Posted on Wednesday 28 October 2020
Economics at York has again received excellent scores in the latest National Student Survey (NSS) of 2020, achieving second place among Russell Group Universities in overall student satisfaction (88%). The survey shows that economics courses at York are intellectually stimulating (87%) and that staff are friendly and engaging (89%).
Posted on Thursday 30 July 2020
Congratulations to our 2020 student prizewinners
Posted on Monday 13 July 2020
A fantastic opportunity to conduct your research at one of the UK's leading Economics departments
Posted on Friday 19 June 2020
York Economics retained top position as 9th in the UK and 76th in the world
Posted on Sunday 17 May 2020
The Department of Economics and Related Studies is delighted to have gained an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.
Posted on Tuesday 21 April 2020
Dr Adam Golinski and Professor Peter Spencer discuss the potential uses of econometric forecasting in relation to the current global crisis, and share their model and resulting data.
Posted on Friday 7 February 2020
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Posted on Friday 17 January 2020
Postponed until further notice
Posted on Monday 2 December 2019
Professor Tony Venables
Posted on Monday 18 November 2019
Windows of Opportunity: How Nations Create Wealth Baron Sainsbury of Turville
Posted on Wednesday 18 September 2019
A University of York academic is a partner in an EU Commission funded project which aims to boost the uptake of renewable energy technology across Europe.
Posted on Friday 26 July 2019
York among the top 10 in the UK.
Posted on Tuesday 25 June 2019
Congratulations to our 2019 student prizewinners
Posted on Wednesday 5 June 2019
17-18 June 2019
Posted on Tuesday 21 May 2019
Dr Manuel Sánchez former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Mexico
Posted on Thursday 16 May 2019
A major ranking, released on 14 May 2019, has placed York's Economics Department the 8th in the UK and 78th in the world.
Posted on Thursday 16 May 2019
Capitalism without Capital: Understanding our new “knowledge” economy
Posted on Monday 15 April 2019
Strong presence from York Economics Department at the 2019 Royal Economic Society Conference
Posted on Monday 11 March 2019
The blog of the Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York
Posted on Friday 1 March 2019
Wine and nibbles available OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS
Posted on Friday 1 March 2019
Wine and nibbles available OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS
Posted on Tuesday 4 December 2018
Professor Oriana Bandiera (LSE) spoke about ‘what economists really do’ to a large audience of school pupils from across the North of England.
Posted on Thursday 1 November 2018
The Department of Economics and Related Studies is ranked among the top 100 economics departments in the world and in the top 10 in the UK (Tilburg University Economics Rankings 2017).
Posted on Friday 19 October 2018
We are now advertising for several Lectureships in the Department, on open (permanent) contracts.
Posted on Thursday 18 October 2018
"We are particularly proud of our leading positions in many major fields, and take great pleasure that we continue to deliver high quality research with an increasing and wider impact to society."
Posted on Tuesday 9 October 2018
Research conducted by a team including Professor Peter Smith, Department of Economics and Related Studies, features in a recent FT Adviser article.
Posted on Wednesday 25 July 2018
Economics at York retains its place in the global top 100
Posted on Thursday 28 June 2018
Congratulations to our 2018 student prizewinners
Posted on Wednesday 6 June 2018
Economics at York climbs in 2019 rankings on improved student satisfaction
Posted on Wednesday 2 May 2018
Research in Economics at York retains its place among the global top 100
Posted on Thursday 19 April 2018
The DERS web page for soliciting expressions of interest to the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship 2018 scheme is now live
Posted on Thursday 5 April 2018
Key note speakers were Prof. Barry Eichengreen (UC Berkeley) and Prof. Ricardo Reis (LSE).
Posted on Tuesday 3 April 2018
Economics at York will be hosting the 11th York Econometrics Symposium on Thursday 26 April and Friday 27 April 2018.
Posted on Friday 23 March 2018
Dr Emma Tominey, Senior Lecturer in Economics at York, has successfully bid for a British Academy Rising Star Engagement award.
Posted on Wednesday 7 March 2018
The 2018 Foundations of Utility and Risk (FUR) Conference will take place in York from June 25, 2018 to June 28, 2018.
Posted on Friday 2 March 2018
Prof Jo Swaffield, Head of Economics at York, has been appointed as a member of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) for a term of three years starting from 6 February 2018.
Posted on Friday 26 January 2018
Trust me, I'm a Doctor
Posted on Wednesday 17 January 2018
Sacha Romanovitch and Dame Vivian Hunt are among eight leading figures from the world of business, performing arts, politics and journalism to receive honorary degrees from the University of York this weekend (19 and 20 January 2018).
Posted on Wednesday 17 January 2018
Ethnic favouritism is as strong outside Africa as it is in Africa itself, research involving York's Giacomo De Luca finds.
Posted on Monday 18 December 2017
Economics at York working in collaboration with the Royal Economic Society and the University’s Events team will host the Society’s Annual Public Lectures in the years 2018 to 2020.
Posted on Wednesday 22 November 2017
The Korea- America Economic Association (KAEA) has announced that Prof Yongcheol Shin will receive the 2018 Maekyung-KAEA Economist Award for his outstanding professional achievement.
Posted on Tuesday 21 November 2017
This term we had the first meeting of the newly elected Economics Student Committee, a forum for students to share their thoughts on issues within the department and across the university.
Posted on Thursday 2 November 2017
Chaired by the Economics Society Friday 3rd November 2017 at 1pm in ATB/056
Posted on Thursday 2 November 2017
Chaired by the Economics Society Friday 3rd November 2018 at 1pm in ATB/056
Posted on Thursday 19 October 2017
Mission oriented policy and rethinking public value
Posted on Wednesday 18 October 2017
We are now advertising for several Lectureships in the Department, on open (permanent) contracts.
Posted on Wednesday 11 October 2017
The Centre for Applied Macro-Finance (CAMF), one of the research centres based within the Department of Economics and Related Studies, has launched its new website.
Posted on Wednesday 27 September 2017
We welcome three new members of staff who will start teaching at York in the new academic year.
Posted on Wednesday 27 September 2017
Six colleagues in the Economics department at York working on a wide range of topics in economics have started the new academic year in promoted positions.
Posted on Tuesday 19 September 2017
A new page with information for prospective postgraduate students in Chinese has been added to the departmental website of Economics at York.
Posted on Friday 11 August 2017
Our 2017 National Student Survey scores are some of the highest of the research-intensive universities. Among Russell Group Economics departments, York is ranked top for Assessment and Feedback, top for Academic Support, and second for Overall Satisfaction with an approval rating of 91%.
Posted on Friday 28 July 2017
Economics at the University of York has been ranked among the top 100 economics departments in the world in the latest round of subject-level assessment by the prestigious Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
Posted on Friday 14 July 2017
Congratulations to all our Economics Graduates 2017!
Posted on Monday 3 July 2017
Congratulations to our 2017 student prizewinners
Posted on Monday 3 July 2017
Many congratulations to our six colleagues on their recent promotion success.
Posted on Wednesday 21 June 2017
Emeritus Professor Keith Hartley, founding editor of the Defence and Peace Economics
Posted on Tuesday 6 June 2017
Our Department and Centre for Mechanism and Institution Design will host a major international Conference on Economic Design on the 14th - 16th June, 2017.
Posted on Friday 2 June 2017
E-cigarettes will lead to a healthier but more unequal society
Posted on Friday 2 June 2017
Our Department is ranked top 100 in the world and top 10 in the UK
Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2017
Congratulations to Leonardo Madio
Posted on Wednesday 12 April 2017
The MSCA IF scheme is open to experienced researchers of any nationality, in possession of a PhD or with at least four years equivalent research experience. Applicants must not have spent more than 12 months in the last 3 years in the UK prior to the deadline (14.09.17).
Posted on Thursday 30 March 2017
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Keith Hartley on the forthcoming publication of his book 'The Economics of Arms'
Posted on Wednesday 29 March 2017
Congratulations to Dr Judith Spicksley and Dr Thomas Cornelissen for the success of their two applications to the Leverhulme Trust's Research Fellowship scheme, both of which have been awarded.
Posted on Thursday 23 February 2017
Congratulations to Dr Paulo Santos Monteiro and Professor Andrew Jones on the success of their two applications to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship scheme, both of which have been awarded.
Posted on Tuesday 20 December 2016
The inaugural issue of the Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design has just been published.
Posted on Friday 9 December 2016
Professor Andrew Jones has been awarded one of this year’s Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowships. The award will be for 36 months from September 2017. The Fellowship will support an innovative new programme of research that spans economics, applied ethics, health and education policy, and statistics.
Posted on Wednesday 30 November 2016
Members of renewed Expert Panel on Health appointed
Posted on Thursday 17 November 2016
Research by York economists has been featured in the Understanding Society 2016 Insights report
Posted on Monday 14 November 2016
Giacomo De Luca’s paper “Mafia in the Ballot Box” has been accepted for publication in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Posted on Wednesday 14 September 2016
On 12th and 13th of Sept 2016, the first of a hopefully long series of successful Workshops on Labour and Family Economics (WOLFE) took place at the University of York.
Posted on Wednesday 13 July 2016
Congratulations to all our Economics Graduates 2016!
Posted on Tuesday 12 July 2016
We have become the latest university department to be welcomed into the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute University Recognition Program.
Posted on Tuesday 12 July 2016
“Recent Developments in Panel Data Analysis”
Posted on Tuesday 28 June 2016
Congratulations to our 2016 student prizewinners
Posted on Tuesday 10 May 2016
Interesting examples of our research, and the relevance to wider society and the economy can be seen here.
Posted on Tuesday 10 May 2016
VOX, the policy portal of CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research, London), published a column from Dr Matthias Morys on the Greek debt crisis in historical perspective.
Posted on Thursday 28 April 2016
Many congratulations to Karen who was made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to economics and labour market diversity on Friday 22nd April.
Posted on Thursday 21 April 2016
TEDx University of York brings to you a fantastic conference exploring the theme ‘The Manifesto of the Future’ on Sunday 24th of April.
Posted on Tuesday 19 April 2016
What has the financial crash taught us about Economics? by Professor Philip Booth
Posted on Tuesday 19 April 2016
On Tuesday 19 April 2016, Manuel Sánchez, Deputy Governor of The Bank of Mexico visited the Department and University to give a public lecture.
Posted on Thursday 31 March 2016
Andrew Jones, James Lomas and Nigel Rice have been awarded the inaugural Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics by the American Society of Health Economists. The award was given for their article “Healthcare cost regressions: going beyond the mean to estimate the full distribution”, which was published in Health Economics in 2015. The prize will be awarded at the 6th Biennial Conference at the University of Pennsylvania in June.
Posted on Thursday 28 January 2016
Congratulations to Dr Emma Tominey and Professor Cheti Nicoletti on the success of their two applications to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship scheme, both of which have been awarded.
Posted on Thursday 14 January 2016
The York Finance Conference is the largest internationally student-led finance conference in Europe. It is a fantastic opportunity for students wishing to enter the world of finance to gain a unique insight into investment banking, investment management, consulting and accounting. Date: 19th February 2016 Time: 08:00-18:00
Posted on Monday 4 January 2016
Two members of the University of York have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.
Posted on Tuesday 24 November 2015
Morgan Stanley are looking for applicants for Operations roles - both Summer placements (10 weeks) and Industrial placements (52 weeks).
Posted on Tuesday 17 November 2015
Employability talk for all ALCUIN students (both undergraduates and graduates).
Posted on Monday 16 November 2015
On Thursday November 12 the Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy gave a speech followed by Q&A at the University of York.
Posted on Monday 16 November 2015
On Thursday November 5, the Economics Society hosted the Bank of England Campus Roadshow
Posted on Tuesday 20 October 2015
Our new Economics web page...
Posted on Tuesday 6 October 2015
The roadshow is coming to York
Posted on Wednesday 12 August 2015
The 2015 National Student Survey will show a six percentage point increase in satisfaction levels, driven by improvements in satisfaction with teaching and with academic support.
Posted on Thursday 25 June 2015
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014/15 undergraduate prizes.
Posted on Thursday 18 June 2015
We are delighted to announce that the Department of Economics has been awarded the Gold award in the Green Impact scheme 2014/15.
Posted on Thursday 14 May 2015
Centre for Applied Macro-Finance & York Econometrics Workshop 2015
Posted on Wednesday 21 January 2015
The National Student Survey (NSS) will begin on 19 January 2015 and will run until 30 April 2015
Posted on Thursday 8 January 2015
Be the first ever Future CFO of the Year! CLOSING 4 FEBRUARY 2015
Posted on Friday 19 December 2014
York ranked in the top 10 in the UK for 'research power' and in the top 10 for its impact on society.
Posted on Monday 1 December 2014
Win a summer internship at GM&Ts global HQ in London and a week’s placement in Gazprom’s Singapore office.
Posted on Monday 6 October 2014
Microsoft Office 365 - now free for York students
Posted on Thursday 2 October 2014
To uncover the UK's emerging talent, Spread Co is inviting undergraduate economics students to enter the Spread Co Ultimate Uni Trader 2014 competition. Students will compete against each other, trading real-world markets with virtual currency, for a chance to win a prestigious three-month paid internship at Spread Co’s London office next summer.
Posted on Friday 11 July 2014
We are delighted to announce that the Department of Economics has been awarded the Bronze award in the Green Impact scheme for work we have undertaken 2013/2014.
Posted on Friday 11 July 2014
Team Economics came first in its category in the annual Love to Ride York challenge, which aims to get the biggest percentage of staff riding a bike.
Posted on Tuesday 17 June 2014
5th York Annual Symposium on Game Theory - 19 & 20 June 2014
Posted on Tuesday 17 June 2014
Do you know what you want to do after your maths or science degree? Whether you have it all planned out or you just don't have a clue, you should come along to the Mathematics Symposium on the 20th of June!
Posted on Friday 16 May 2014
Wednesday 11th June, 4pm - 5:15pm ARRC Auditorium (A/RC/014)
Posted on Tuesday 6 May 2014
May 16-17, 2014 ARRC Seminar Room, Heslington West Campus
Posted on Tuesday 29 April 2014
We are pleased to announce that the Non and semiparametric methods mini conference will be held on 15-16 May 2014, University of York.
Posted on Monday 3 March 2014
The department has been successful in our bid to the NIHR and is awarded eight studentships per annum from 2014-2017 for the MSc Health Economics
Posted on Friday 28 February 2014
York Annual Symposium on Game Theory 2014 19-20 June 2014
Posted on Friday 31 January 2014
We are delighted to confirm the launch in September 2014 of the University of York’s MSc in Economic Evaluation for Health Technology Assessment by Distance Learning.
Posted on Friday 17 January 2014
The Department of Economics is offering PhD studentships for October 2014 entry
Posted on Tuesday 9 July 2013
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2012/13 undergraduate prizes.
Posted on Wednesday 19 June 2013
The Department of Economics has been allocated one of the University’s 50th Anniversary Masters Scholarships (worth up to £10,000) which will be available for a student starting an MSc programme in the Department in Autumn 2013 - The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, 8th July 2013.
Posted on Wednesday 12 June 2013
The Department of Economics and Related Studies has been ranked 21st among 1691 institutions over the world in the May 2013 Econometrics field ranking by Ideas and RePEc.
Posted on Wednesday 12 June 2013
Starting from 2011/12 onwards we have re-introduced the Aronson Teaching Prize for best designed module and most engaging & effective lecturer.
Posted on Wednesday 22 May 2013
The Digital Workspace Service (DWS) is now available to students for a trial period
Posted on Friday 17 May 2013
A second year undergraduate student, Sven, joined more than 1500 students from 200 different Universities taking part in the 2013 PeakTime challenge.
Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2013
The new Tilburg rankings
Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2013
James Lomas awarded a RES Junior Fellowship
Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2013
Dan Howdon awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award
Posted on Friday 19 April 2013
The Maths Skills Centre offers drop-in sessions to any students who have questions on the mathematical processes of their modules.
Posted on Wednesday 10 April 2013
Chinese graduates join 50th Anniversary celebrations
Posted on Thursday 21 March 2013
Students can now access Gauss v13 from classroom PC's. Staff can also install on Office PC's.
Posted on Friday 15 March 2013
The new version of MathType (6.9 for PC and 6.7e for Mac) is now available
Posted on Thursday 14 March 2013
PhD studentships - Department of Economics and Related Studies in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Finland
Posted on Thursday 7 March 2013
Thomson Reuters are offering online support to help you get the most out of their products
Posted on Monday 4 March 2013
Students from the Economics Department have been awarded places at the University's International Study Centre
Posted on Monday 28 January 2013
Starting from 2011/12 onwards we have re-introduced the Aronson Teaching Prize for best designed module and most engaging & effective lecturer.
Posted on Friday 4 January 2013
The trouble in Europe presented by Sir James Mirrlees - Thursday 14 February 2013, 6.45pm in P/L/001
Posted on Tuesday 1 January 2013
15 February 2013 at the Royal York Hotel.
Posted on Wednesday 28 November 2012
The Humble Economist collects together some of the writings of Professor Tony Culyer, who helped set up the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
Posted on Monday 8 October 2012
The Careers Service run a number of careers fairs, networking events and presentations throughout the academic year. These events are excellent opportunities to talk with employers and other people working in different job sectors.
Posted on Wednesday 1 August 2012
The University of York has joined the influential Russell Group of leading UK universities in recognition of our excellent research, outstanding teaching and learning, and the impact of our work with business and the public sector.
Posted on Monday 16 July 2012
The new mentoring project sponsored by the Royal Economic Society (RES) Women’s Committee is being held in York on 16th & 17th July 2012.
Posted on Friday 1 June 2012
York in world top ten of younger universities
Posted on Tuesday 17 January 2012
Third year Economics and Finance student Amanda Nasim has successfully won the rights to open the first Tutti Frutti frozen dessert outlet in Europe.
Posted on Thursday 1 December 2011
This year's Ken Dixon Lecture was delivered by Robert Chote, Chair of the Office of Budget Responsibility.
Posted on Wednesday 28 October 2020
Economics at York has again received excellent scores in the latest National Student Survey (NSS) of 2020, achieving second place among Russell Group Universities in overall student satisfaction (88%). The survey shows that economics courses at York are intellectually stimulating (87%) and that staff are friendly and engaging (89%).
Posted on Thursday 30 July 2020
Congratulations to our 2020 student prizewinners
Posted on Monday 13 July 2020
A fantastic opportunity to conduct your research at one of the UK's leading Economics departments