Current PhD Students

PhD candidates in the Department of Economics pursue original research across a broad spectrum of economic fields. Each student works closely with a dedicated supervisor as they develop their thesis. You’ll find details below on our current students, their research topics, and supervisory teams.

Year 5

Name Supervisor
Hannah Ortega McCormack Francis O'Toole
Flavia Pellegrini Gaia Narciso
Bhavya Shrivastava Michael King

Year 4

Name Supervisor
Nouf Abushehab Michael King
Tadas Gedminas Agustín Bénétrix
Míde Griffin Gaia Narciso/Ronan Lyons
Libor Melioris Barra Roantree
Marco Moreno Joseph Kopecky
Mark Mulholland Paul Scanlon
Talent Nesongano Marvin Suesse/Carol Newman
Doireann O'Brien Nicola Fontana/Selim Gulesci
Aishwarya Deshpande Selim Gulesci/Tara Mitchell

Year 3

Name Supervisor
Maria Sofia Casabianca Gonzalez Selim Gulesci
Lorenzo Cavaglia Nicola Fontana
Jiongyi Hao Agustín Bénétrix
Aislinn Hoy Marvin Suesse/Gaia Narciso
Conor Kavanagh Agustín Bénétrix
Keith Keogh Joseph Kopecky
Alexis Ladasic Davide Romelli

Year 2

Name Supervisor
Aurora Esposito Martina Zanella/Carol Newman
Marco Piotti Vitaliia Yaremko
Leonardo Musati Martyna Marczak/Michael Wycherley

Year 1

Name Supervisor
Francis Wolfe Barra Roantree/Ronan Lyons
Andrin Pluess Vitaliia Yaremko/Tara Mitchell
Giuseppe Gurrado Maylis Avaro/Davide Romelli
Roberto Bernasconi Martina Kirchberger/Agustin Bénétrix