Research
Our Economics Division has several well-respected research groups
These groups provide focus and support to our ongoing research projects and foster our vibrant research culture and environment. Our research strength ranges across the core areas of the discipline – microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and applied economics – and our staff expertise encompasses a broad range of subjects.
We are committed to the pursuit of high-quality research. We are among the top economics divisions in the UK for research excellence. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), 80 per cent of our submitted research submitted was ranked as world-leading or internationally excellent (rated 3* and 4*). A more recent analysis of the 2008 RAE results, carried out by J Taylor and I Walker, ranks us seventh best division in the UK for publications in the area of economics and econometrics.
We run weekly divisional seminars, where we welcome external speakers from leading national and international universities (an average of 20 each year), weekly workshops where internal speakers present new research ideas (often over a pizza), biweekly PhD workshops and biweekly reading groups open to all.
Praise for research excellence
Research across Economics was praised for its quality in the latest research assessment exercise.
Economics news
To keep up to date with research and the latest conferences, see our news pages.
Discussion papers
Our discussion paper series includes preliminary versions of our completed papers.
More opportunities for doctoral research
The ESRC has chosen Social Sciences at Southampton as the host for a prestigious Doctoral Research Centre. Find out more.
