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Introduction
The Department (www.bath.ac.uk/econ-dev) has a strong international reputation in both research and teaching, covering all the mainstream fields of economics, as well as a wide variety of international developmentrelated areas and disciplines. The following statistics reflect its high standing amongst UK universities:
- 24/24 from the national Teaching Quality Assessment. For further details see www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectLevel/q495_01.pdf
- In the last RAE economists within the Department shared a rating of 5 (highest rating is 5*) with colleagues from Social Policy Sciences and Management and colleagues in Development Studies received a rating of 4 which was the highest score achieved by that discipline in the country
- Consistently ranks amongst the top departments (ranked 5th in a Sunday Times survey, ranked 7th in the Times Good University Guide, ranked 11th in the Guardian Guide)
- As well as disciplinary-based research, the Department has a continuing commitment to interdisciplinary research, providing an opportunity for work around common interests in the application of social sciences. For example, the Department has attracted substantial research funding for its work on Environmental Economics and in the ESRCfunded Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group (WeD) (www.welldev.org.uk)
Main areas of research specialisms
There are 32 academic staff all of whom are research active (see www.bath.ac.uk/econ-dev/research.htm for further details of the various disciplines).
Key research areas include:
- Agricultural Economics
- Development Economics
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Environmental Economics
- International Finance
- International Governance and Politics
- Institutional Economics
- Labour Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Markets and Microfinance
- Political Economy
- Poverty and Wellbeing
- Public Economics
- Social Structures and Cultural Identities
- Sports Economics
- Transition Economics
There is a substantial body of research postgraduates in the Department. Students benefit from a lively research environment and good facilities. The Department runs a variety of wellattended weekly seminar series for staff and postgraduate students, with external and internal speakers, and a Postgraduate Research Seminar series.
Research Centres
- Wellbeing in Developing Countries www.welldev.org.uk (with other departments)
- Centre for Development Studies www.bath.ac.uk/cds
- International Centre for the Environment www.bath.ac.uk/ice (with other departments)
International and industrial links
Given the 'international nature' of the Department's activities, the Department has many and varied links with international organisations around the world, through its pro-active research programme.
Careers Information
Economics graduates have pursued careers in international organisations and national governments working in economic analysis and policy roles, also as economists or managers in private sector business organisations (including the financial services sector), and in academia.
Development graduates have gone on to work for a wide variety of organisations including government departments, international organisations (including various UN organisations), charities, donors and consultancy firms.
The two MRes programmes have been designed for those wishing to pursue a PhD, as well as those requiring research skills either in the private or public sectors.