Welcome to the Department of Economics at Trinity College, University of Dublin

Economics was first taught in Trinity College in 1832 when Mountifort Longfield was appointed to the newly established Chair of Political Economy, a chair endowed by the then Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Richard Whately. The Department has grown to a present state of 19 academic staff members, including four Chairs and is situated in the Arts Building.  It is one of the four departments in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

The Department takes great pride in its contribution to the undergraduate programmes involving over 450 students in the Business, Economics and Social Studies (BESS) degree programme and the Two-subject Moderatorship programme. In both programmes the Department has links with other European and Australian universities which attract high quality students under exchange programmes as well as providing opportunities for our own students to study abroad.

Equally important to the Department are its expanding postgraduate programmes.  There are two teaching programmes at postgraduate level – the MSc in  Economics,  designed to provide the skills required to undertake higher level research in Economics, and the MSc in Economics Policy Studies which is a two-year part-time course aimed primarily at mid-career officials in the public service.
The Department has an active postgraduate research programme offering students both the M.Litt. and the Ph.D. degrees. It produces the largest number of research degrees of any Economics department in Ireland. The Department provides generous financial support for research students through a programme of teaching assistantships as well as providing a number of research awards, including awards for studies in globalisation.

 

The Department has internationally competitive research strengths in international economics, economic history and history of economic thought, and in the areas of competition, regulation and productivity. Members of staff have been successful in securing funding from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), the EU Framework Programme, European Science Foundation, World Bank, IMF, Irish Aid, Forfás and the National Competitiveness Council. The Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) is a major resource for staff members working in areas of international economics and globalization.

We hope that you will find this website a useful guide to the Department’s activities.

 

Professor Philip Lane
Head of Department

 

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