Professor Jackie Wahba
Professor of Economics, Department Research Director, Departmental Head of Applied Group
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Professor Jackie Wahba is Professor of Economics at the University of Southampton.
My research interests focus on international migration and labour markets.
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Southampton. I am an applied economist with an interest in Labour Economics, Development Economics and Applied Micro-econometrics.
I am a research fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Germany, CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration) in London and the Economic Research Forum in Cairo.
I lead the Migration Research at the ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton.
I acted as an academic consultant in international migration and labour markets for several international organisations including the World Bank, OECD and IOM.
Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to Economic Policy.
Member of the UK Government's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), 2012-2020.
Elected member of Council of the Royal Economic Society (since 2020)