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Dr Alan Fernihough

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Dr Alan Fernihough

Dr Alan Fernihough

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Dr Fernihough is an economic historian with research interests in demography, economic growth, and applied econometrics.

His own published research addresses issues in population and development across Europe. He has researched population and development in Ireland, Britain, and Italy. His research has also focused on interwar trade policy.

His goal as a PhD supervisor is to help his students graduate with a collection of interesting papers that have the potential to be published in peer-reviewed journals.

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  • a.fernihough@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 5452

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the fields of:

  • the digitization of historical documents and maps, and analyzing these data with cutting edge econometrics methods.

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Public outreach & key achievements

•Irish Times article 'Great Famine's impact illustrated by interactive map'
•Irish Times article 'Marriage rate between Catholics and Protestants under 1% in 1911'
•Newsweek article 'Use this map to see exactly how the Great Irish Famine affected your ancestors'
•VoxEU article 'When Britain turned inward'


Research students

PhD Area
 
Natural Resource Abundance, Economic Growth and Human Capital in the Oil-Producing Countries: Taking Saudi Arabia as an individual Case
Name Najla Tharman Almutairi
Years of Study 2013 - Present
Country Saudi Arabia

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Area
 
Historical Reflections on Religion, Finance and Economic Development
Name Dr Stuart Henderson
Years of Study  2013 -2017
Country Republic of Ireland
Current Position   Lecturer in Economics & Finance, Dublin Institute of Technology

 


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