https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8140-0115I work at Queen's University Belfast, where I am a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Queen's Management School and a Research Associate at the university's Centre for Economic History.
I am an economic historian with research interests in banking crises, corporate governance, innovation policy, cultural economics, and macroeconomic policymaking. My research mostly addresses issues in the business and financial history of the Netherlands, and the economic and social history of Ireland.
I lead a teaching and learning project which aims to re-insert the study of economic history into the economics curriculum. My book, An Economist's Guide to Economic History (co-edited with Matthias Blum), is available in paperback or eBook.
I am an economic historian with research interests in banking crises, corporate governance, innovation policy, cultural economics, and macroeconomic policymaking. My research mostly addresses issues in the business and financial history of the Netherlands, and the economic and social history of Ireland.
I lead a teaching and learning project which aims to re-insert the study of economic history into the economics curriculum. My book, An Economist's Guide to Economic History (co-edited with Matthias Blum), is available in paperback or eBook.
News
Research News
I have completed a new working paper on Dutch monetary policymaking during the interwar period (co-authored with Philip Fliers). We explore policy formation, implementation and impact, and mix quantitative with qualitative analysis.
I have completed a new working paper on Dutch monetary policymaking during the interwar period (co-authored with Philip Fliers). We explore policy formation, implementation and impact, and mix quantitative with qualitative analysis.
Pedagogy News
- I took part in a public event on 18 September on the future of economics pedagogy, organised by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.
- I wrote an op-ed for QPol about the pedagogical motivation behind An Economist's Guide to Economic History.
- I was recently interviewed about the book by Palgrave Macmillan commissioning editor Ruth Noble.
Teaching News
- I am teaching a brand new first-year undergraduate module at Queen's called Communicating Economics. I aim to empower students to talk and write coherently and concisely about economics and the economy.
- I also teaching the microeconomics component of the Queen's MBA. I am teaching using CORE Econ, supplemented with HBS case studies.