School of Economics

PhD Student Career Destinations

Our PhD students have gone on to a wide range of careers. Below are some of the career destinations of our latest completed PhD students.

2024

  • Gabriele Lucchetti, Postdoctoral Researcher, ROCKWOOL Foundation, Berlin, Germany
  • Lara Suraci, Postdoctoral Researcher, N/LAB, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham

2023

  • Diana Beltekian, Postdoctoral Researcher, Kiel Institute, Kiel, Germany
  • Rachel Cho, Postdoctoral Researcher, Business School, University of Birmingham
  • Ernesto Gavassa Perez, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Anna Hochleitner, Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Experimental Research in Fairness, Inequality and Rationality, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
  • Wenjiao Hu, Postdoctoral Researcher, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan 
  • Fahad Kazmi, Lecturer, Business School, University of Derby
  • Diego Marino Fages, Assistant Professor, Business School, Durham University
  • Yuliet Verbel Bustamante, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
  • Ling Zhou, Lecturer, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China

2022

  • Aisha Abubakar, Rights Lab Research Fellow in Cognitive Impairment and Exploitation, University of Nottingham
  • Juergen Amann, Economist, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE)
  • Malte Baader, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for Banking and Finance, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Sarah Bowen, Research Manager, Behavioural Practice, Kantar Public, United Kingdom
  • Edoardo Cefalà, Postdoctoral Researcher, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
  • David Contreras, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex
  • Carolina Gomez Cuenca, ECOPETROL, United Kingdom
  • Michael Mahony, Economist, Macro-Financial Division, Central Bank of Ireland & Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
  • Richard Mills, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
  • Monika Pompeo, Postdoctoral Researcher, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Arif Sulistiono, Economist, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia
  • Shruti Surachita, Postdoctoral Researcher, Behavioural Science Centre, School of Economics, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
  • Gian Luca Tedeschi, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

2021

  • Bjoern Brey, Postdoctoral Researcher, European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Priyanka Joshi, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Essex
  • Seokmo Nam, Economist, Research Department, Bank of Korea, Seoul, Korea
  • Yoocheol Noh, Economist, Department of Statistics, Bank of Korea
  • Pedro Luis Silva, Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPRES), University of Porto, Portugal

2020

  • Valeria Burdea, Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
  • Camila Cisneros, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Tübingen, Germany
  • Fatih Kansoy, Teaching Associate, Department of Economics, University of Warwick
  • Orestis Kopsacheilis, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • Juan Rosas Muñoz, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Universidad del BíoBío, Chile
  • Douglas Scott, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Oxford
  • Ahmed Usman, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Accounting, Coventry University

2019

  • Mohamed Diaby, Economist, Economist Program, International Monetary Fund
  • Roel Dom, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
  • Apurva Gupta, Postdoctoral Researcher, Düsseldorf Institute of Competition Economics, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Kyung Hwang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Kent
  • Martina Magli, Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
  • Adrián Nieto Castro, Research Associate, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg
  • Bernardo Pincheira Sarmiento, Postdoctoral Researcher, Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow, Russia
  • Ahmen Usman, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Essex

2018

  • Despoina Alempaki, Research Fellow, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
  • Basile Boulay, Lecturer in International Development, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Northampton
  • Valeria Burdea, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, United States
  • Andria Evripidou, Senior Economist, Payment Systems Regulator, London
  • Hanna Fromell, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Cindy Fu, Teaching Associate, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
  • Arno Hantzsche, Senior Economist, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London
  • Kyung In Hwang, Economist, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, Sejong, Korea
  • Fatih Kansoy, Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Warwick
  • Orestis Kopsacheilis, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Nottingham
  • Vasileios Kotsidis, Teaching Fellow, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge
  • Xueheng Li, Assistant Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
  • Samer Matta, Young Economist, World Bank, Washington DC, US
  • Georgia Michailidou, Postdoctoral Researcher, Burgundy School of Business, University of Dijon, France
  • Zakari Mumuni, Economist, Bank of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
  • Lionel Roger, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, Ministry of Finance, Zimbabwe
  • Marta Allegra Ronchetti, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
  • Karen Roopnarine, Research Department, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Jesal Sheth, Behavioural Scientist and Policy Associate, Banking Standards Board, London 
  • Rachel Slaymaker, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • Di Wang, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
  • Zhixian Yu, Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China Campus

2017

  • Geoffrey Castillo, Postdoctoral Researcher, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • Donneil Cain, Project Development Specialist, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belize
  • Emily Whitehouse, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Tom Lane, Teaching Fellow in Economics, Nottingham University Business School, Ningbo, China Campus
  • Benjamin Beranek, Assistant Professor of Economics, Connecticut College, US
  • Luis Lee Penagos, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, US
  • Rungnapa Opartpunyasarn, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand

2016

  • Ashira Perera, Consultant, Natural Resources & Energy, International Trade and Development, Oxford Policy Management, Oxford
  • Soumyatanu Mukherjee, Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management, India
  • Pawel Smietanka, Research Economist, Structural Economic Division, Bank of England, London
  • Chrystalleni Aristidou, Teaching Associate, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
  • Timothy Destefano, Policy Analyst, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • Zovanga Kone, Research Officer, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
  • Kian Ong, Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Nottingham, Malaysia
  • Zameen Zafar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Islamic Relief Academy
  • Allyson King, Teaching Associate, School of Economics, University of Nottingham

2015

  • Emilija Timmis, Young Professional, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, World Bank
  • Frank Agyire-Tettey, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana
  • Alessio Gaggero, Research Associate, Nottingham University Business School
  • Zhiyong Li, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, De Montfort University, Leicester
  • Lefan Liu, Centre for English Language Education, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
  • Milan Vanko, National Bank of Slovakia
  • Marta Barazzetta, Postdoctoral Researcher, PEARL Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI), University of Luxembourg
  • Susan Kavuma Namirembe, Lecturer, School of Economics, Makerere University, Uganda
  • Joerg Weber, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
  • Soumyatanu Mukherjee, Assistant Professor in Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India

2014

  • Antonio Alonso Arechar, Associate Research Scientist, Human Cooperation Lab, Yale University, US
  • Francesco Fallucchi, Researcher in Behavioural Economics, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
  • Michele Imbruno, Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI). School of Economics, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • Jianan Li, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Economics, Xiamen University, China
  • Zahra Murad, Senior Lecturer, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth
  • Simone Quercia, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Applied Microeconomics, University of Bonn, Germany
  • Jonathan Timmis, Economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • Steven Trypsteen, Economist, ING Group, Brussels, Belgium

2013

  • Sam Astill, Lecturer, Essex Business School, University of Essex
  • Yoke Fong Kong, Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
  • Tobias Ketterer, Economic Analyst, European Commission
  • Hao Lan, Lecturer in Economics, International Business School, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
  • Jeroen Nieboer, Technical Specialist in Behavioural Economics, Financial Conduct Authority, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London
  • Samantha Torrance, Project Manager, Adam Smith Institute, Burundi
  • Fabio Tufano, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, University of Nottingham

2012

  • Natasha Agarwal, Research Economist, World Education Foundation, Washington, US
  • Emmanuel Amissah, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
  • Vaalmikki Arjoon, Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Menshawy Badr, Lecturer, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Egypt
  • Philip Ball, Head of Business Cases & Value for Money Lead Economist, Corporate Strategy, Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport, UK Government, London
  • Debasmita Basak, Assistant Professor in Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School
  • Sharmila Devadas, Central Bank of Malaysia
  • Zouheir El-Sahli, Assistant Professor in Economics, Department of Economics, Leiden University, Netherlands
  • Fatima Ambreen, Associate Professor, Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi, Pakistan
  • Smaranda Pantea, Economist, Ministry of Public Finance, Romania
  • Christopher Parsons, Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics, University of Western Australia, Perth
  • Robert Riegler, Lecturer in Economics, School of Business and Law, Coventry University, Coventry
  • Christian Soegaard, Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Warwick
  • Katerina Stanic, Researcher, Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies, Serbia
  • Festus Turkson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana
  • Veronica Veleanu, Lecturer, Finance and Accounting Department, University of Surrey
  • Zheng Wang, Reader in Economics, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester

2011

  • Henry Telli, Country Economist for the International Growth Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London
  • Minjia Chen, Lecturer, Nottingham University Business School
  • Mehdi Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Business School, Bournemouth University, Poole
  • Niall Flynn, University of Innsbruck, Austria
  • Christoph Görtz, Senior Lecturer in Macroeconomics, Department of Economics, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
  • Agyapomma (Biibi) Gyeke-Dako, Lecturer, Durham University Business School
  • Meng Lu, Senior Analyst, A C Nielsen Marketing Consultancy, China
  • Nikhil Masters, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Manchester
  • Danny McGowan, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Department of Finance, University of Birmingham
  • Robert Mullings, Lecturer, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University

2010

  • Eleonora Fichera, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bath
  • Olivier Godart, Director Advanced Studies Program and Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany
  • Yuki Kumagai, Teaching Associate, University of Bristol
  • Vincent Leyaro, Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
  • Sophia Müller-Spahn, Directorate Risk Management, Risk Analysis Division, European Central Bank
  • Sérgio Almeida de Sousa, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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