A conversation with Antonio Mele (LSE), Denise Hawkes (Greenwich, RES), and Darshak Patel (Uni of Kentucky) on careers in Economics Education (Teaching-focussed at Warwick) in the UK and US. The panellists will bring their experience in this pathway, explain what this type of career entails, what they enjoy and what needs to be improved. We will discuss on the future of this pathway and answer attendees queries.

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Organiser: Stefania Paredes Fuentes (in conjunction with CTaLE, UCL).

About the panel:

Denise Hawkes is Professor and Head of Department at the University of Greenwich. She is the chair of the Royal Economic Society Education and Training committee and was served as EdD Programme Leader from 2013-2018 and the Academic Head for Research, Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer from 2017-2018 within the Centre for Doctoral Education at the UCL Institute of Education where she is currently Visiting Professor.

Antonio Mele is Associate Professorial Lecturer in Economics at LSE. He previously held positions at the University of Surrey and Nuffield College (Oxford). Antonio teaches Quantitative Methods

Darshak Patel is a Senior Lecturer of Economics and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at The University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics. Darshak is a recipient of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at the College of Business and Global Affairs in 2015 at University of Tennessee Martin, a two time recipient of A Teacher Who Made a Difference in 2015 and 2017, a recipient of Gatton College’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Faculty of the Year award in 2019 and UK Alumni Association 2020 Great Teacher Award.