The School of Economics will offer 1 Studentship to prospective candidates starting the PhD Economics programme in the Academic Year 2023/24. This studentship will be awarded to applicants that submit the most promising research proposals and clearly demonstrate academic excellence in the areas that are relevant to the strategic interests of the School of Economics (see the research areas and further details linked below). The application deadline for prospective students to be considered for the Economics studentship is 24 March 2023.
In addition to offering these studentship, the School of Economics participates in the annual SeNSS (South East Network for Social Sciences) competition for +3 (PhD) and 1+3 (Masters + PhD). To be considered for the SENSS competition, prospective students need to apply by an earlier deadline in January 2023 (see the separate ad on SeNSS studentships).
Research Areas. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide with an original and high quality research proposal. The School of Economics research areas include Big data methods, Collective decision making and group formation, Competition in digital markets, Development and environmental economics, Dynamic macroeconomics and growth, Economics of networks, Empirical evaluation of competition/competition policy, Experimetrics, Financial economics and econometrics, Heuristics and biases in decision making, Industrial organisation, Origins and consequences of conflict, Strategic reasoning and identity in groups and teams.
Project outlines for specific fields of interest. For the 2023/24 Academic Year, research projects in Industrial Economics and in Economic Theory are particularly welcome. For these fields, the School of Economics offers a number of project outlines on the following topics:
- Designing and evaluating mechanisms with large numbers of choices.
- Privacy Concerns and Usage of Mobile Apps in the Pandemic
- Impact of concentration in healthcare on input markets
- Competition and information in the health care sector
- Pharmaceutical Policy
- Information in the economy
- Behaviour and Networks
The School encourages prospective students applying for ECO / SSF studentships to submit research proposals based on these outlines: see the dedicated page for further details. The School nonetheless welcomes high quality applications in any field of interest and will assign potential supervisors to each submitted project provided there is supervision capacity.
