Global Economic History
Our research programme in Global Economic History uses data across countries to study long run growth patterns. It also includes an Economic History Database which holds historical data sets and visualisations from Asia, Africa and Europe.
Project Contacts:
Stephen Broadberry
Professor of Economic History, Nuffield College, Oxford
James Fenske
Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Project News
The marine chronometer: A key to global transformation
Until the 18th century, navigation across the open seas was a perilous challenge. Sailors could travel long distances but faced an impossible task: determini...
Monday 22 Sep 2025
Do economic warfare and sanctions work?
Economic warfare and economic sanctions have a long history. But are they as powerful as military action?
Thursday 11 Sep 2025
Professor James Fenske elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Congratulations to CAGE Theme Lead, James Fenske who has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
What makes an effective leader? American Civil War study provides crucial insight
Team cohesion and people skills are often overlooked in management training. But new research highlights the vital role of frontline leadership, especially a...
Tuesday 12 Aug 2025
Research Highlights
Working papers
A Century of Language Barriers to Migration in India
Monday 29 Sep 2025
Innovation and the Great Divergence
Tuesday 2 Sep 2025
The Role of Firms and Job Mobility in the Assimilation of Immigrants: Former Soviet Union Jews in Israel 1990–2019
Friday 25 Jul 2025
Journal Articles
Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704
The Economic History Review, 2025
Wars, taxation and representation: Evidence from five centuries of German history
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025
An Economic History of India: Growth, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century
Cambridge University Press, 2025