Edit your staff profile

Your staff profile is made up of information taken from systems including Pure and Subscribe.  This page explains how to update each section of your profile.

Professor Oliver de Groot

Professor of Economics

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Oliver

Profile photo 
Upload your profile photo in Subscribe (opens in a new tab). Your profile photo in Pure is not linked to your public staff profile. Choose a clear, recent headshot where you are easily recognisable. Your image should be at least 340 by 395 pixels. 

Name 
To change your name or prefix title contact Ask HR (opens in new tab)  If you want to update an academic title you'll need to provide evidence e.g. a PhD certificate. The way your name is displayed is automatic and cannot be changed. You can also update your post-nominal letters in Subscribe (opens in a new tab).

Job title 
Raise a request through ServiceNow (opens in a new tab) to change your job title (40 characters maximum) unless you're on the ERE career pathway. If you're on the ERE path you can not change your main job title, but you can request other minor updates through Ask HR (opens in new tab). If you have more than one post only your main job title will display here, but you can add further posts or roles in other sections of your profile.

Research interests (for researchers only) 
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.

In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.

Contact details 
Add or update your email address, telephone number and postal address in Subscribe (opens in a new tab). Use your University email address for your primary email. 

You can link to your Google Scholar, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts through Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’.  In the 'Links' section, use the 'Add link' button. 

ORCID ID 
Create or connect your ORCID ID in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then 'Create or Connect your ORCID ID'.

Accepting PhD applicants (for researchers only) 
Choose to show whether you’re currently accepting PhD applicants or not in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. In the 'Portal details' section, select 'Yes' or 'No' to indicate your choice. 

About

Oliver joined the University of Southampton in 2025 as Professor of Economics
 
Prior to this he was Head of Economics at the University of Liverpool Management School (2019-25); a Principal Economist in the Monetary Analysis Division of the European Central Bank (2017-19); an Assistant Professor at the University of St Andrews (2015-17); an Economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2012-15); the Mead Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge (2010-12); and a Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs (2008-9).
 
In addition he has worked with many other international organizations in various capacities over the years: a Senior George Research Fellow at the Bank of England (2024-25); a Research Fellow at the Cental Bank of Ireland (2025), National Bank of Poland (2019), and Bank of Finland (2017); a Consultant to the Bank of Korea (2024), IMF (2022-23), National Bank of Kazakhstan (2022-23), and ECB (2019-20).
 
He received his PhD, MPhil, and MA from the University of Cambridge
 
His research interests are in the fields of Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Macro-Finance, Asset Pricing and Computational Economics. His research has been published in some of the top journals in the profession, including Econometrica, the Economic Journal, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and Quantitative Economics, among others.

You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.

Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.

You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.