PhD Scholarships in Economics at the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School , 2014

The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School (ASBS) invite applications for a number of full scholarships for PhDs in Economics supervised by world-class academics, leaders in their field, engaged in cutting-edge research.

Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith PhD Scholarship

“The allocation of attention and mitigation of disease transmission:  theory and evidence from Tanzania”.

The scholarship is a unique opportunity to be involved in cutting edge interdisciplinary research at the interface of behavioural economics and global health at an early stage of your academic career.

The successful candidate for this scholarship will be supervised by Professor Sayantan Ghosal of the ASBS and Dr Katie Hampson and Dr Tiziana Lembo of the Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health.

Professor Ghosal’s research area is economic theory and its applications. Before moving to Glasgow University in 2013, he was a Professor of Economics and a co-investigator and Research Director at the ESRC funded Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy at the University of Warwick (£4.5 million FEC). He has supervised a number of PhD students and these students have gone to get first jobs in universities such as Tilburg, Essex, Cambridge, City, Bristol, Reading and organisations such as the Bank of England.

Further details at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/postgraduateresearch/feesfundingandscholarships/sayantanghosalks/

Scottish Government/ESRC Co-Funded Scholarship

“Developing a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model of the Scottish Economy”

The project will be ground-breaking in that it will be the first development of a contemporary macroeconomic model for Scotland. Aside from the obvious academic interest in such work, the Scottish Government itself wishes to interact with the research team as the research progresses allowing the successful applicant to have valuable access to economic policy makers throughout their period of study.

The successful candidate for this scholarship will be supervised by Professor Campbell Leith (Economics, ASBS, first supervisor) and Dr Xiaoshan Chen (Economics, University of Stirling).

Professor Leith has been an academic economist at the University of Glasgow since 1999. In that time he has held three 3-year ESRC research grants and published around 25 peer-reviewed papers. His research interests span a wide range of macroeconomics, with particular emphasis on monetary and fiscal policy making in theoretical models. Lately Professor Leith has worked with Dr Chen of the University of Stirling in taking a range of such theoretical models to the data.

Further project details at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/postgraduateresearch/feesfundingandscholarships/campbellleith/

In addition scholarships in particular areas are offered for supervision by:

Professor Sayantan Ghosal 
Area: Microeconomics. Topics of particular interest are: behavioural economics and financial crisis.
Please see above for Professor Ghosal’s background.

Professor Takashi Hayashi 
Area: economic theory. Topics of particular interest are: decision theory, game theory, social choice, mechanism design, welfare economics, general equilibrium, economic thought.

Professor Takashi Hayashi (PhD, University of Rochester) held a position at the University of Texas at Austin before joining the University of Glasgow.  (Personal website)

Professor Herve Moulin is the Donald J Robertson Chair of Economics. 
Area: microeconomic theory. Topics of particular interest are: mechanism design, social choice and game theory. 

Before joining the University of Glasgow, Professor Moulin has taught at the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et Administration Economique in Paris, University of Paris at Dauphine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Duke University, and Rice University. Professor Herve Moulin’s research has been supported in part by seven grants from the National Science Foundation (USA). He has written five books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles.

Professor Charles Nolan is the Bonar MacFie Chair in Economics. 
Area: macroeconomics. Topics of particular interest are: the interaction of monetary and fiscal policy and finance and macroeconomics. 

Professor Nolan worked for eight years as an economist at the Bank of England, has formerly taught at the University of Reading, University of Durham, and University of St Andrews. He is a member of the European Monetary Forum.  

The awards

All the awards include an annual bursary equivalent to the RCUK rate (£13,863 for 2014/15), fees at the standard Home/EU or International rate, and a research support grant. The exact award varies between the scholarships. For details please visithttp://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/postgraduateresearch/feesfundingandscholarships/#tabs=1

Applicants

Potential applicants should have a minimum of a 2.1 undergraduate degree and have/expect to achieve a Masters degree with excellent grades in a relevant subject from a UK university or comparable qualifications from another recognised university.

Applications for all the above scholarships must be received by 2 June 2014.

Further details

For more information about PhD scholarships available, visithttp://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/postgraduateresearch/feesfundingandscholarships/#tabs=1

Details on ASBS PhD programmes can be found by visiting:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/postgraduateresearch/

More information about the potential supervisors can be found on the ASBS website:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/staff/?filter=economics