Department News 2026
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Ronan Lyons Offers Solutions to Housing Crisis in New Book
On Tuesday 29 September, Professor Ronan Lynons launched his new book, Brittle, in Hodges Figgis, with support from his publisher Atlantic Books.
30 Sep 2026
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Daft Report Finds House Prices Are Easing
Professor Ronan Lyons has written the Daft Report for Q3 of 2026. House prices rose by just 0.8% in the year to September, the slowest rate of increase since 2020.
28 Sep 2026
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A Captivated Synge Theatre for Prof Ronan Lyons on Europe's Housing Crisis
Professor Ronan Lyons kicked off the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy's four-week Autumn Public Lecture Series with his talk 'Europe's Housing Challenge'.
25 Sep 2026
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The Elusive Link Between FDI and Economic Growth
Agustín Bénétrix, Hayley Pallan, Ugo Panizza. The Journal of International Economics, September 2026.
16 Sep 2026
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A Warm Welcome to Our New PhD Students
The Department of Economics would like to extend the warmest of welcomes to our new PhD students, who start their research with us this Michaelmas Term..
15 Sep 2026
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Professor Selim Gulesci Appointed Co-Editor of Journal of Development Economics
Congratulations to Professor Selim Gulesci who has recently been appointed as an Co-Editor of the Journal of Development Economics, the leading field journal in Development Economics.
15 Sep 2026
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Celebrating Our Summer Interns
On Thursday 10 September, the Department of Economics celebrated all the hard work of our summer interns with an afternoon coffee gathering between the supervisors and their interns.
14 Sep 2026
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Rebuilding Ukraine's Cities: Maximising Benefits and Minimising Costs
Edward L Glaeser, Martina Kirchberger, Andrii Parkhomenko. Economic Policy, 27 May 2026.
10 Sep 2026
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New Poverty Report highlights sharp increase in child poverty
The report, co-written by Dr Barra Roantree, stated that 200,000 children in Ireland were living below the poverty line in 2024 – almost 30,000 more than a year earlier.
09 Sep 2026
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Monetary policy's 'last-mile problem' and what can be done about it
Dr Michael King has co-written a new article in the CEPR's VOX EU column. The authors argue that inattention and procrastination can prevent borrowers from taking advantge of lower mortgage rates.
08 Sep 2026
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