Topics such as contract theory, game theory, industrial organisation, political contests.
Kevin Denny, Diogo Geraldes, Vincent Hogan, Fabrice Kampfen, Sarah Parlane, Ivan Pastine, Ciara Whelan
Supervision
Supervision
UCD faculty are at the forefront of research in all areas of economics and publish in leading journals. The School has particular strengths in labour economics, behavioural economics, international trade, and economic history.
In the first year, each student is matched with a preliminary supervisor based on mutual research interests. The final assignment of supervisors is done at the beginning of year 2. In addition to the supervisor, every student has a Research Studies Panel of three faculty members who provide feedback to the student once per term.
Students must present their work regularly in a weekly PhD seminar, where they receive constructive feedback from peers and faculty. UCD also encourages students to present at national and international conferences, workshops, and seminars.
The School of Economics runs a weekly seminar series and students are encouraged to discuss their work with the seminar speakers. In addition, the Geary Institute for Public Policy and UCD Behavioural Science Centre runs regular seminar series and workshops.
Research Areas
The School of Economics encourages PhD applicants in the following areas where staff have strong research expertise and interest.
While the School will also consider applicants wishing to pursue other research areas, a suitable supervisor is not always available in these cases.
Topics including financial decision making, intertemporal choice and behavioural public policy.
Vessela Daskalova, Diogo Geraldes, Margaret Samahita
Topics including energy economics and technology adoption
Topics such as economics of human development, impact of early childhood experiences on later life outcomes, the effectiveness of early intervention programs, mental health, health insurance, and health demand and utilisation.
Orla Doyle, Fabrice Kampfen, Kanika Kapur, David Madden, James O’Mahony
Topics such as affirmative action, economics of education, efficiency wages, labour markets in developing countries, migration, minimum wages, and search.
Kevin Denny, Paul Devereux, Orla Doyle, Benjamin Elsner, Christopher Jepsen, Frank Walsh
Topics including trends in corporate taxation, determinants of poverty, income inequality, and international taxation.
Topics such as location analysis, spatial analysis, and transport economics.
Topics including growth and development, the interaction between the financial sector and the macro-economy and historical analysis.
Constantin Burgi, Alan De Bromhead, Yota Deli, Enda Hargaden, Vincent Hogan, Morgan Kelly, Oana Peia, Mengdi Song, Karl Whelan
Topics including international trade and foreign direct investment.
Ronald Davies, Stefanie Haller, Nora Strecker, Zuzanna Studnicka