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Department of Economics

Research within the Department of Economics

We aim to produce high quality policy-relevant research that is rigorous, has a strong theoretical foundation, and is influential in contemporary policy and theoretical debates.

Our research focuses on broadly defined themes including macroeconomic policy, international development, energy economics, utility regulation and other topics in applied microeconomics. We actively embrace multidisciplinary research and are key members of University-based research teams in health, ethnicity/immigration, radiocommunications and the environment.

We have two research centres (Surrey Centre for International Economic Studies – SCIES, and Surrey Energy Economics Centre – SEEC), and research groupings covering multidisciplinary areas of health and radiocommunications. In addition to activity within these structures, we also believe that flexible collaborations and individual scholarship are powerful modalities for generating high quality research and these are also encouraged.

Research Centres and Groupings

Surrey Centre for International Economic Studies (SCIES)

Membership: Graham Bird (Director), Alex Mandilaras (Deputy Director), Parimal Bag, Nicoletta Batini, Ali Choudhary, Vasco Gabriel, Luisa Lambertini, Paul Levine, Peter McAdam, Chris Spencer (Research Fellow); Visiting staff: Homi Katrak (Visiting Professor), Avinash Persaud (Visiting Professor). SCIES also has a number of additional research associates, including Tony Killick (Visiting Professor, former Director of the Overseas Development Institute and President of the Development Studies Association) and colleagues from the UK, US and Canada. (A full membership list can be found on the SCIES' webpages: click below).

Core themes: International development, Macroeconomic policy

Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC)

Membership: Lester Hunt (Director), Jo Evans, Paul Levine, Carol Nahkle (Research Fellow), Richard Pierse, Neil Rickman; Visiting staff: Peter Pearson (Visiting Professor, Imperial College), Colin Robinson (Emeritus Professor).

Core themes: Energy economics, Utility regulation

Health Research Group (HRG)

Membership: Heather Gage (Leader), Jo Evans, Neil Rickman; Visiting staff: Clive Smee CBE (Visiting Professor and former Chief Economist at the Department of Health).

Core themes: The HRG’s research involves both health economics-related work and multidisciplinary activity involving the University’s Health Workforce Research Centre, Post-Graduate Medical School and Biomedical scientists, Psychologists and Sociologists, plus other UK universities and local NHS organisations.

Radiocommunications Group

A unifying theme for much of our remaining research is applied microeconomics. This work takes a variety of forms, including theoretical analysis of particular issues, empirical analysis (including collection of new data sets) and multidisciplinary research (for example, in our work on migration). Some main topics and contributors are:

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