Economics Department Staff
Head of Department
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Taught Masters Degrees (MSC) Admissions Tutor
Research Degrees (MPHIL/PHD) Admissions Tutor
Postgraduate Convenors
Dr Satoshi Miyamura (Graduate Diploma)
Professor Mushtaq Khan (MSC Development Economics)
Dr Deborah Johnston (MSC Economics with regard to Africa)
Dr Dic Lo (MSC Economics with regard to Asia Pacific Region)
Professor Massoud Karshenas (MSC Economics with regard to Middle East)
Professor Mushtaq Khan (MSC Economics with regard to South Asia)
Professor Costas Lapavitsas (MSC Finance and Development)
Professor Mushtaq Khan (MSC Political Economy of Development)
Dr Risa Morimoto (MSC with regard to Environment and Development)
Dr Matteo Rizzo (MSC Research for International Development)
Research Tutors
Ozlem Arpac Arconian
Lecturer in Economics
International finance and development; the effectiveness of IMF and World Bank assisted programmes; political economy of reform in developing countries; discrete choice econometrics. Teaching interests include macroeconomics, development economics, applied econometrics.
- Tel: 0207 898 4283
- Email: oa9@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 283
- On Sabbatical:2012/13
Robert F Ash
Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan
China’s economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries (especially agricultural and rural change, demographic and employment issues, consumption and living standards); evolution of ‘Greater China’; economic development of Taiwan and cross-Strait economic relations - Tel: 020 7898 4525
- Email: ra2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 267
- Office Hours: By appointment
Stephanie Blankenburg
Lecturer in International Political Economy
Growth theory, economic and institutions, history of economic analysis, development in Latin America. - Tel: 020 7898 4277
- Email: sb123@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 264
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 11am - 1pm & 5 - 6pm
Anne Booth
Professor of Economics with reference to Asia
The role of agriculture in the growth process in Indonesia; poverty measurement, determinants and policy; oil and economic policy; economic history of East and South Asia. Teaching includes, South East Asia.- Tel: 020 7898 4526
- Email: ab10@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 560
Chris Bramall
Professor of Economics
Head of Department
Economic growth, income inequality, famine and agricultural development in modern China, the political economy of Maoism, The development of the contemporary Chinese empire
- Tel: 0207 898 4616
- Email: cb81@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 275
- Office Hours: Open door policy
Deepita Chakravarty
Lecturer in Economics of South Asia
Labour market behaviours in developing countries with a focus on South Asia, Gender questions, Development issues related to industry and services, Industrial organization.
- Tel: 0207 898 4517
- Email: dc17@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 478
- Office Hours: On leave in term 2
Ourania Dimakou
Lecturer in Economics
Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions, Institutional Economics, Corruption and Central Bank Independence.
- Tel: 0207 898 4556
- Email: od1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 265
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 10am -12pm
Paulo dos Santos
Lecturer in Economics
The political economy of contemporary banking and capital markets. Financial theory. Bank-sector liberalisation in middle-income economies. The political economy and banking systems of the Philippines, Brazil and Mexico.
- Tel: 020 7898 4726
- Email: ps45@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 285
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 11.30am - 13.30pm
Ben Fine
Professor of Economics
Southern Africa: the mineral-energy complex in South Africa; the political economy of consumption, particularly food;privatisation and industrial policy; political economy, history of economic thought and economic theory; economics
imperialism especially social capital.
- Tel: 020 7898 4527
- Email: bf@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 278
- Office Hours: Thursdays 4pm - 5pm
Hassan Hakimian
Reader in Economics
Human Resources; Demography; Trade Policy & Regional Integration; Energy and Natural Resources with reference to the MENA region.
- Tel: 020 7898 4475
- Email: hh2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: M108
Jane Harrigan
Professor of Economics
International finance for development and the economic reform programmes associated with IMF and World Bank finance to developing countries; the links between macro-economic policy and agricultural performance in sub-Saharan Africa; the gender dimensions of economic liberalisation and globalisation; and the political economy of economic reform in the Middle East and North Africa. Cross-cutting these subject areas are two geographical areas of specialisation, namely sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Ghana and Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa. - Tel: 020 7898 4537
- Email: jh66@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 281
- Office Hours: On leave term 2
Deborah Johnston
Senior Lecturer in Development Economics
Analysis and measurement of poverty; the working of rural labour markets; agrarian change and rural development; the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS
- Tel: 020 7898 4494
- Email: dj3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 270
- Office Hours: Mondays 12pm - 2pm
Massoud Karshenas
Professor of Economics
Middle East economics, Oil and economic development, Global poverty and growth, labour markets and structural adjustment. - Tel: 020 7898 4535
- Email: mk@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 268
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 12pm - 2pm
Mushtaq Khan
Professor of Economics
South and South East Asia: institutional economics and political economy; the economics of rent seeking, corruption and patron-client networks; late industrialisation and the state - Tel: 020 7898 4546
- Email: mk100@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 284
- Office Hours: Mondays 2pm - 4pm
Costas Lapavitsas
Professor in Economics
Theory of banking and finance; history of economic thought; the Japanese financial system. Teaching interests include banking and finance, the Japanese economy, history of economic thought. - Tel: 020 7898 4538
- Email: cl5@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 269
Dic Lo
Reader in Economics
China and globalisation; industrialisation; Soviet-type economic system and transformation; East Asian economic institutions and development; comparative political economy. China. - Tel: 020 7898 4532
- Email: dl1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 271
- Office Hours: Thursdays 1pm-3pm
Satoshi Miyamura
Japan Foundation Lecturer in the Economy of Japan
Regions: South & East Asia. Countries: India, Japan. Subjects: Development economics, Labour economics, Institutional economics, Labour-management bargaining; Research methods in economics. - Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4544
- Email: sm97@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 554
- Office Hours: Term 2 - Wednesday 11.30-13.00
Risa Morimoto
Lecturer in Economics
Environmental economics, Development economics, Economics of hydropower development, Energy economics, Transport economics, Economics of sustainable business, Sustainable economic development policy in developing countries, Climate change.
- Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4730
- Email: rm36@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 274
- Office Hours: Mondays 10:30-11:30am & 12:00-13:00pm
Machiko Nissanke
Professor of Economics
North-South Economic relations, adjustment and development, finance and development, international trade and finance, and comparative economics policy studies in Asia and Africa. Teaching interests include open economy macroeconomics, international trade and finance and financial economics. Africa and Asia. - Tel: 020 7898 4542
- Email: mn2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 282
- Office Hours: On leave term 2
Duo Qin
Professor of Economics
The history and the methodology of econometrics, applied macro-econometrics with particular reference to transitional and developing economies, international economic/financial issues, social, ethnic and cultural problems associated with economic development
- Tel: 0207 898 4624
- Email: dq1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 552
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 2pm-4pm
Matteo Rizzo
Lecturer in the Economics of Africa
Political economy of development, labour markets and informalisation, agrarian change, urbanisation, privatisation, aid effectiveness, Africa, Tanzania.
- Tel: 0207 898 4836
- Email: mr3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 272
- Office Hours: Wednesday 2pm - 4pm
Alice Sindzingre
Visiting Lecturer and Research Associate
Industrialisation, international trade, foreign aid, foreign investment, state intervention, poverty traps, Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Email: as97@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 283
- Office Hours: Term 2: Tuesdays 3pm - 5pm
Graham Smith
Reader in Economics
Emerging stock markets, financial futures, the markets for gold and other metals. Time series econometrics. - Tel: 020 7898 4543
- Email: gs8@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 280
- On Sabbatical:2012/13
Jan Toporowski
Professor of Economics and Finance
Macroeconomics, monetary policy, Kalecki and Post-Keynesian Economics, credit cycles, the Franc Zone
- Tel: 0207 898 4737
- Email: jt29@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 277
- On Sabbatical:2012/13
Ulrich Volz
Senior Lecturer in Development Economics
International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability, Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets
- Tel: 0207 898 4721
- Email: uv1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 283
- Office Hours: Thursdays 9am-11am (Term One only)
Elisa Van Waeyenberge
Lecturer in Economics
Political economy of aid and policy reform in low-income countries, the international financial institutions; development policy and theory. Teaching interests include macroeconomics and research methods. - Tel: 0207 898 4284
- Email: ew23@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 568
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 11.00am - 1.00pm
Research Associates
Hardy Hanappi
Professorial Research Associate
Political economy of Europe and global economic policy; macroeconomic simulation models; agent based simulations; evolutionary economics; evolution of central and south-east Europe.
- Email: hh18@soas.ac.uk
John Toye
Professorial Research Associate
Public finance, the political economy of development, international economic institutions and the history of economic thought.
- Email: jt38@soas.ac.uk
Senior Teaching Fellows
Vasos Pavlika
Senior Teaching Fellow
- Tel: 020 7898 4848
- Email: vp4@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 205
- Office Hours: Fridays: 10.00am -11.00am
Luigi Ventimiglia
Macroeconomics, finance, heterodox economic theories
- Email: lv4@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 205
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 12pm - 1pm
Teaching Fellows
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Pinar Cakiroglu
Economic and Social History, Political Economy, Institutionalist Theory and Marxist Theory, Near and Middle Eastern Region.
- Email: pc49@soas.ac.uk
Osiel González Dávila
Environmental and Resource Economics, Health Economics, groundwater contamination, food security, poverty, game theory, analysis of household surveys, Microeconometrics and documentary filmmaking.
- Email: osiel.davila@soas.ac.uk
Jodie Keane
New trade/ new growth theory, and policy; new new trade theory; learning by doing; processes of accumulation and assimilation; export diversification; comparative analysis of product and producer upgrading in GVCs/GPNs; the external governance of trade (WTO, RTAs).
- Email: jk67@soas.ac.uk
Pallavi Roy
Political economy researcher and PhD candidate with ten years of experience covering policy, infrastructure and metallic commodities as a financial journalist in India. Experience also includes political economy research on south Asia as well as qualitative risk analysis, the latter while working for a business and political risk consultancy in London, as a region specialist.
- Email: pr16@soas.ac.uk
Sara Stevano
- Email: ss129@soas.ac.uk
Judith Tyson
Financial system development specialist and PhD Candidate with experience in policy-support, consulting and investment banking. Latter includes in risk management, financial and product control and corporate strategy with J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank.
- Email: jt40@soas.ac.uk
