Feminist Economics; Gender and Employment; Care and Social Reproduction; Aid, Debt and International Financial Institutions; Macroeconomic Policies and Employment; Commodities, Agriculture and Rural Development; Research Methods; Qualitative Methods; Middle East; Palestine; Jordan; Egypt; East Africa; Tanzania; Uganda.

Tel: 020 7898 4496
Email: hb19@soas.ac.uk
Room: 278
Academic Support Hours: https://hannahbargawi.youcanbook.me/

Dr Yannis Dafermos

Lecturer in Economics

Financial macroeconomics; Climate change and finance; Ecological macroeconomics; Shadow banking; Inequality.

Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4619
Email: yd6@soas.ac.uk
Room: 272
Academic Support Hours: Mondays 11:00 to 13:00 (Term 1)

Dr Sonali Deraniyagala

Lecturer in Economics

South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: technical change and productivity in manufacturing, industrial policy, the impact of trade liberalisation on manufacturing performance

Tel: 020 7898 4515
Email: sd11@soas.ac.uk
Room: 282
Academic Support Hours: On Leave 2019/20

Mr Angelos Diamantopoulos

Lecturer in Economics

Tel: 020 7898 4219
Email: ad67@soas.ac.uk
Room: 264
Academic Support Hours: Thursdays 13:00 to 15:00

Dr Ourania Dimakou

Lecturer in Economics

Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions, Institutional Economics, Corruption and Central Bank Independence.

Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4556
Email: od1@soas.ac.uk
Room: 265

Dr Tobias Franz

Lecturer in Economics

Political economy of institutions, elite politics and development, late industrialisation policies, productivity growth, regional economics, local economic development, developmentalist and post-development debates. Regional focus on Latin America with a special emphasis on Colombia.

Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4312
Email: tf2@soas.ac.uk
Room: 283
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 11:00am-1:00pm

Professor Massoud Karshenas

Professor of Economics

Middle East economics, Oil and economic development, Global poverty and growth, labour markets and structural adjustment.

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4535
Email: mk@soas.ac.uk
Room: 268
Academic Support Hours: On Leave Term 2

Professor 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: 233
Academic Support Hours: On Research Leave 2019/20

Professor Costas Lapavitsas

Professor of 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
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 11:00 to 13:00

Dr 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: +44 (0)20 7898 4532
Email: dl1@soas.ac.uk
Room: 271
Academic Support Hours: Mondays 10:30 to 12:30 (Term 1)

Dr Satoshi Miyamura

Senior Lecturer in the Economy of Japan

Director of Learning & Teaching (Curriculum & QA)

Director of Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Admissions Tutor

Doctoral Programme Convenor

Doctoral School Management Group -Member

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: 275
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 13.00 - 15.00 (Terms 1 and 2)

Dr 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
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays 11:00-12:00

Professor 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: 284
Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00

Dr Gregor Semieniuk

Lecturer in Economics

Growth and distribution; theory of competition; finance and innovation in the energy sector; Bayesian inference

Tel: 020 7898 4219
Email: gs53@soas.ac.uk
Room: 264
Academic Support Hours: On leave in academic year 2019/20

Dr Alice Sindzingre

Visiting Lecturer and Research Associate

Sub-Saharan African economies, with a focus on macroeconomic issues (e.g., public policies, trade, industry, aid)

Email: as97@soas.ac.uk
Room: 282
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 11:15 to 13:15 (Term 2)

Dr Sara Stevano

Lecturer in Economics

Development economics and feminist political economy; labour; political economy of food and nutrition; households; development and economic policy; social reproduction theories; time use; poverty; mixed methods; primary data collection; Africa (Mozambique, Ghana, South Africa).

Email: ss129@soas.ac.uk
Room: 270
Academic Support Hours: Monday 3 - 5 (https://sarastevano.youcanbook.me)

Professor Jan Toporowski

Professor of Economics and Finance

Macroeconomics, monetary policy, Kalecki and Post-Keynesian Economics, credit cycles, the Franc Zone

Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4737
Email: jt29@soas.ac.uk
Room: 277
On Sabbatical:Leverhulme Research Fellowship until Aug 2022

Dr Sophie Van Huellen

Lecturer in Economics

Director of Learning & Teaching (Student Experience and Engagement)

Financial markets, primary commodities, commodity futures markets, price risk management, international finance, macro-financial linkages, applied econometrics. Regional interests: West Africa and Ghana in particular.

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4543
Email: sv8@soas.ac.uk
Room: 280
Academic Support Hours: https://sophievanhuellen.youcanbook.me/

Dr Elisa Van Waeyenberge

Co-Head of Department

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Director of Research

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: +44(0) 207 898 4284
Email: ew23@soas.ac.uk
Room: 281
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 10:00 to 12:00

Dr Ulrich Volz

Reader in Economics

International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability, Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets

Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4721
Email: uv1@soas.ac.uk
Room: 285

Emeritus Staff

Professor Robert F Ash

Emeritus Professor

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: S134
Academic Support Hours: By email appointment

Professor Anne Booth

Emeritus Professor of Economics

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.

Email: ab10@soas.ac.uk

Professor Chris Bramall

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Economic growth, income inequality, famine and agricultural development in modern China, the political economy of Maoism, The development of the contemporary Chinese empire

Email: cb81@soas.ac.uk

Professor Terence J. Byres

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Email: tb1@soas.ac.uk

Professor Ben Fine

Emeritus Professor of Economics

I have been Professor of Economics at SOAS since 1992, having travelled the short distance from Birkbeck College where I was Professor of Economics, having been a founding member of the Department in 1972.

Email: bf@soas.ac.uk

Dr Hassan Hakimian

Emeritus Reader of Economics

Human Resources; Demography; Trade Policy & Regional Integration; Energy and Natural Resources with reference to the MENA region.

Email: hh2@soas.ac.uk

Professor Jane Harrigan

Emeritus 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.

Email: jh66@soas.ac.uk

Professor Machiko Nissanke

Emeritus Professor of Economics

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.

Email: mn2@soas.ac.uk

Dr Graham Smith

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Emerging stock markets, financial futures, the markets for gold and other metals. Time series econometrics.

Email: gs8@soas.ac.uk

Research Associates

Dr Antonio Andreoni

Research Associate

Production Structures and Capabilities; Learning, Organisations and Innovation; Automation and Robots; Industrial Ecosystems; Linkages, Diversification and Industrial Renewal; Financialisation of manufacturing; Political economy of industrial development; Role of the State; Political settlements and corruption; Structural Economic Dynamics; Global Policy; Industrial Policy.

Email: aa155@soas.ac.uk

Dr Kate Bayliss

Research Associate

The impact of privatisation and commercialisation; public and private sector systems of provision; infrastructure development; utilities; role of domestic private sector in basic service delivery, equity impact of institutional and infrastructure reform.

Tel: 020 7898 4496
Email: kb6@soas.ac.uk
Room: 476

Dr Stephanie Blankenburg

Professorial Research Associate

Dr Ha-Joon Chang

Professorial Research Associate

Ha-Joon Chang is a Research Associate with the Department of Economics.

Dr Marzie Fontana

Research Associate

Mr Nobuya Haraguchi

Research Associate

Nobuya Haraguchi is Senior Research and Industrial Policy Officer at the Department of Policy, Research and Statistics of UNIDO in Vienna and Team Leader of the Research Group in the Department.

Professor Deborah Johnston

Professorial Research Associate

Analysis and measurement of poverty; the working of rural labour markets; agrarian change and rural development; the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS

Email: dj3@soas.ac.uk

Professor Prof William Lazonick

Professorial Research Associate

William Lazonick is President of the Academic-Industry Research Network and Professor Emeritus of Economics at University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has professorial affiliations with SOAS, University of London and Institut Mines-Télécom in Paris.