2nd Annual Southern PhD Economics Conference
2nd Annual Southern PhD Economics Conference
Date: 15th and 16th of June 2022
Venue: University of Reading
Edith Morley Building (Rooms 125, 126 and 127)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2nd Annual Southern PhD Economics Conference (ASPEC) which will be held on 15th and 16th June 2022. This PhD conference is supported by the economics departments and schools of nine universities [University of Bath, Oxford Brookes University, City University of London, University of East Anglia, Royal Holloway (University of London), Middlesex University, University of Reading, University of Southampton and University of Sussex] broadly based in the south of the United Kingdom.
The conference committee is accepting papers from PhD students and postdocs on any topic that falls within the discipline of economics. This will be a two-day conference and will be held in-person at the University of Reading (UK). Consideration will therefore be given to those who can present their work in-person.
Please send extended abstracts or full papers to: aspec2022conference@gmail.com. The deadline for submission is 12th of May 2022. Decisions will be communicated by 20th May 2022.
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Almudena Sevilla
University College London, UK
Almudena Sevilla is a Professor in Economics and Public Policy at UCL, Co-Director of the UCL Centre of Time Use Research, and is currently the Chair of the Royal Economic Society Women's Committee. She has also held positions at Queen Mary University, University of Oxford, University of Essex Institute for Social and Economic Research, and the Congressional Budget Office in Washington DC. Almudena is an applied micro economist whose research focuses on the areas of gender, child development, and human capital. She teaches courses in these areas at the Graduate and Undergraduate Level.
Prof. Stephen Jenkins
London School of Economics, UK
Stephen Jenkins is Professor of Economic and Social Policy. He is a quantitative generalist with most of his research about income inequality and poverty, and also mobility. His work addresses topics such as the rise in top incomes and their contribution to recent increases in inequality, how to measure poverty persistence and assess which factors trigger exits from a poverty spell. He also researches related topics such as labour market participation and the tax and benefit system. He has interests in quantitative research methods including statistical graphics, and the use of survey and administrative record data. He coordinates the Global Inequalities Observatory in LSE’s International Inequalities Institute.
Programme
Programme
You can find the conference programme here.
Conference Committee
Conference Committee
Grivas Chiyaba - University of Reading
Kaelo Ntwaepelo - University of Reading
Eleanor Eator - University of Bath
Mohamed Zahran - City University of London
Alexandros Sokianos - Royal Holloway, University of London
Jiawei Xu - Royal Holloway, University of London
Yingrui Wang - Royal Holloway, University of London
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