Department of Economics
Established1999 (1999)
Head of DepartmentSimon Cowan
Academic staff
50
Location
Manor Road Building,
Manor Road,
Oxford,
United Kingdom
Websiteeconomics.ox.ac.uk

The Department of Economics is an academic department of the University of Oxford within the Social Sciences Division. Relatively recently founded in 1999, the department is located in the Norman Foster-designed Manor Road Building.[1]

History of Economics in Oxford

Adam Smith pursued graduate studies at Balliol College in 1740[2]

Despite the department's relatively recent establishment, Oxford has a long history within Economics.

The 19th century saw an expansion of economics within Oxford, with political economy being offered as an option to Greats students, and the Drummond Chair in Political Economy being established in 1825 at All Souls College, first being held by Nassau William Senior. Other notable 19th century Oxford economists include Arnold Toynbee, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth.[3][4]

The 20th century saw the first economics programme, a postgraduate Diploma in Economics, in 1904. Economics was later introduced as part of a degree programme as part of the “modern greats” course in 1920, later Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Economist L.L. Price argued that this emphasised Oxford's stance of treating economics “pretty.. but unimportant”.[3][4][5] 20th century Oxford economists include Sir Roy Harrod, Jacob Marschak,[6] Nicholas Stern,[7] Sir David Hendry,[8] Stephen Nickell,[9] David Soskice,[10] Tim Harford,[11] and Mark Carney.[12]

Nobel Prizes

Oxford recipients of the Nobel award of Economics
Amartya Sen (1998)
Michael Spence (2001)
Joseph Stiglitz (2001)

Nine academics affiliated with Oxford have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences:[13]

Courses

The department offers three undergraduate courses in economics, but notably no straight economics option:[23]

At graduate level, the department offers six courses:[24]

  • MSc Economics for Development, jointly offered by the Department of International Development
  • MSc Financial Economics, jointly offered by the Saïd Business School
  • MSc Economic and Social History, jointly offered by the Faculty of History
  • MPhil in Economics and Social History, jointly offered by the Faculty of History
  • MPhil Economics
  • DPhil Economics

Research

In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF2014), the Department received an overall grade-point average of 3.44 (out of 4) - the third highest of any department in Economics and Econometrics in the UK, behind UCL and the London School of Economics.[25]

Research groups and centres

The department currently houses nine research groups, and is involved with five different research centres:

Research groups:

Research centres:

Rankings

In the 2021 Complete University Guide, the programme is ranked second nationally, behind the University of Cambridge.[26]

The Tilburg University Economics Ranking is a worldwide ranking of Economics schools based on research contribution placing Oxford second in Europe, and 11th globally.[27] Similarly, the Academic Ranking of World Universities sees Oxford place third in Europe, and 15th globally.[28]

The 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings places Oxford first in the UK, and third globally.[29]

In the 2020 QS World University Rankings by subject, Oxford is ranked second in Europe, and ninth globally for Economics & Econometrics.[30]

Notable current faculty

Current faculty includes the Director of Policy Research at the World Bank, Chief Economists at the Department for International Development, and Members of the Monetary Policy Committee, among many other prominent roles.

Notable former faculty

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Dr. Eamonn Butler (7 July 2019). "On this day in 1740..." Adam Smith Institute. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "About". Department of Economics, University of Oxford. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 Young, Warren; Lee, Frederic S. (19 February 1993). Oxford Economics And Oxford Economists. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0333513620.
  5. ↑ Chester, Sir Norman (1986). Economics, Politics and Social Studies in Oxford, 1900–85. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-08546-0.
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  8. 1 2 "Academic Profile: David Hendry". Nuffield College, Oxford. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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  12. ↑ Heather Stewart (13 June 2013). "Mark Carney: Bank governor's journey from wilderness to heart of the City". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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  22. ↑ "Joseph E. Stiglitz". Center for Global Development. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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  39. ↑ "Professor Peter Neary". The British Academy. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  40. ↑ "Professor Kevin Roberts". The British Academy. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  41. ↑ "Rick van der Ploeg". International Growth Centre. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  42. ↑ "Tony Venables". International Growth Centre. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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