dennis Novy presented a research paper on "Vehicle Currency Pricing and Exchange Rate Pass-Through" (with Wanyu Chung) at a seminar at the Bank of England on 22 January 2018.

Kirill Pogorelskiy presented a paper titled “News We Like to Share: How News Sharing on Social Networks Influences Voting Outcomes”) at Stanford GSB on Tuesday 23rd January 2018.

He will also be presenting a paper titled "Skewness, Tax Progression, and Demand for Redistribution: Evidence from the UK” at Caltech next Tuesday 6th February 2018.

Andrew Oswald delivered a speech at the main UK conference of veterinary surgeons, on the topic of happiness and productivity this week.

Media Coverage

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"Better maternity leave could help universities retain women – study" - Vera Troeger: The Guardian - 21st January 2018

"Vera talks about research on maternity leave in academia" - Vera Troeger: BBC Radio 4 - 26th January 2018

Department Diary

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