Our research is informed by engagement with practitioners, and characterised by its dissemination of results to a diverse non-academic audience.
Our School is committed to and strongly encourages activities related to ‘enterprise and engagement' throughout our five research clusters, with the aim of generating wider benefits from our researchers' work. We support our staff in achieving world leading and internationally excellent research, in generating substantial external funding and in undertaking research with high impact.
Research in the School of Economics is organised into the five groups listed below.
Applied Econometrics and Finance
more...The Applied Econometrics and Finance Group brings together a diverse range of researchers in developing cross-disciplinary economic research with international impact.
Behavioural Economics
more...The Behavioural Economics Group builds on its tradition of pioneering research in the rigorous foundations of behavioural and experimental economics to incorporate its insights into the design of modern policy and practice in the UK and internationally.
Environment, Resources and Conflict
more...The Environment, Resources and Conflict research group unites researchers from different fields of economics who study important issues in environmental and resource economics, conflict studies, and the nexus between the three.
Economic Theory
more...The Economic Theory Group joins together researchers who use rigorous theoretical analysis to make significant contributions in all areas of economics.
Industrial Economics
more...The Industrial Economics group is closely aligned with the Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), working to develop significant policy and practitioner impact.