MLitt Year 1
Haochi Chen
Sam Deegan
Andy Finette
Aditi Kharb
Glenn McNamara
Nadiya Saba
Shreya Swarnakar
Yung-Shiang Yang
Xuejing Yu
MLitt Year 2
Noor Khoso
Gennadyi Sudak
Le Zheng
UCD School of Economics runs a thriving PhD programme that offers rigorous training and expert supervision. The programme is designed to prepare students for top-level jobs in academia, institutions and the private sector. From day one, our PhD students are part of a vibrant research community at UCD and in the Greater Dublin Area. Currently, over 50 students from 16 countries are enrolled in the programme.
Current Graduate Research Students
| Daire Crotty | |
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Research Interests: Labour, education, and sports economics |
| Thesis Title: Educational Attainment and Wage Structures | |
| Supervisor: Prof Paul Devereux | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics PhD Scholarship |
| Francesca Eustacchi | |
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Research Interests: Developing countries, development economics, Latin America |
| Thesis Title: The Impact of Women Land Titles on Children's Well-Being | |
| Supervisor: Dr Frank Walsh | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics PhD Scholarship |
| Kira Finan | |
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Research Interests: |
| Thesis Title: The Impact of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Developing Countries in Africa and the Middle East | |
| Supervisor: Dr Zuzanna Studnicka | |
| Funding: BDIC Scholarship |
| Olivia Finan | |
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| Thesis Title: ‘Selling a False Dream.’ Does Third-Level Education Necessarily Result in a Higher Degree of Earnings? | |
| Supervisor: Prof Orla Doyle | |
| Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Scholarship |
| Sorcha Foster | |
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Research Interests: Monetary policy, non-standard instruments, banking |
| Thesis Title: Essays in Monetary Policy | |
| Supervisor: Dr Karl Whelan | |
| Funding: Funded by Employer (Central Bank of Ireland) |
| Manvi Jindal | |
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Research Interests: Applied microeconomics, inequality, labor economics, social economics, gender economics |
| Thesis Title: Essays on Inequalities Across Gender and Disabilities | |
| Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Elsner | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google.com/view/manvijindal/ |
| Neeharika Kakunuri | |
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Research Interests: Development economics, political economy & economics of demography and gender |
| Thesis Title: Estimating the Socio-Economic Impact of Partisan Politics across Asia and Europe | |
| Supervisor: Dr Frank Walsh | |
| Funding: BDIC Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google.com/view/neeharikakakunuri |
| Zilong Li | |
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Research Interests: International economics, trade, finance |
| Thesis Title: Revisiting the Border Effect | |
| Supervisor: Dr Zuzanna Studnicka | |
| Funding: China Scholarship Council (CSC) |
| Giacomo lo Conte | |
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Research Interests: Economics of innovation, economic geography, applied microeconomics |
| Thesis Title: The Geography of Technological Dynamics | |
| Supervisor: Prof Ronald Davies & Prof Dieter Kogler | |
| Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Scholarship |
| Prachi Srivastava | |
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Research Interests: Expectations, uncertainty, bounded rationality in macroeconomics |
| Thesis Title: Expectations, Uncertainty in Monetary Policy | |
| Supervisors: Prof Karl Whelan & Dr Constantin Burgi | |
| Funding: BDIC Scholarship | |
| Website: https://srivastava-prachi.github.io/mysite/index.html |
| Kun Wu | |
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Research Interests: Welfare and family economics, family formation, ageing |
| Thesis Title: Education Investment and Retirement Age Adjustment: Solutions to Sustainability and Adequacy of Pension in Ageing Countries? | |
| Supervisor: Prof Kevin Denny | |
| Funding: China Scholarship Council (CSC) |
| Matthew Amalitinga Abagna | |
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Research Interests: Development economics, public economics, and policy evaluation. |
| Thesis Title: “Transforming Economies: An Analysis of Special Economic Zones and their Economic Outcomes in Africa” | |
| Supervisor: Prof Ronald Davies & Dr Nora Strecker | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google.com/view/matthewamalitingaabagna |
| Dimitrios Argyros | |
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Research Interests: Family economics, development economics, health economics and political economy |
| Thesis Title: Essays in Family and Development Economics: How Economic Shocks, Policies, and Cultural Norms Shape Child Outcomes Across the Developing World | |
| Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Elsner | |
| Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google.com/view/dimitrios-argyros/ |
| Tatiana Bezdenezhnykh | |
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Research Interests: Political economy, inequality, health economics |
| Thesis Title: Living in a Non-Democracy: Russia's Changing Economic Landscape | |
| Supervisor: Dr Kanika Kapur | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics PhD Scholarship |
| Killian Carroll | |
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Research Interests: Macroeconomics, fiscal policy, monetary policy |
| Thesis Title: Essays in Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy | |
| Supervisor: Dr Nora Strecker | |
| Funding: Funded by employer (Irish Fiscal Advisory Council) |
| Beatriz Gietner | |
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Research Interests: Education, labour, and growth |
| Thesis Title: Three Essays on Human Capital | |
| Supervisor: Dr Kevin Denny | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics PhD Scholarship |
| Himani Pasricha | |
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Research Interests: Migration, climate change and labour market outcomes |
| Thesis Title: Essays in Labour Economics | |
| Supervisor: Dr Frank Walsh | |
| Funding: BDIC Scholarship |
| Luke Rehill | |
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| Thesis Title: The Intersection of Productivity with International Trade and Industrial Organisation | |
| Supervisor: Dr Stefanie Haller & Prof Ronald Davies | |
| Funding: Funded by employer (Department of Finance) |
| Manuel Estevo Lago Rodriguez | |
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Research Interests: Gender economics, experimental economics, social economics, behavioural economics |
| Thesis Title: Going Beyond the Media in the Era of #MeToo: Causality and Driving Mechanisms of Gender Social Movements | |
| Supervisor: Prof Orla Doyle | |
| Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google. |
| Yishan Shi | |
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Research Interests: Education economics, development economics |
| Thesis Title: Intergenerational Mobility in Education and Economic Transformation in Africa | |
| Supervisor: Prof Kevin Denny | |
| Funding: China Scholarship Council (CSC) |
| Philip Carthy | |
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Research Interests: Environmental economics, health economics, transport economics |
| Thesis Title: Environment, Health, and Economic Well-being: A Long-Term Perspective | |
| Supervisor: Prof Aisling Reynolds-Feighan | |
| Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Scholarship |
| Michele Gubello | |
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Research Interests: Applied microeconomic theory, inequality, intergenerational transmission, public economics, economics of education |
| Thesis Title: Essays on Inequality and Public Policies: Theory and Applications | |
| Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Elsner & Dr Sarah Parlane | |
| Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google.com/view/michelegubello |
| Mohsin Javed | |
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Research Interests: Labour markets, technological change |
| Thesis Title: The Impact of Automation Technologies on Workers with Different Skills | |
| Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Elsner & Prof Christopher Jepsen | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics PhD Scholarship |
| Emily Pratt | |
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| Thesis Title: Do Ban the Box Rules Actually Increase Employment Discrimination Against Minority Men? | |
| Supervisor: Prof. Christopher Jepsen | |
| Funding: Self-funded |
| Johannes Scheuerer | |
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| Thesis Title: Tax Non-Compliance in a Globalizing World: Economic Consequences and Governments' Countermeasures | |
| Supervisor: Prof Ronald Davies | |
| Funding: UCD School of Economics Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google.com/view/johannesscheuerer/ |
| Lena Susanne Specht | |
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Research Interests: International trade and FDI |
| Thesis Title: Essays in International Trade and Migration | |
| Supervisor: Prof Ronald Davies | |
| Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Scholarship | |
| Website: https://sites.google. |
| Deirdre Coy | |
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Research Interests: Health, education, human capital, intervention evaluation |
| Thesis Title: Health Formation and Early Investment | |
| Supervisor: Prof Orla Doyle | |
| Funding: Self-Funded |
| Eoin Flaherty | |
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Research Interests: FDI, productivity spillovers, wage returns from changing jobs, trade, macroprudential policy |
| Thesis Title: Productivity and Growth in a Globalised World | |
| Supervisor: Dr Stefanie Haller & Prof Ronald Davies | |
| Funding: Funded by employer (Central Statistics Office) |