Department of Economics and Related Studies
Departmental News
Job Vacancies
The Department invites applications for several posts at the following levels:
Professor (closing date: 14 December 2009)
Reader (closing date: 11 January 2010)
Lecturer (closing date: 11 January 2010)
IBM University Business Challenge
This year's IBM University Business Challenge is now under way. The teams have completed three training periods and are doing well. Further details of the teams' progress will be posted soon.
Welcome to the Department of Economics and Related Studies
We are a large vibrant department with a wide range of BSc and MSc programmes, and a large community of research students. Our high quality research directly informs our teaching, and we are proud of the impact and influence of our research in society, and of our contribution to scholarship.
Economics at York:
- Ranked 8th in the UK for ‘research power’ in RAE 2008
- Included in the excellence group by the CHE - Centre for Higher Education Development
- The place where ‘health economics’ was pioneered
- Strong links with Politics, Philosophy and Mathematics at York
- 5 BSc programmes in the Department, and 10 joint BSc programmes
- 9 MSc programmes
- A large and active department in one of the UK’s best universities
We hope you will come and join us!
Professor Peter Simmons
Head of Department
Forthcoming Events
Lecture Series - 23, 27 & 30 November
Mike Wickens, University of York
Title: Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Macroeconomics: empirical analysis and econometric methods
Departmental Seminar - Wednesday 25 November
Nicholas Crafts, University of Warwick
Title: Making Sense of the Manufacturing Belt: Determinants of U.S. Industrial Location, 1880-1920