Research Grants
As an early career academic, I am involved in a range of collaborative research networks and have grant applications as a PI under review.
Research Grants - as Principal Investigator
PI: Impact Assesment - Birmingham Clean Air Zone (Funding Awarded 24.01.21) funded by Research England. £25K
Research Grants in Review - as Principal Investigator
The Inequality project: Macro Determinants of Inequality and Micro-Level Everyday Inequality, ESRC New Starter Grant, £300,000
Stakeholder Group consists of: World Inequality Lab, Prof Daron Acemoglu (MIT), Prof Fransisco Ferreira (LSE International Inequalities Institute), Prof Jeffry Frieden (Department of Government at Harvard University), Prof Chris Wimer (Director, Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University), Prof Kim Weeden (Director, Center for the Study of Inequality at Cornell University), Prof Janet Gornick (Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality NYU), Prof Kate Prickett (Equality Trust) and Preet Gill (Labour MP Birmingham and Shadow International Development Secretary).
Current Research Grants - as Co-Investigator
Co-I on Economics: NERC RISE West Midlands Air Quality Programme (funded by NERC) £4.9m overall until 2023, (Funding Awarded 25.05.2019) - Co-Investigator, PI: Prof. William Bloss (UoB)
Co-I on Economics: UK in a Changing Europe Project Fund (funded by ESRC) The Post-Brexit Policy-Support Needs of ‘Left-Behind’ Places, (Funding awarded 24.02.20) (£20k) - Co-Investigator, PI: Prof. Raquel Ortega-Argiles (UoB)
Past Research Grants (as lead researcher on economics work strands):
Business and Professional Services Productivity Deep Dive (£40k)
Brexit’s economic impact on the UK, its regions, cities and sectors (funded by ESRC) (£299k), PI: Prof. Raquel Ortega-Argiles (UoB)
Urban Living Birmingham (funded by RCUK) (£100k), PI: Professor John Bryson (UoB)
USE-IT! Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together (funded by ERDF) (£150k), PI: Dr Peter Lee (UoB)
Impacts of business support and skills development interventions (DIEM funded by WMCA) (£50k)
Past Research Grants (during PhD)
Conference Grant, Royal Economic Society, UK (£400)
Small Research Grant, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium (£1,000)
Research Training Support Grant, University of Leicester, UK (£3,000)
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Leicester, UK (£48,000)
Conference Grant, ISEO Istituto Di Studi Economici E Per L’Occupazione, Italy (£1,000)
Referee Activity
Journal of Economic Growth, World Development, Journal of Economic Inequality, Sustainability, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade