CRETA
CRETA
CRETA supports Research in Economic Theory and its Applications.
- It fosters and co-ordinates collaborative research in economic theory, in its applications, and in multidisciplinary projects with areas such as applied mathematics, biology, philosophy and political science;
- it creates new, and strengthens existing links with other research centres and universities with related interests;
- it attracts funding for individual and collaborative research projects; and
- it disseminates research results through visits, seminars, conferences, and through the publication of a Discussion Paper series.
People
CRETA Director / CRETA Administration
Herakles Polemarchakis
Centre DirectorMargaret Nash
Centre AdministratorMichael Challis
CRETA Research AssistantCRETA Fellows
Associate Fellows
| Zeinab Aboutalebi | Economics of the European University Institute |
| Yatish Arya | Ashoka University |
| Thanos Andrikopoulos | University of Sussex |
| Vincent Anesi | University of Luxembourg |
| Roberto Asmat | Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| Yves Balasko | University of York |
| Siddartha Bandyopadhyay | University of Birmingham |
| Subir Bose | University of Leicester |
| Godfrey Charles-Cadogan | University of Leicester |
| Shomak Chakrabarti | University of Manchester |
| Subir Chattopadhyay | University of York |
| Facundo Albornoz Crespo | University of Nottingham |
| Kaustav Das | University of Leicester |
| Eric Danan | CY Cergy Paris University |
| Riccardo Degasperi | The Bank of Italy |
| Amrita Dhillon | Kings College London |
| Françoise Forges | Université Paris-Dauphine |
| Matteo Foschi | Charles River Associates |
| Giorgos Galanis | Queen Mary, University of London |
| Aditya Goenka | University of Birmingham |
| Puru Gupta | University of Cambridge |
| Sonali Sen Gupta | Queens University Belfast |
| Daniel Habermacher | Universidad de los Andes |
| Toomas Hinnosaar | University of Nottingham |
| Niall Hughes | Kings College London |
| Martin K. Jensen | University of Nottingham |
| Leonidas Koutsougeras | University of Manchester |
| Maria Kozlovskaya | Aston University, Birmingham |
| Rocco Macchiavello | London School of Economics |
| Sebastiaan Maes | University of Antwerp |
| Raghav Malhotra | University of Leicester |
| Dimitri Migrow | University of Edinburgh |
| Afrasiab Mirza | University of Birmingham |
| Hiroyuki Nakata | University of Tokyo |
| Guillem Ordonez Calafi | University of Bristol |
| Ayush Pant | Ashoka University |
| William Pouliot | University of Birmingham |
| Indrajit Ray | Cardiff University |
| Ludovic Renou | Queen Mary, University of London |
| Matthew Robertson | London South Bank University |
| David Ronayne | ESMT Berlin |
| Colin Rowat | University of Birmingham |
| Daniel Seidman | University of Nottingham |
| Silvia Sonderegger | University of Nottingham |
| Aruhan Shi | AMRO |
| Waseem Toraubally | Newcastle Business School |
| Agustin Troccoli Moretti | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Federico Trombetta | Universita' Cattolica in Milan |
| Mich Tvede | University of Sheffield |
| Chris Wallace | University of Manchester |
| Lingsi Wei | University of Nottingham |
| Xueying Zhao | Frankfurt School of Finance and Management |
Research Fellows
| Falak Arrora |
| Margot Belguise |
| Christopher Burnitt |
| Massimiliano Furlan |
| Arman Mohammadi |
| Hyungmin Park |
| Alperen Tosun |
Upcoming Visitors
| Visitor | Institution | Date |
|---|---|---|
2025/26 | ||
| Agustin Troccoli Moretti | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | 10th - 15th March |
| Anastasios Dosis | ESSEC Business School | 4th - 7th June |
Past Visitors
| Visitor | Institution | Date |
|---|---|---|
2025/26 | ||
| Shaofei Jiang | University of Bath | 12th February |
| Chrysovalantis Vasilakis | Bangor University | 28th & 29th January |
| Agustin Troccoli Moretti | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | 12th Nov |
2024/25 | ||
| Mark Whitmeyer | Arizona State University | 7th May |
| Agustin Troccoli Moretti | Pompeu Fabra University | 7th - 14th March |
| Anastasios Karantounias | University of Surrey | 27-29 November 2024 |
| Toomas Hinnosaar | University of Nottingham | 28th November 2024 |
2023/24 | ||
| Yatish Arya | Ashoka University | 19th - 26th June 2024 |
| Angelos Diamantopoulos | SOAS University of London | 7th & 8th June 2024 |
| Raghav Malhotra | University of Leicester | 7th & 8th June 2024 |
| Ehud Kalai | Northwestern University | 29th - 31st May 2024 |
| Xuan Wang | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | 16 Oct - 20 Dec 2023 |
| Sebastiaan Maes | KU Leuven | 18th December 2023 |
| Raghav Malhotra | University of Leicester | 18th December 2023 |
| Dimitri Migrow | University of Edinburgh | 10th - 13th October |
2022/23 | ||
| Raghav Malhotra | University of Leicester | 15th August |
| Yatish Arya | Ashoka University | 23rd June -1st July |
| Dimitri Migrow | University of Edinburgh | 20th June - 23rd June |
| Nikolaos Kokonas | University of Bath | 2nd June 2023 |
| Graciela Chichilnisky | University of Columbia. | 22nd - 26th May |
| Anna Rubinchik | Western Galilee College | 27th Feb - 4th March |
| Yiannis Vailakis | University of Glasgow | 28th Feb - 4th March |
| Nikolaos Kokonas | University of Bath | January 11th |
| Jose Ignacio Rivero Wildemauwe | Université de Cergy-Pontoise | Dec 2nd - Dec 4th |
| Gaetano Bloise | Yeshiva University | Dec 2nd - Dec 4th |
| Yiannis Vailakis | University of Glasgow | 29th Nov - Dec 4th |
| Monica Anna Giovanniello | University of Balearic Islands | 30th Oct - 5th Nov |
| Marcus Pivato | CY Cergy Paris Université | 30th Oct - 4th Nov |
| Francesco Rocciolo | Imperial College London | 24th - 28th Oct 2022 |
| Carmen Marchiori | University of Brescia | 23rd - 25th Oct 2022 |
| Enrico Minelli | University of Brescia | 23rd - 25th Oct 2022 |
| Alkis Georgiadis-Harris | University of Bonn | 3rd - 7th October |
| Alkis Georgiadis-Harris | University of Bonn | 12th - 17th September |
| Sebastiaan Maes | KU Leuven | 4th - 14th September |
2021 / 2022 | ||
| Yiannis Vailakis | University of Glasgow | 10th - 15th June |
| Enrico Minelli | university of Brescia | 10th - 14th June |
| William Zame | University of California, Los Angeles | 29th - 31st May |
| KU Leuven | 14th - 25th March | |
| Université de Cergy-Pontoise | 17th Jan - 17th June | |
| University of Calgary | 4th October - 15th December | |
2019 / 2020 | ||
| University of Glasgow | 6th - 8th March | |
| University of California, Davis | 6th - 8th March | |
| University of Bath | 31st Jan & 1st Feb | |
| ESSEC Business School | 21st - 24th Jan | |
| Australian National University | 4th - 6th Dec | |
| Norwegian Business School | 3rd - 7th Dec | |
| National Research University, | 29th Nov - 3rd Dec | |
| Singapore Management University | 26th - 30th Nov | |
| University of Grenoble Alpes | 25th Nov - 30th Nov | |
| Capital University of Economics and Business | 18th - 25th Nov | |
| University of Montreal | 21st - 25th Oct | |
| University of Balearic Island | 11th - 15th Oct | |
| Singapore Management University | 9th - 12th Oct | |
2018 / 2019 | ||
| The Open University of Israel | 25 - 29 June | |
| University of Calgary | 18th -25th June | |
| Australian National University | 11th - 14th June | |
| Purdue University | 10th & 11th June | |
| University of Rochester | 5th - 12th June | |
| University of Amsterdam | 5th - 9th June | |
| University of Bristol | 2nd - 9th June | |
| Boston University | 5th - 9th May | |
| University of Glasgow | 7th - 10th May | |
| University of Grenoble Alpes | 22nd - 30th April | |
| University of Bath | 15th + 16th April | |
| University of Bonn | 6th - 13th March | |
| University of Edinburgh | 7th - 15th March | |
| Boston University | 8th - 10th March | |
| Princeton University | 5th & 6th March | |
| University of St.Gallen | 4th - 8th February | |
| University of Bath | 17th January 2019 | |
| Rice University | 19th & 20th Dec 2018 | |
| University of Bath | 30th Nov - 1st Dec | |
| University of Liverpool | 28th & 29th Nov | |
| City University of Hong Kong | 21st & 22nd Nov | |
| ESSEC Business School | 1st November | |
| The University of Calgary | 28th Oct - 1st Nov | |
| Vanderbilt University | 17th October | |
| ESSEC Business School | 10th October | |
| University of Bristol | 9th - 11th October | |
| University of Bonn | 2nd - 6th October | |
2017 / 2018 | ||
| Università degli Studi di Brescia | 11th - 17th September | |
| University of Glasgow | 11th & 12th August | |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | 13th July | |
| Goldsmiths, University of London | 27th & 28th June | |
| The University of Queensland | 17th - 18th June | |
| Columbia Business School | 10th - 12th June | |
| The University of Calgary | 7th - 10th June | |
| University of Mannheim | 5th - 10th June | |
| Yale University | 31st May | |
| Yale University | 30th May | |
| University of Amsterdam | 29th May - 1st June | |
| Yale University, School of Management | 27th May - 2nd June | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 20th May - 25th May | |
| University of Bonn | 15th - 24th May | |
| University of Verona | 4th - 11th May | |
| Penn State | 7th - 9th May | |
| UC Davis | 25th March - 5th April | |
| UNSW Business School | 15th & 16th March | |
| Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment | 15th & 16th March | |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | 15th & 16th March | |
| National Research University Higher School of Economics | 22nd - 24th March | |
| Washington University | 5th - 9th March | |
| Bocconi University | 1st March | |
| Tel-Aviv University | 26th February | |
| PUC Valparaíso, Chile | 29th Nov - 6th Dec | |
| University of Rochester | 29th Nov - 3rd Dec | |
| Yale University | 21st - 22nd Nov | |
| European University | 16th - 17th Nov | |
| National Research University Higher School of Economics | 8th - 9th Nov | |
| ESSEC Business School | 1st & 2nd Nov | |
| University of Verona | 5th Sept - 5th Oct | |
2016 / 2017 | ||
| University of Glasgow | 12th - 15th July | |
| Boston University | 8th - 10th June | |
| Kings College, London | 22nd - 26th May | |
| Middlebury College | 17th & 18th May | |
| University of Toronto | 2nd - 20th May | |
| National Research University Higher School of Economics | 5th - 9th April | |
| University of Bath | 10th March | |
| University of Glasgow | 2nd & 3rd March | |
| University of Verona | 21st Feb - 4th March | |
| Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute | 21st & 22nd February | |
| Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | 14th - 17th February | |
| Bangor University | 9th & 10th February | |
| University of Bristol | 6th & 7th December 2016 | |
| ESSEC Business School | 31st Oct & 1st Nov 2016 | |
| University of Mannheim | 24th - 26th October 2016 | |
| UCLA Department of Economics | 5th & 6th Oct 2016 | |
2015 / 2016 | ||
| Boston University | 23rd & 24th June 2016 | |
| University of Southampton | 9th June - 11th June 2016 | |
| University of Bonn | 9th June - 12th June 2016 | |
| Athens University of Economics and Business | 31st March - 2nd April 2016 | |
| Capital University of Economics & Business | 27th March - 1st April 2016 | |
| University of Piraeus | 7th - 10th March 2016 | |
| University of Bath | 27th Feb 2016 | |
| National Research University Higher School of Economics | 26th & 27th Feb 2016 | |
| National Research University Higher School of Economics | 17th Feb 2016 | |
| Università degli Studi di Brescia | 4th - 8th Feb 2016 | |
| Bocconi University | 4th Feb 2016 | |
| University of Verona | 3rd - 6th Feb 2016 | |
| University of Bremen | 8th Jan - 11th Jan 2016 | |
| University of Bath | 11, 12 & 13th Dec 2015 | |
| ESSEC Business School | 9th & 10th Dec 2015 | |
| University of Verona | 19th - 24th Nov 2015 | |
| Bangor University | 26th November 2015 | |
| University of Leicester | 25th November 2015 | |
2014 / 2015 | ||
| National Research University Higher School of Economics | 2nd - 6th August 2015 | |
| University of Bath | 31st July - 3rd Aug 2015 | |
| University of Glasgow | 26th July 2015 | |
| National Research University Higher School of Economics | 30th May - 31st May 2015 | |
| Maastricht University | 18th – 21st May 2015 |
Activities
Since its creation in 2006, CRETA has run a seminar series with external and internal talks on economic theory and applications.
We have also co-organized the XVI European Workshop on General Equilibrium; hosted an annual lecture in Economic Theory; co-organised one-day workshops jointly with the Department of Economics at the University of Birmingham; and hosted an annual Summer School in Economic Theory and its applications.
CRETA conferences
CRETA lunchtime workshops
CRETA Seminars
Careers in Economics Fair 2024
Come and network with a range of employers and management consultancies. The event is for both undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Economics and Joint Degrees.
Date: Wednesday 6 November
Time: 12:00 – 16:00
Location: Panorama Suite, Rootes Building
Networking with Employers
You will have an opportunity to meet and discuss what it is like to work in different sectors with representatives from a wide range of employers. Employers include:
- FTI Consulting
- Economic Insight
- Competition and Markets Authority
- CEPA
- Handelsbanken
- Cornerstone Research
- NERA
- Compass Lexecon
- Ofwat
- RBB Economics
- The Brattle Group
- Home Office
- Oxera
- Charles River Associate
- Grant Thornton
- Fathom Consulting
- Department for Education
- Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
- Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
To make the most of this event we have prepared you a handout with guidelines of how to interact with employers. Please download a copy here.
Registration is now closed, but you can register on the day.
Please note that you will need to register for each event (the Careers in Economics Fair, the Economics or Management Consulting? panel discussion and the Keynote Speaker) separately to attend.
Economic Consulting Panel Event
Time: 1.00 - 2.00pm
Location: Panorama 3, Rootes Building
Do you want to learn more about what consulting is all about?
Warwick Economics Society is delighted to present this special Economics Consulting Panel Event. This event will welcome panellists from three of the largest global economic consultancy firms: FTI, Charles River Associates and Compass Lexecon. These employers are leading the sector in areas ranging from competition economics to public policy analysis and industrial organisation.
What to expect from the panel event:
■ An explanation of what economic consulting.is all about.
■ Career advice from the panellists on how to succeed in consultancy internship applications.
This event is for students of all degree levels, from first year students to postgraduates, so whether you are interested in a graduate role or just want to learn more about the consulting industry, this event is for you! This is a unique opportunity to get your questions answered!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Keynote Speaker - Richard Hughes - Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)
The Warwick Economics Summit are pleased to present the keynote speaker session with Richard Hughes.
Time: 4.15 – 5.15pm
Location: Panorama 3, Rootes Building
'Economics and the Great Challenges of our Time'
How can economists use their knowledge and abilities to help solve three of the great challenges facing the world today: Demographic change and rising geopolitical tensions
About the Speaker
Richard began his five-year term as Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility in October 2020.
He started his career at HM Treasury in 2000 where he worked on a range of domestic and international macroeconomic issues and led the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, Following a brief secondment to the French Ministry of Finance in 2007, he joined the International Monetary Fund in 2008 where he headed the Fiscal Affairs Department's Public Finance Division and worked on fiscal reform in a range of advanced, emerging, and developing countries.
Richard returned to HM Treasury between 2016 and 2019 as Director of Fiscal Policy where he oversaw the government’s fiscal strategy, debt management, and treasury operations and served as Acting Chief Economist.
In the year leading up to his appointment, Richard was a Research Associate at the Resolution Foundation where he published papers on fiscal rules, public investment, and the economic and fiscal implications of coronavirus. He also served as Senior Counsellor to the Haut Conseil des Finances Publiques (High Council on Public Finance) in France, Lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris, Visiting Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford.
He was educated at Harvard University and the University of Oxford.
Please note: Photography will be taking place at this event, which may be used for marketing purposes (e.g. promotional materials). By registering your attendance at this event, you are giving consent to be photographed or recorded, however if you do not wish to be photographed, please inform the photographer or a member of Economics staff on the day. You can withdraw your consent at any time via email to maxine.thacker@warwick.ac.uk.