Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Financial
- Economic
- Business history
Public outreach & key achievements
Editor Economic History Review
Alfred D. Chandler Visiting Scholar, Harvard Business School
Houblon-Norman Fellow at Bank of England
Media:
- Response to Past Crises Shames Post-Lehman Dithering, The Conversation, 13/9/2013
- Ulster Bank Denies Forcing Viable Businesses into Bankruptcy to Boost Profits, BBC News and BBC Spotlight, 14/5/2014
- The History of Booms, Busts and Bubbles: The City of Glasgow Bank Crash of 1878, Share Radio, 6/12/2015
- The Financial Crash, Ten Years On, Radio Ulster Inside Business, 18/9/2017
Research students
| PhD area | Speculation and bubbles in historical commodity markets |
| Name | Laura Wurm |
| Years of study | 2019-2022 |
| Country | Austria |
| PhD area | Politics and the evolution of the UK pensions and insurance sectors |
| Name | David Bogle |
| Years of study | 2018-2022 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD area | The evolution of preference shares |
| Name | Mike Pogue (part-time) |
| Years of study | 2018-2023 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD area | Financing public infrastructure, 1800-2020 |
| Name | Ian Webster (part-time) |
| Years of study | 2016-2021 |
| Country | England |
| PhD area | Essays in financial history |
| Name | Áine Gallagher (part-time) |
| Years of study | 2016-2021 |
| Country | Ireland |
| PhD area | Macroprudential regulation and systemic risk |
| Name | Ashley Neill |
| Years of study | 2016-2020 |
| Country | Ireland |
| PhD area | Essays in Irish economic history |
| Name | Áine Doran |
| Years of study | 2018-2021 |
| Country | Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD area | Law, Finance and Liability Regimes |
| Name | Graeme Acheson |
| Years of study | 20002-2006 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Professor, University of Stirling |
| PhD area | The Equity Risk Premium and Anomalies in a Nascent Capital Market |
| Name | Wenwen Zhan |
| Years of study | 2006-2009 |
| Country | Professor, Xi’an Jiatong UniversityChina |
| Current Position | |
| PhD area | Essays in finance over the long run |
| Name | Meeghan Rogers |
| Years of study | 2013-2016 |
| Country | USA |
| Current Position | Professor, State University of New York |