Nottingham Centre for Research on
Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP)

PhD Students

GEP has a cluster of high quality research students who participate fully in the centre's activities.  

Current PhD students
 NameSupervisorsTopic
 

Thomas Chen

Richard Kneller and Zhihong Yu

Trade costs and maritime shipping

 

Wenxiao Dong

Yuan Tian and Zhihong Yu

Essays on international trade, resource misallocation and productivity

 

Selim Elbadri

Markus Eberhardt & Juan Vizcaino

 The macroeconomics of natural disasters
 

Guido Lamarmora

Omar Licandro and Juan Ignacio Vizcaino

Structural transformation and trade
 

Matias Golman

Trudy Owens and Richard Upward

The economics of volunteering

 

Fahad Syed Kazmi

Omar Licandro and Giammario Impullitti

Essays on globalisation and market power

 

Gabriele Lucchetti

Alessandro Ruggieri and Juan Ignacio Vizcaino

Cities, earnings and the skills of immigrants

 

Luis Matto-Perez

Omar Licandro and Giammario Impullitti

Structural change, trade and growth 

 

(Maria) Agustina Sampaolesi

Giammario Impullitti and Adam Spencer

Heterogenous firms, monetary policy and growth 
 

Athira Vinod

Richard Upward and Trudy Owens

Education reforms in India

 

Lanlan Wu

Richard Kneller and Zhihong Yu

Export liberalisation, sourcing capcity and multi product firms.

 
Completed PhD students
NameYear of completionCareer destination

Diana Beltekian

2023

Postdoc, Kiel Institute 

Björn Brey

2021

Postdoc, ECARES at Université Libre de Bruxelles

David Contreas

2021

Postdoc, University of Essex

Gian Luca Tedeschi

2021

Postdoc, University of Padua

Camila Cisneros Acevedo

2020

Assistant Professor, University of Tubingen

Juan Rosas Munoz

2020

Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Universidad del Biobio, Chile

Francesca Vinci

2020

Graduate Program Participant, European Central Bank

Yuzhu (Rhea) Zhang

2020

Research Economist, Bank of China

Apoorva Gupta

2019

Postdoc, University of Duesseldorf

Kyung In Hwang

2019

Postdoc, University of Kent

Sheila Kaminchia 

2019

Economist, Central Bank of Kenya

Martina Magli

2019

Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Lionel Roger

2018

Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, Ministry of Finance, Zimbabwe

Rachel Slaymaker

2018

Postdoc, ESRI Dublin

Charikleia Vavoura

2018

Postdoc, University of Athens

Donneil Cain

2017

Specialist, Caribbean Community Climate

Rungnapa Opartpunyasarn

2017

Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand

Timothy DeStefano

2016

Policy Analyst, OECD

Sabrina Eisenbarth

2016

Postdoc, Oxford

Allyson John

2016

Teaching Associate, University of Nottingham

Zovanga Kone

2016

Research Assistant, LSE

Soumyatanu Mukherjee

2016

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)

Jonathan Timmis

2015

ODI Fellow, Economist, The Rwanda Energy Group

Michele Imbruno

2014

Assistant Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, Lucca

Tobias Ketterer

2014

Postdoc, LSE

Yoke Fong Kong

2014

Lecturer, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia

Jianan Li

2014

Postdoc, Xiamen University

Hao Wang

2014

STO Express Midland

Natasha Agarwal

2012

Postdoc, Oxford

Emmanuel Amissah

2012

Teaching Associate, University of Nottingham

Vaalmikki Arjoon

2012

Teaching Associate, University of Nottingham

Zouheir El-Sahli

2012

Postdoc, Lund University

Smaranda Pantea

2012

Teaching Fellow, University of Bristol

Christopher Parsons

2012

Research Associate, University of Oxford

Robert Riegler

2012

Lecturer, Staffordshire University

Festus Turkson

2012

Senior Lecturer and Economist, University of Ghana

Pan Wang

2012

Agriculture Bank of China

Zheng Wang

2012

Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Cheng Zhang

2012

 

Medhi Chowdhury

2011

Teaching Fellow, University of Bristol

Agyapomaa (Biibi) Gyeke-Dako

2011

Teaching Fellow, Durham Business School

Meng Lu

2011

Senior Analyst, A C Nielson Marketing Consultancy, Shanghai

Danny McGowan

2011

Research Associate, University of Nottingham

Robert Mullings

2011

Lecturer, Birmingham University

Bina Prajapati

2011

Economist, Competition and Markets Authority

Christian Soegaard

2011

Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University

Olivier Godart

2010

Postdoc, CAU Kiel

Priit Vahter

2010

Senior Research Fellow, University of Tartu, Estonia

Priydarshini (Neema) Mahabir

2009

Lecturer in Economics and Statistics, University of Lincoln

Harshana Kasseeah

2008

Analyst, Monetary Policy Unit, Central Bank of Mauritius

Fangya Xu

2008

Lecturer, Plymouth University

Xufei (Florence) Zhang

2008

GEP Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

Paulo Bastos

2007

Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

Saileshsingh Gunessee

2007

Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, Ningbo

Joana Silva

2007

Young Professionals Program, World Bank

Manop Udomkerdmongkol

2007

Economist, Monetary Policy Group, Bank of Thailand

Sarut Wittayarungruangsri

2006

Economist, Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Thailand

Zhihong Yu

2006

ESRC Research Fellow, GEP, University of Nottingham

Ping Zhang

2006

Research Fellow, School of Economics, University of Nottingham

Kittipong Jangkamolkulchai

2005

Regional Manager, Bryan Cave International Trade, Bangkok

Baboo Nowbutsing

2005

Lecturer, University of Mauritius

Michael Henry

2004

Research Fellow, Aston Business School

Reshma Mahabir

2004

Economist, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Hugh Metcalf

2004

Lecturer, University of Newcastle

Satiumsingh Ragoobur

2004

Teaching Assistant, Lancaster University

Nuno Sousa

2002

Lecturer, University of Minho, Portugal

Niven Winchester

2002

Lecturer, Otago University, New Zealand

Neil Foster-McGregor

2001

Assistant Professor, University of Vienna

 

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