Current Research

1. Building Bridges: The Decolonization Agenda Meets Data Analysis [2025 Version, New Version Coming Soon] 

Macroeconometric Analysis of Emerging Markets

1. Regional Integration and Decoupling in the Asia Pacific: A Bayesian Panel VAR Approach, IMF Economic Review, 2022, 70, pp.773-807. [Journal Version][Working Paper] 

2. Interdependence or Contagion: A Model Switching Approach with a Focus on Latin America, Economic Modelling, 2020, 85, pp. 166-197. [Journal Version] [Working Paper ]

Macro-financial Risk & Uncertainty

1. Do Macro‑Financial Conditions Amplify Shocks in Banking System Vulnerability?, Journal of International Money and Finance, 2026, with D. Moccero [Open Access Journal Version][ECB Working Paper Under Old Title] Impact: cited in the ECB's  November 2020 Financial Stability Review  here 

2. Investigating Economic Uncertainty Using Stochastic Volatility in Mean VARs: The Importance of Model Size, Order-Invariance and Classification, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2025, with  C. Hou and G. Koop [Journal Version] [Working Paper]

3. Cross-Country Uncertainty Spillovers: Evidence from International Survey Data, Journal of International Money and Finance, 2023, 130, with J. Beckmann, G. Koop  and R. Schuessler [Journal Version] [Working Paper] [Virtual Presentation] 

Supervised PhD Research 

1. Policymaking in Times of Tension: Modelling Geopolitical Risk Across Sectors and Countries with Moke Wu and Ping Wu [Draft of First Paper Available Upon Request]

2. Missing but not Forgotten: Modelling New Developments in the Global Economy Using Data with Missing Values with Zhoullihua Zhang and Ping Wu [Draft of First Paper Available Upon Request]

3. Monetary Policy Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa with Arnold Palamuleni 

Current Research 

1. Embedding Subnational and UK-wide Data Comparability into the Date Value Chain with L. Nguyen

Publications & Impact

1. Towards Systemwide Solutions: Unlocking Collaboration Across the UK’s Statistical System, FAI Report, 2026 with L. Nguyen & A. Catalano (RAs: M. Ang, V.Hajiebrahimifarashah, S. Ibrahimy & Khalid, M)  [Published Version][Project Page]

2. The Use and Misuse of Regional Data: Perspectives, Challenges and Policy Implications from Across the UK, Regional Studies, 2025, with J. Black, K. Connolly and M. Spowage [Open Access Journal Version] [Blog

3. Supporting Comparative Regional Analysis Across the UK: Evaluating the Availability, Comparability, and Dissemination of Northern Ireland's Socioeconomic Data, FAI Report, 2024, with A. Catalano, K. Connolly and C.Crummey [Published Version] Impact: our comparability scale has been adopted by the UK's Office for Statistics Regulation, used by the ONS and discussed by the Government Statistical Service and Royal Statistical Society

4. Building a Suite of Subnational Socioeconomic Indicators for the United Kingdom: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations, ESCoE Discussion Paper Series, 2022 with K. Connolly, C. Crummey, N. Brazzelli and M. Spowage [Published Version] [ESCoE Economic Measurement Webinar] [ESCoE Conference Panel Discussion]

5. Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators in the UK: A Framework for the Production of Supply and Use and Input Output Tables for the Four Nations, ESCoE Discussion Paper Series, 2022 with J. Black, K. Connolly and M. Spowage [Published Version]

6. Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators in the UK: A Framework for Interregional Trade Data Collection & Estimation, ESCoE Technical Report Series, 2021  with M.Spowage. [Published Version] Impact: our recommendations informed the ONS' production of interregional trade estimates