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 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 2026/27, but for the academic year of 2025/26 the UK fees are £5,006 and the stipend is £20,780 (£21,237 if London weighting applies). This competition-funded studentship is available to UK and International students and includes full UK or International fee waiver and stipend at UKRI rates. Please see eligibility criteria for further information.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.
