News for 2021
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Dr Amrita Kulka joined the Department of Economics, University of Warwick, in September 2021. Here she discusses her research on improving housing affordabil...
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The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) took place on 1-12 November 2021 in Glasgow. World leaders, alongside tens of thousands of negot...
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New research from the Department of Economics has found that trade barriers can have lasting effects even after being removed.
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We are pleased to announce that the Wellbeing, Equality, Diversity and Gender Group (WEDGG) within the Department of Economics has been commended as part of ...
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Congratulations to Professor Bishnupriya Gupta who has been appointed as an editor of the Journal of Economic History from July 2022.
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The Applied Young Economist Webinar (AYEW) series celebrates its 100th event on Wednesday 1 December 2021. The series is co-hosted by Warwick PhD student Iva...
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We are delighted to announce that four Warwick Economics students were highly commended in The Global Undergraduate Awards at the Global Undergraduate Summit...
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The Department of Economics was honoured yesterday to welcome a former student of the Department, His Excellency Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, President of the...
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We are pleased to report on the success of our recent Pathways to Economics virtual event which saw over 130 Year 10 and Year 11 students, teachers and paren...
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In the run-up to the COP26 Climate Change Conference, taking place in Glasgow from 31 October, alumni, staff and students of the Department of Economics are ...
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New opportunity to read interview with world-leading economist recognized as one of the founders of the indeterminacy school in macroeconomics.
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We are celebrating today the launch of a new initiative – The Warwick Monash Economics Student Papers (WM-ESP), a collaborative project between the Dep...
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The Department is proud to announce that Economics at Warwick has been ranked 2nd out of 74 departments in the specialist subject table for Economics in the ...
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In a new paper published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Mr Gabriele Guaitoli and Dr Roberto Pancrazi from the Department of Economics at Warwick Uni...
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A new research centre, headed by Professor Francesco Squintani and based within the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, aims to become a ce...
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Warwick Economics finalist, Aaron Lee (BSc, Economics, 2021), is one of the winners of the University's Outstanding Student Contribution Awards 2021 in recog...
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We congratulate Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and CAGE Research Theme Leader, on his appointment to the Editorial Board ...
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We are delighted to announce that Sana Mittar, a first year undergraduate Economics, Politics and International Studies student, was honoured this week with ...
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We are delighted to announce that four academic staff from the Department of Economics have been recognised for their achievements in the 2021 Warwick Awards...
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Our Economics Alumni community is a large global network with over 15,000 former students of the Department scattered around the world.
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Warwick Economics alumna and former undergraduate blogger, Isabel Higginson shares her experience as a Mental Health First Aider as part of Mental Health Awa...
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We are delighted that a number of final year undergraduate University of Warwick Economics students were accepted to present the results of their dissertatio...
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The 20th Carroll Round Conference was held virtually, on 22-25 April 2021. Once again, the Department of Economics at Warwick was well represented at the con...
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We are very pleased to announce that Jenny Guo, a second year undergraduate student (BSc Economics) has been named as a finalist for the First Generation Und...
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We are very pleased to announce that Gustaf Dillner, final year student on the BSc Economics, Politics and International Studies degree (EPAIS) took the top ...
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We are delighted that a former student of the Department of Economics has been selected for the Forbes’ Directory 30 Under 30 (Finance) 2021 for Europe...
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We are delighted to announce that Sonia Bhalotra, Professor of Economics, is one of four winners of the International Economics Association (IEA) Fellowship,...
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We are delighted to announce that PhD student Karmini Sharma has won the best student paper award at the Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2021 and at the...
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The Department of Economics is delighted that our researcher Professor Dan Bernhardt (University of Warwick, University of Illinois) has recently celebrated ...
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The Department of Economics is saddened to announce the death of a former member of the Department, Professor John Williamson, who passed away on 11 April in...
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We are delighted to announce that for the second year Warwick’s Department of Economics has been ranked 25th in the 2021 edition of the QS World Univer...
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Today, on the International Women’s Day (IWD) we are putting a spotlight on inspirational women whose lives and achievements we admire and celebrate.
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We are delighted to announce that Makhtar Diop, a graduate of the University of Warwick’s Department of Economics, has been appointed as the Managing D...
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We caught up with Aneesah Sarwar (BSc Economics, 2019), who currently works as a graduate analyst at Barclays UK. We heard that Aneesah had started, with fiv...
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We are pleased to report that in 2021 Warwick Economics Summit (WES) will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary.
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We are delighted to announce that Sascha Becker, Professor of Economics, has become Associate Editor at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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Residents in the West Midlands could enjoy healthier and more affordable food in the future thanks to a new research project involving the University of Warw...
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The Department of Economics is delighted to announce a new student society which is currently recruiting new members.