Kira M. Finan

I'm a Ph.D. Candidate at the University College Dublin, School of Economics. 

My research interests focus on international economics, specifically international migration, international trade, political economy, and cultural economics. 

I am currently working combining econometric modeling and novel data sources to explore how global phenomena—such as international tensions, cultural soft power, and environmental shocks—shape economic and human mobility patterns. 

At UCD, I am also a Postgraduate Research Fellow at the Geary Institute for Public Policy.

Before joining UCD in September of 2021, I earned my M.Sc. from Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg (2021) and a BSc and a BA from Simmons University (2018).