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Biography
Richard is a Professor of Economics and Deputy Director for the Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP). He leads the research on Globalisation, Productivity and Technology within GEP and research on the Digitisation and Technology within the ESRC Centre on Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP). He was also part of a ESRC hub (PROPEL), which explored ways of boosting the digital performance of around 16,000 UK companies. He is an external fellow of CESIfo, ESCoE, IGL and an editor of The World Economy
His research has formed the basis for collaborations and advisory work with the UK government (HMRC/Treasury, Department for International Trade, Department for Business), as well as international organisations that include World Bank, IMF, European Commission and the OECD, as well as private companies such as Amazon Web Services and Norwich Union. He has been asked to provide expert evidence to the House of Commons and House of Lords on the topic of UK exports.
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Teaching Summary
Richard is a winner of the Lord Dearing Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
His main teaching responsibilities on the undergraduate program are the Macro Theory module in year 2. This module develops a model of the macroeconomy and focuses on the role that governments can play in shaping the business cycle. The model is a modern update on a model that traces its origins back to writings of Keynes in the 1930s.. He has been responsible for this module since 2013. Before this he also taught Quantitative Economics I and Growth in Historical Perspective. He also supervises undergraduate dissertation on a range of applied topics.
On the MSc program he taught the Economic Policy Analysis module. This module covered a range of topics within the area of policy analysis including the methods for policy evaluation. This is applied to a range of policy topics relevant for both developed and developing countries. He also supervises MSc dissertations.
Richard is an experienced PhD supervisor, having supervised close to 20 students on a wide range of topics. Many of these students have gone on to academic positions (including Nottingham, Nottingham-Malaysia, Harvard, Oxford, Birmingham, Manchester, Middlesex, Lucca (Itlay) Lund (Sweden) ) or jobs within the policy making community (including World Bank, IMF, OECD, European Commission).
Research Summary
His research focuses on the causes and consequences of technological change. This has included research on the effects of various digital technologies, and their connections with productivity,… read more
Recent Publications
TIMOTHY DESTEFANO, RICHARD KNELLER and JONATHAN TIMMIS, 2023. Cloud computing and firm growth Review of Economics and Statistics. 1-47
TIMOTHY DE STEFANO, RICHARD KNELLER and JONATHAN TIMMIS, 2022. The (Fuzzy) Digital Divide: The Effect of Universal Broadband on Firm Performance Journal of Economic Geography. (In Press.)
DANIEL BERNHOFEN, ZOUHEIR EL-SAHLI and RICHARD KNELLER, 2016. Estimating the effects of the container revolution on world trade Journal of Iternational Economics. 98, 36-50 RICHARD KNELLER and JONATHAN TIMMIS, 2016. ICT and exporting: The effects of broadband on the extensive margin of business service exports Review of International Economics. (In Press.)
Current Research
His research focuses on the causes and consequences of technological change. This has included research on the effects of various digital technologies, and their connections with productivity, international trade and FDI. He has published over 70 academic papers including in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, Research Policy,European Economic Review, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and the Canadian Journal of Economics.