About us

Welcome to the Department of Economics

We pride ourselves in our teaching and research excellence.

“The best education is not just about learning standard materials and preparing for standard examinations. Students need to think like an economist and understand how data can support their argument. Those are the skills that matter in the real world! We think Royal Holloway is the ideal place for you to prepare for this challenging and exciting future.”

- Arnaud Chevalier, Professor & Head of Department

See below for more information about the faculty, our research and teaching, and our most recent awards and achievements.

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Department Staff

Academic Staff

Dan Anderberg, Professor

Email address: Dan.Anderberg@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labour Economics, Economics of Education

Sophie Bade, Professor

Email address: Sophie.Bade@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Matching, Decision Theory

Jesper Bagger, Reader

Email address: Jesper.Bagger@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labour Economics

Sourav Bhattacharya, Reader

Email address: Sourav.Bhattacharya@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Political Economy

Arnaud Chevalier, Professor & Head of Department

Email address: Arnaud.Chevalier@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labour Economics, Economics of Education, Econometrics

Francesco Feri, Professor

Email address: Francesco.Feri@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Social and Economic Networks

Pierre-Olivier Fortin, Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused)

Email address: Pierre-Olivier.Fortin@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Macroeconomics, Game Theory, Innovation

Jefferson Frank, Professor

Email address: J.Frank@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Macroeconomics, Labour Economics, Financial Economics

Manolis Galenianos, Professor

Email address: Manolis.Galenianos@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Macroeconomics, Applied Theory, Search Theory

Ahu Gemici, Senior Lecturer

Email address: Ahu.Gemici@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labour Economics, Search

Maris Goldmanis, Senior Lecturer

Email address: Maris.Goldmanis@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory

Bjoern Hartig, Experimental Lab Officer

Email address: Bjoern.Hartig@rhul.ac.uk

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Jungyoon Lee, Reader

Email address: Jungyoon.Lee@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Econometrics

Affiliations: Visiting Fellow, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines

Melanie Lührmann, Senior Lecturer

Email address: Melanie.Luhrmann@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Public Economics, Financial Literacy, Consumption, Health, Nutrition

Affiliations: Research Associate, Institute For Fiscal Studies

Michael Mandler, Professor

Email address: M.Mandler@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Decision Theory

Andrew Mountford, Professor

Email address: A.Mountford@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Macroeconomics, Development and Finance, Econometrics

Michael Naef, Reader

Email address: Michael.Naef@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Behavioural Economics, Experimental Economics, Neuroeconomics

Philip Neary, Lecturer

Email address: Philip.Neary@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Experimental Economics

Vinay Nundlall, Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused)

Email address: Vinay.Nundlall@rhul.ac.uk

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Evan Piermont, Lecturer

Email address: Evan.Piermont@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Decision Theory, Experimental Economics

Michael Richter, Senior Lecturer

Email address: Michael.Richter@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Decision Theory

Klaus Ritzberger, Professor

Email address: Klaus.Ritzberger@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Industrial Organizaiton

Nicolas Roys, Senior Lecturer

Email address: Nicolas.Roys@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics

Juan Pablo Rud, Reader

Email address: Juan.Rud@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Development Economics

Affiliations: Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Alessio Sancetta, Professor

Email address: Alessio.Sancetta@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Econometrics, Finance

Robert Sauer, Professor

Email address: Robert.Sauer@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

Andrew Seltzer, Professor

Email address: A.Seltzer@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

Hui-Fai Shing, Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused)

Email address: H.Shing@rhul.ac.uk

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Michael Spagat, Professor

Email address: M.Spagat@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Economics of Conflict

Petar Stankov, Teaching Fellow

Email address: Petar.Stankov@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Economic Growth, Empirical Political Economy, Market Institutions and Welfare

Affiliations: Senior Assistant Professor of Economics (with tenure, on leave), University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria; CERGE-EI Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellow

Ija Trapeznikova, Senior Lecturer & Director of Graduate Studies

Email address: Ija.Trapeznikova@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labour Economics, Search and Matching, Structural Estimation

Affiliations: Research Associate, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies

Jonathan Wadsworth, Professor

Email address: J.Wadsworth@rhul.ac.uk

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Research areas: Labour Economics, Immigration Economics, Health Economics

Administrators

Department Email Address:

Economics-AdminStaff@rhul.ac.uk

Department Manager

Telephone: 01784 443983

Reception

Telephone: 01784 414005

Faculty Administrator (UG 1st Year)

Telephone: 01784 443383

Faculty Administrator (UG 2nd Year)

Telephone: 01784 443891

Faculty Administrator (UG 3rd Year)

Telephone: 01784 276296

Faculty Administrator (Postgraduate)

Telephone: 01784 413381

PhD Students

Margaret Antony

Email address: Margaret.Antony.2012@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Economics of Education, Labour Economics

Konstantina Boutsioukou

Email address: Konstantina.Boutsioukou.2018@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Economics of Education, Applied Microeconomics

Charles DeGrazia

Email address: Charles.Wilson-DeGrazia.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Industrial organization, Economics of Innovation, and Applied Econometrics

Angeliki Dimopoulou

Email address: Angeliki.Dimopoulou.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Fiscal Policy, External Debt Sustainability and Post-Conflict State Macroeconomic Policy

Florentyna Farghly

Email address: Florentyna.Farghly.2009@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics

Shahabeddin Gharaati

Email address: Shahabeddin.Gharaati.2017@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Asset Pricing, General Equilibrium Theory, Collateral and Default

Martin Guenther

Email address: Martin.Guenther.2016@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Development Economics

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Celia Blanco Jimenez

Email address: Celia.BlancoJimenez.2013@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Experimental Economics, Behavioural Economics

Annika Johnson

Email address: Annika.Johnson.2007@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory

Khan, Zahid

Email address: Zahid.Khan.2018@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics

Amairisa Kouki

Email address: Amairisa.Kouki.2014@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics, Family Economics, Applied Econometrics

Figo Lau

Email address: Sze.Lau.2009@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Economics of Conflict

Elena Lisauskaite

Email address: Elena.Lisauskaite.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics, Economics of Education, Search and Matching

Luca Mucciante

Email address: Lucca.Mucciante.2016@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Financial Econometrics

Christina Olympiou

Email address: Christina.Olympiou.2016@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Economics of Education, Applied Microeconomics

Ali Orazgani

Email address: Ali.Orazgani.2013@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Sidharth Rony

Email address: Sidharth.Rony.2018@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics, Economic Theory

Nora Sadler

Email address: Nora.Sadler.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Luqman Saeed

Email address: Luqman.Saeed.2018@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Economics of Conflict, Applied Microeconomics

Naike Santangelo

Email address: Naike.Santangelo.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Economics of Transportation, Applied Microeconomics

Neil Scott

Email address: Neil.Scott.2013@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: The Economics of Migration, Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics, Policy Economics

Khair Senan

Email address: Khair.Senan.2015@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Michael Simmons

Email address: Michael.Simmons.2015@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics, Search and Matching

Kazuhiko Sumiya

Email address: Kazuhiko.Sumiya.2014@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconometrics

Daim Syukriyah

Email address: Daim.Syukriyah.2018@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Health Economics

Alexander Vickery

Email address: Alexander.Vickery.2012@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Family Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Yingrui Wang

Email address: Yingrui.Wang.2017@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Development Economics and Applied Econometrics

Hendrika Wichers

Email address: Hendrika.Wichers.2013@live.rhul.ac.uk

Katharina Wiesemeyer

Email address: Katharina.Wiesemeyer.2014@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Labour Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Ui Yoshida

Email address: Ui.Yoshida.2012@live.rhul.ac.uk

Research areas: Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Alumni

Graduate Profiles & Destinations

A degree in Economics opens a lot of doors; as such, you can find our graduates in a range of professions, from actuary and auditor to software consultant and civil servant. Many have also gone on to take on further study, whether at Royal Holloway or further afield.

Take a look on our Graduate Destinations page for more information.

To get an insight into the careers of some of our graduates, browse some Graduate Profiles.

Notable Alumni

Our graduates often quickly discover that their degree in Economics can take them a long way, and so you can find many of our most notable graduates working in high profile position for exciting companies.

Take a look at our Alumni page for a snapshot of some of our most notable graduates.

Awards and Statistics

Research

REF 2014 Results

In the 2014 REF, the department was successful in our fiercely competitive field, receiving especially high scores for the real-world impact of its research and for the 80 per cent of research rated by the REF panel as “world leading”.

The ranking produced by the respected Times Higher Education placed us ninth overall, ninth in Output and seventh in Impact. As such, our department continues to combine the vitality and innovation of a new institution with the traditional academic strengths of an established college and university.