Industrial Economics

We are one of the largest groups of industrial economics experts in any British university. We have 23 academic staff and a thriving community of PhD students in various areas of industrial and applied economics.

Our staff publish in high level economics journals and in leading journals in a broad range of related disciplines. We have wide experience in producing world class empirical industrial economics and in applying industrial economics and innovation to Government and business policy at both national and international levels.

A number of our staff members have held governmental advisory positions and have conducted research commissioned by national and international government departments, professional bodies, and the private sector.

Since 2010, the Division has hosted the prestigious British Network of Industrial Economists (NIE) , founded in the early 1970s at the London School of Economics (LSE). NIE is a nationwide forum for interaction between academia, business, and Government on topics of industry economics. Its membership includes some of the leading industrial economists working in business, academia and Government.

The division hosts the annual NIE doctoral colloquium, an important forum for domestic and international PhD students in Industrial Economics to showcase and discuss their research.
Our research-led teaching includes a specialist BA in Industrial Economics and a MSc in Industrial Economics, Innovation and Policy