Research courses
During your PhD, you’ll learn from dedicated teachers with expertise in a wide range of areas, including macroeconomics, microeconomics, energy economics, health economics and econometrics.
What we are researching
In the Research Excellence Framework 2021, we ranked top 10 for world-leading economics and econometrics research and 6th for real-world impact.
- Behavioural economics
- Big data and resampling techniques
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency
- Central banking
- Choice under uncertainty
- Duration models
- Econometric identification
- Empirical revealed preference
- Financial economics
- Games theory
- Heterogeneous agents in macroeconomics
- International trade and international economics
- Labour economics
- Learning and imperfect information in macroeconomics
- Macroeconometrics
- Macroeconomics
- Mechanism design
- Models of household decision making
- Monetary economics
- Optimal taxation
- Quantiles regression
- Quasi-experimental methods
- Rational choice theory
- Spatial econometrics
- Strategic experimentation
- Strategic voting
- Structural modelling
- The consumer choice model
- The econometrics of auctions.
Studentships
South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) studentship
Funding information:
Awards cover UK tuition fees and provide a stipend at the UKRI home rate on a full-time and part-time basis. The UKRI has not yet announced the fees and stipend for 2027/28, but for the academic year of 2026/27 the UK fees are £5,238 and the stipend is £21,805 (£23,805 if London weighting applies). These PhDs are open to UK and international students and include a full UK or International fee waiver and stipend at UKRI rates. Expert support
Our Doctoral College supports the academic and professional development of postgraduate researchers to ensure our world-leading research continues to grow. There is also an extensive Researcher Development Programme run at university level.
