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 department, 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
Research areas: Labour Economics, Economics of Education
Sophie Bade, Professor
Email address: Sophie.Bade@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Matching, Decision Theory
Jesper Bagger, Reader
Email address: Jesper.Bagger@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Labour Economics
Tomohiro Hirano, Senior Lecturer
Email address: Tomohiro.Hirano@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Macroeconomics
Arnaud Chevalier, Professor & Head of Department
Email address: Arnaud.Chevalier@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Labour Economics, Economics of Education, Econometrics
Francesco Feri, Professor
Email address: Francesco.Feri@rhul.ac.uk
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
Research areas: Macroeconomics, Game Theory, Innovation
Jefferson Frank, Professor
Email address: J.Frank@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Macroeconomics, Labour Economics, Financial Economics
Manolis Galenianos, Professor
Email address: Manolis.Galenianos@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Macroeconomics, Applied Theory, Search Theory
Ahu Gemici, Senior Lecturer
Email address: Ahu.Gemici@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Labour Economics, Search
Maris Goldmanis, Senior Lecturer
Email address: Maris.Goldmanis@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory
Bjoern Hartig, Experimental Lab Officer
Email address: Bjoern.Hartig@rhul.ac.uk
Jungyoon Lee, Reader
Email address: Jungyoon.Lee@rhul.ac.uk
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
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
Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Decision Theory
Andrew Mountford, Professor
Email address: A.Mountford@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Macroeconomics, Development and Finance, Econometrics
Michael Naef, Reader
Email address: Michael.Naef@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Behavioural Economics, Experimental Economics, Neuroeconomics
Philip Neary, Lecturer
Email address: Philip.Neary@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Experimental Economics
Vinay Nundlall, Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused)
Email address: Vinay.Nundlall@rhul.ac.uk
Evan Piermont, Lecturer
Email address: Evan.Piermont@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Decision Theory, Experimental Economics
Michael Richter, Senior Lecturer
Email address: Michael.Richter@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Decision Theory
Klaus Ritzberger, Professor
Email address: Klaus.Ritzberger@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Industrial Organizaiton
Nicolas Roys, Senior Lecturer
Email address: Nicolas.Roys@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
Juan Pablo Rud, Reader
Email address: Juan.Rud@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Development Economics
Affiliations: Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Alessio Sancetta, Professor
Email address: Alessio.Sancetta@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Econometrics, Finance
Robert Sauer, Professor
Email address: Robert.Sauer@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Andrew Seltzer, Professor
Email address: A.Seltzer@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Hui-Fai Shing, Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused)
Email address: H.Shing@rhul.ac.uk
Michael Spagat, Professor
Email address: M.Spagat@rhul.ac.uk
Research areas: Economics of Conflict
Petar Stankov, Teaching Fellow
Email address: Petar.Stankov@rhul.ac.uk
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
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
Research areas: Labour Economics, Immigration Economics, Health Economics
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
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.
Teaching
NSS Results
In the NSS 2019, more than 85% of students thought that the courses were intellectually stimulating, and that staff was good at explaining things.
Grants and Awards
The following are the most recent awards and achievements of our colleagues and PhD students:
Melanie Luhrmann and Juan Pablo Rud have been awarded £20,000 from Royal Academy of Engineering
Melanie Luhrmann received £104k from the British Academy
Jungyoon Lee received has been awarded the ERSC New Investigators grant of £285k
Jefferson Frank has been elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Lena Hassani Nezhad has been granted £263,303, from the British Academy
