Selected Research Grants and Awards
Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£382,399), 2023-2026.
British Academy Grant (£98,701), 2023-2024.
University of Birmingham Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research Supervision, 2022.
UKRI/ESRC Ideas to Address COVID-19 Grant (£87,725), 2020-2021.
SSHRC Insight Grant (75,000CAD), 2020-2024.
Lloyds Centre for Responsible Business Research Grant (£6,000), 2018.
British Academy /Leverhulme Research Grant (£9,965), 2015-2017.
Written Evidence to the UK Parliament, House of Commons, Committee of Public Accounts
I submitted two reports (with Danny McGowan and Mallory Yeromonahos) to the House of Commons. These were acknowledged as written evidence that contributed to the Committee of Public Accounts' report "Initial lessons from the governement's response to the COVID-19 pandemic" (Thirteenth Report of Session 2021-22).
Written evidence on the government's Mortgage Holiday Scheme on household finances (ILG005).
Written evidence on the economic effects of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on household finances (ILG0003).
This evidence was also presented at a dissemination workshop (organised with Danny McGowan) on 20 July 2021. The programme is available here.
I submitted one report (with Danny McGowan and Mallory Yeromonahos) to the House of Commons. It was acknowledged as written evidence that contributed to the Committee of Public Accounts' report "Government Preparedness for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Government on Risk."
Written evidence on the design of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and lessons for future lockdowns (TRE0001).
Articles in the Media, Blogs and Policy Briefs
"Why Do Firms Hoard Cash? Using AI to Retink Financial Constraints", Economics Statistics Centre of Excellence Brief, September 2025 (with Cho, McGowan and Schröder).
"Living Apart or Together? Cultural Diversity and Property Values", SUERF Policy Brief, No 1251, September 2025 (with Cho, Farag, McGowan, Nguyen and Schröder)
”Housing Divides – Cultural Diversity, Property Values, and the Uneven Geography of Opportunity in Northern Ireland”, Contribution in the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Quarterly UK Economic Outlook, 1.8.2025 (with Cho, Farag, McGowan, Nguyen and Schröder).
"Can there be a diversity premium in the housing market?" Economics observatory, 25.7.2025 (with Cho, Farag, McGowan, Ngyen and Schröder)
"What Can News Shocks Tell Us About the Effects of AI?" (with Christopher Gunn and Thomas Lubik), Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Brief, No. 25-16, April 2025.
"Weathering the Economic Storm of Covid-19: Lessons from the UK and US" (with Mathieu Despard, Elaine Maag and Danny McGowan), Tax Policy Center, Urban Institute & Brookings Institution Brief, 31.01.2023.
”How a new and improved furlough scheme could help the UK tackle recession and economic uncertainty”, The Conversation, 11.10.2022.
Radio interview on the relation between anticipated future technology and current macroeconomic conditions. Broadcast in the US National Public Radio show Marketplace, 28.7.2022.
How news affects people’s expectations and drives economic change. 4 July 2022. The Conversation.
A Targeted Furlough Scheme to Help the Economy in Downturns (with Danny McGowan and Paul Mortimer-Lee). 7 February 2022. Contribution in the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Quarterly UK Economic Outlook.
How Expectations About Future Productivity Drive Inventories. 28 January 2022, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Brief.
Furlough and household financial distress during the Covid-19 pandemic – insights for future lockdowns. Contribution in the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Quarterly UK Economic Outlook, 9 November 2021.
Are firms’ forecast errors driven by rational or irrational behaviour? (with Alexandros Botsis and Plutarchos Sakellaris). 28 October 2021. Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) blog post.
Labour Market: Current and Future Challenges (with Danny McGowan). 21 October 2021. Birmingham Economic Review is produced by the University of Birmingham’s City-REDI and the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce.
Has furlough prevented household financial distress during the pandemic? (with Danny McGowan). 30 September 2021, Economics Observatory.
Monetary Policy, Sectoral Comovement and the Credit Channel (with Federico Di Pace). 17 August 2021, Bank Underground.
Do our beliefs about future technology affect the economy? 26 July 2021, Economics Observatory. The article subsequently also featured here.