News Archive: Academic Year 2016 - 2017

Professor Bénétrix’s work, in collaboration with Philip R. Lane, on cross-country exposures and the Swiss Franc has been published by the MIT Press. The book entitled “International Currency Exposure” is available at MIT Press online.

What is the future of the world around us? What challenges do we face to address conflict, improve healthcare, build sustainable cities, and have access to clean water and sanitation? How will we know that we are having an impact in tackling these challenges? The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) is launching a new free online course “Achieving Sustainable Development”. This four week course, starting on 11 September 2017, looks at the challenges in achieving some of the global United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Prof. Eleanor Denny, coordinator of the CONSEED project, participated in a national celebration of leadership in Horizon 2020 research in Dublin today. Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD, praised the ambition and leadership of all coordinators of Horizon 2020 projects and recognised the major contribution the H2020 scheme has brought to Ireland.

Under the name Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, it was founded in 1913 as the world's first journal with a focus on international economics. The journal publishes articles on trade and trade policies, foreign direct investment, global supply chains, migration, international finance, currency systems and exchange rates, monetary and fiscal policies in open economies.

The first IM-TCD research workshop, in collaboration with Notre Dame Economics, took place on June 19th – 20th at Trinity College Dublin. This featured high-end contributions on international macroeconomics and capital flows by scholars from central banks, international institutions and leading universities in Europe and the US.

The Department of Economics is delighted that Professor Michael King’s exceptional teaching efforts and achievements were recognised formally with a Provost’s Teaching Award. His high quality teaching skills have already been rewarded by students on a very regular basis through excellent teaching evaluations. The Department is also delighted with the nomination and commendation of Professor Ronan Lyons.

Professor Davide Romelli, with Donato Masciandaro, Bocconi University, has published a paper on “Central Bankers as Supervisors: Do Crises Matter?” in the European Journal of Political Economy.

Professor Davide Romelli, with Patricia Charlety and Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, ESSEC Business School, has published a paper on “Appointments to central bank boards: Does gender matter?” in Economics Letters.

Submissions are invited from interested researchers on any topic in the area of Development Economics. The deadline for submission is 12 June 2017. Keynote speakers: David McKenzie (World Bank) and Imran Rasul (UCL)

Professor Gaia Narciso, with Beata Javorcik, University of Oxford, has published a paper on “WTO accession and Tariff evasion” in the Journal of Development Economics.

Professor Martina Kirchberger has published a paper on ‘Natural Disasters and Labor Markets' in the Journal of Development Economics.

Professor Gaia Narciso and Professor Carol Newman’s research on Children and Youth, Gender Inequality and Migration in Viet Nam has been published in a recent Oxford University Press book “Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move”, edited by Finn Tarp.

Trinity took on Yale in the second Student Economic Review debate of the year, hosted by the University Philosophical Society on February 16th. The motion – that this House believes that Globalisation is doomed to fail – was proposed by Trinity and successfully opposed by Yale. The debate was chaired by Aine Lawlor, RTE journalist, and the judging panel was chaired by Professor John Fitzgerald.

Professor Martina Kirchberger, with Paul Collier, University of Oxford and Måns Söderbom, University of Gothenburg, has published a paper on ‘The cost of road infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries' in the World Bank Economic Review.

The Department of Economics is seeking to appoint at the Assistant Professor level to commence on 1 September 2017. We particularly welcome applications in the field of international macroeconomics. Excellent candidates in the other areas (development economics and applied economics) are also welcome.