Supervision
Preparing the next generation of economic historians
Supervision philosophy
I think that economic history needs to be re-inserted into the research and teaching agendas of economics departments and business schools. If you share my conviction, then I am keen to work with you.
The academic job market is tough. It is important that students are prepared. My goal as a supervisor is to ensure my students graduate with a collection of interesting papers, addressing important topics, that are clearly publishable in good journals.
I support my economic history PhD students to launch their careers by imparting the attitudes and skills necessary to succeed as a junior academic. This sometimes means helping them to develop a strong second field of interest besides economic history. And to help them think explicitly how their economic history research relates to that second field - how they can contribute to big economic questions using insights derived from historical enquiry.
The academic job market is tough. It is important that students are prepared. My goal as a supervisor is to ensure my students graduate with a collection of interesting papers, addressing important topics, that are clearly publishable in good journals.
I support my economic history PhD students to launch their careers by imparting the attitudes and skills necessary to succeed as a junior academic. This sometimes means helping them to develop a strong second field of interest besides economic history. And to help them think explicitly how their economic history research relates to that second field - how they can contribute to big economic questions using insights derived from historical enquiry.
Current PhD students
Paudie McKee (PhD Economics)
As assistant supervisor (supporting Daniel Borbely and David Jordan)
Interests: economic history, public health
Malte Hinrichs (PhD Economics)
As co-supervisor (with Alan Fernihough)
Interests: economic history, industrial revolution, Germany
Yibin Liu (PhD Economics)
As co-supervisor (with John Turner)
Interests: financial history, financial crises, Hong Kong
Kyle Richmond (PhD Economics)
As primary supervisor (second supervisors: Graham Brownlow and Stephen Billington)
Interests: economic history, innovation, industrial organisation
Pallavi Singh (PhD Management)
As second supervisor (primary supervisor: Michael Aldous)
Interests: business history, networks, religion, India
As assistant supervisor (supporting Daniel Borbely and David Jordan)
Interests: economic history, public health
Malte Hinrichs (PhD Economics)
As co-supervisor (with Alan Fernihough)
Interests: economic history, industrial revolution, Germany
Yibin Liu (PhD Economics)
As co-supervisor (with John Turner)
Interests: financial history, financial crises, Hong Kong
Kyle Richmond (PhD Economics)
As primary supervisor (second supervisors: Graham Brownlow and Stephen Billington)
Interests: economic history, innovation, industrial organisation
Pallavi Singh (PhD Management)
As second supervisor (primary supervisor: Michael Aldous)
Interests: business history, networks, religion, India
Completed PhD students
Paul Winfree (PhD Economics, 2023)
Co-supervised with John Turner
Thesis title: The Political Economy of Education and Propaganda in the US South after the Civil War
Placement: Founder and CEO, Economic Policy Innovation Center, Washington DC
Homer Wagenaar (PhD Economics, 2022)
As primary supervisor
Second supervisors: Norma Dawson and Christopher Coyle
Thesis title: Rules, Discretion and Industrialisation: The Patent System of the Netherlands, 1817-1869
Placement: Postdoctoral fellowship in economic history, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Stephen Billington (PhD Economics, 2019)
Co-supervised with Christopher Coyle
Thesis title: Patents, Machine Learning, and War: Invention during the British Industrial Revolution
Placement: Tenure-track post in economics, Ulster University Business School, Belfast
Nikita Lychakov (PhD Finance, 2018)
Co-supervised with John D. Turner
Thesis title: Industrialisation, Politics and Banking Instability in Late Imperial Russia
Placement: Postdoctoral fellowship in history, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Stuart Henderson (PhD Finance, 2017)
Co-supervised with John D. Turner and Alan Fernihough
Thesis title: Historical Reflections on Religion, Finance and Economic Development
Placement: Tenure-track post in finance, Dublin University of Technology
Co-supervised with John Turner
Thesis title: The Political Economy of Education and Propaganda in the US South after the Civil War
Placement: Founder and CEO, Economic Policy Innovation Center, Washington DC
Homer Wagenaar (PhD Economics, 2022)
As primary supervisor
Second supervisors: Norma Dawson and Christopher Coyle
Thesis title: Rules, Discretion and Industrialisation: The Patent System of the Netherlands, 1817-1869
Placement: Postdoctoral fellowship in economic history, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Stephen Billington (PhD Economics, 2019)
Co-supervised with Christopher Coyle
Thesis title: Patents, Machine Learning, and War: Invention during the British Industrial Revolution
Placement: Tenure-track post in economics, Ulster University Business School, Belfast
Nikita Lychakov (PhD Finance, 2018)
Co-supervised with John D. Turner
Thesis title: Industrialisation, Politics and Banking Instability in Late Imperial Russia
Placement: Postdoctoral fellowship in history, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Stuart Henderson (PhD Finance, 2017)
Co-supervised with John D. Turner and Alan Fernihough
Thesis title: Historical Reflections on Religion, Finance and Economic Development
Placement: Tenure-track post in finance, Dublin University of Technology