Please join us in welcoming our new staff members to the Department of Economics:
- Sergio Ascencio (from University of Essex)
- Tsenguunjav Byambasuren (from Trinity College Dublin)
- Zhao Dong (from University of Oxford)
- Nilmini Herath (from LSE)
- Weizheng Lai (from Bowdoin College)
- Joan J. Martinez (from UC Berkeley)
Sergio Ascencio is a political economist whose research focuses on political institutions, elections, and political representation.
Tsenguunjav Byambasuren is is a labour and development economist.
Zhao Dong is an economic historian and political economist whose research focuses on state capacity, living standards, and long-run development in imperial China.
Nilmini Herath is a development economist who specialises in exploring how social networks affect people's lives in lower- and middle-income countries.
Weizheng Lai is an applied microeconomist whose research lies in political economy, development economics, and labour economics.
Joan J. Martinez is a labour economist studying the causes and determinants of inequality in labour settings, including labour shortages, discrimination, human capital formation and institutional design.