Academic Staff

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  1. Associate Professor Reshad Ahsan

    Associate Professor of Economics & Program Director (Economics PhD Program)

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/cabe
    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/trade

    • International Trade
    • Development Economics
    • Political Economy

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 8147 Email rahsan@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  2. Dr Georgy Artemov

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    Centre for Market Design

    • Mechanism design
    • Matching theory
    • Game theory
    • Microeconomic theory

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7029 Email gartemov@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  3. Professor Benjamin Avanzi

    Professor of Actuarial Studies

    Actuarial Studies

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ACT

    • Insurance Capital Modelling
    • Risk Theory
    • Modelling and Statistical Analysis
    • Robust Estimation
    • Social Security and Pensions
    • Risk Modelling in Operations Management

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 8667 Email b.avanzi@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  4. Dr Ivan Balbuzanov

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    Centre for Market Design

    • Microeconomic theory

    Department of Economics

    Email ivan.balbuzanov@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  5. Associate Professor Victoria Baranov

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Economics

    • Development
    • Behavioural Economics
    • Health Economics
    • Psychology and Economics
    • Applied Microeconomics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5292 Email victoria.baranov@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  6. Dr Aaron Barkley

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    • Applied Microeconomics
    • Industrial Organization

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 0589 Email aaron.barkley@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  7. Professor Jeff Borland

    Truby Williams Professor of Economics

    Economics

    • Applied microeconomics
    • Australian economic history
    • Economics of sport
    • Operation of labour markets in Australia
    • Policy and program design and evaluation

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5294 Email jib@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  8. Professor David Byrne

    Professor of Economics & Deputy Director, Centre for Market Design

    Economics

    • Industrial Organization
    • Applied Econometrics
    • Energy Economics
    • Environmental Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61-3-8344 3880 Email byrned@unimelb.edu.au

  9. Dr Enrique Calderin

    Senior Lecturer
    Program Director, Master of Actuarial Science and Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Studies

    Actuarial Studies

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ACT

    • Actuarial Studies

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 8176 Email enrique.calderin@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  10. Professor Marc Chan

    Professor of Econometrics

    Econometrics

    • Labour Economics
    • Public Economics
    • Applied Econometrics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 83449488 Email marc.chan@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  11. Associate Professor Ping Chen

    Program Director, Master of Commerce (Actuarial Studies), Honours Coordinator (Actuarial Studies)

    Actuarial Studies

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ACT

    • Actuarial Studies

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 8053 Email pche@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  12. Dr Yuyu Chen

    Lecturer

    Actuarial Studies

    Centre for Actuarial Studies

    • Risk Aggregation
    • Risk Management
    • Dependence Modelling.

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 83445928 Email yuyu.chen@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  13. Dr Andrew Clarke

    Senior Lecturer
    Program Director (Master of Economics and Master of Applied Econometrics)

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Applied Econometrics
    • Labour Economics (Immigration)

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5298 Email andrew.clarke@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  14. Associate Professor Michael Coelli

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Economics

    • Education Economics
    • Education Training and Effects
    • Gender Earnings Gaps
    • Human Capital Investment

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 8586 Email mcoelli@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  15. Dr Alexandra De Gendre

    McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Economics

    • Economics of education
    • Family Economics
    • Welfare and Social Security
    • Applied Microeconomics

    Department of Economics

    Email a.degendre@unimelb.edu.au

  16. Professor Mei Dong

    Honours Coordinator
    Professor of Economics

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Monetary Economics
    • Macroeconomics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 1209 Email mei.dong@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  17. Professor Chris Edmond

    Professor of Economics

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • International Economics
    • Macroeconomics
    • Monetary and Financial Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 9733 Email cedmond@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  18. Professor Nisvan Erkal

    Professor of Economics

    Economics

    Centre for Market Design
    Experimental Economics Laboratory

    • Experimental Economics
    • Industrial Organization

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 3307 Email n.erkal@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  19. Professor Ross Garnaut

    Professorial Fellow

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/trade

    • China's economic reforms and internationalisation
    • Asia-Pacific economies' development and international economic relations
    • Australia's economic relations with the Asia-Pacific region
    • Domestic economic adjustment to Asia-Pacific economic development

    Department of Economics

    Email ross.garnaut@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  20. Associate Professor Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo

    Associate Dean (Engagement) Faculty of Business & Economics & Associate Professor of Econometrics

    Econometrics

    • Monetary Policy Rules
    • Computational Statistics
    • Minsky Moments & Financial Contagion

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5354 Email matthew.greenwood@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  21. Dr James Hansen

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Macroeconomics
    • Monetary Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 2142 Email james.hansen@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  22. Professor David Harris

    Head of Department
    Professor of Econometrics

    Econometrics

    • Time Series Analysis (Econometric Theory)

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 6835 Email harrisd@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  23. Associate Professor Joe Hirschberg

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Economics

    • Applied Econometrics Techniques
    • Economic Applications of Cluster Analysis
    • Measuring Anti-Competitive Behaviour
    • Measuring Productivity
    • Quantitative Analysis of Tertiary Education

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5273 Email j.hirschberg@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  24. Professor Liana Jacobi

    Professor of Econometrics

    Econometrics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/bam

    • Bayesian Econometrics
    • Theoretical and applied econometrics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 8177 Email ljacobi@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  25. Dr Wasana Karunarathne

    Lecturer

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/cabe
    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre
    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/trade

    • Development Economics
    • Poverty and Income Inequality
    • Economics of Education

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 4866 Email lakminik@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  26. Nahid Khan

    Lecturer

    Economics

    • Economics Education
    • Development Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 3621 Email nsk@unimelb.edu.au

  27. Dr Laszlo Konya

    Teaching Specialist/Senior Lecturer

    Econometrics

    • Business Statistics
    • Applied Econometrics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 0355 Email l.konya@unimelb.edu.au

  28. Professor James Kung

    Griffin Chair in Economic History

    Economics

    • Comparative Historical Development
    • Political Economy - China

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 83447237 Email james.kung@unimelb.edu.au

  29. Professor Shuanming Li

    Professor of Actuarial Studies

    Actuarial Studies

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ACT

    • Actuarial Mathematics (Risk models and Ruin Theory)

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 83445616 Email shli@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  30. Associate Professor Han Li

    Actuarial Studies

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ACT

    • Mortality and Longevity Risk Management
    • Ageing and Retirement
    • Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Industry

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 834 45618 Email han.li@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  31. Dr May Li

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre
    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/trade

    • Macroeconomics
    • Computational Economics
    • Monetary Economics
    • Public Finance

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5316 Email shuyunl@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  32. Dr Laura Liu

    Research Fellow & Lab Manager

    Economics

    Experimental Economics Laboratory

    • Experimental Economics
    • Behavioural Economics
    • Contest and Auction Design
    • Industrial Organization

    Department of Economics

    Email yang.liu@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  33. Professor Simon Loertscher

    Professor of Economics & Director, Centre for Market Design

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ecotheory

    • Industrial Organization
    • Market Making
    • Mechanism and Market Design
    • Political Economics (Market Microstructure)

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5364 Email simonl@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  34. Associate Professor Jenny Lye

    Associate Professor/Reader of Economics

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Applied Econometrics
    • Theoretical Econometrics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7264 Email jnlye@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  35. Professor Vance Martin

    Chair of Econometrics

    Econometrics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Time Series
    • Financial Econometrics
    • Econometric Theory

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5396 Email vance@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  36. Associate Professor Leslie Martin

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Economics

    • Environmental Economics
    • Energy Economics
    • Industrial Organisation
    • International Development

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5312 Email leslie.martin@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  37. Professor Phillip McCalman

    Chair of Economics

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/trade

    • International Trade

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 8134 Email mccalman@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  38. Dr Yusuf Mercan

    Lecturer

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Macroeconomics
    • Labor Economics
    • International Trade

    Department of Economics

    Email yusuf.mercan@unimelb.edu.au

  39. Associate Professor Joshua Miller

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Economics

    Experimental Economics Laboratory

    • Behavioural Economics
    • Experimental Economics
    • Statistical and Experimental Methods
    • Microeconomic Theory

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 1014 Email joshua.miller@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  40. Dr David Moreton

    Lecturer

    Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7034 Email dmoreton@unimelb.edu.au

  41. Associate Professor Alexandru Nichifor

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Economics

    • Market design (matchings markets / auctions)
    • Game theory (assignment games)
    • Social networks
    • Social choice (rankings)

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61-3-8344 7420 Email nichifor@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  42. Dr Mehmet Ozmen

    Senior Lecturer

    Econometrics

    • Applied Econometrics
    • Environmental Economics
    • Cultural Economics
    • Health Economics
    • Transport Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61390358912 Email mehmet.ozmen@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  43. Dr Siqi Pan

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    Experimental Economics Laboratory

    • Market Design
    • Experimental & Behavioral Economics
    • Game Theory
    • Industrial Organization

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 452 615 282 Email siqi.pan@unimelb.edu.au

  44. Associate Professor Laura Panza

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Econometrics

    • Development Economics
    • Economic and social history of the Middle East
    • Economic history

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 9732 Email laura.panza@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  45. Professor David Pitt

    Professor & Director, Centre for Actuarial Studies

    Actuarial Studies

    • Actuarial Statistics
    • Income Protection Insurance
    • Actuarial Modelling

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 4728 Email david.pitt@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  46. Professor Bruce Preston

    Professor of Economics

    Economics

    • Macroeconomics

    Department of Economics

    Email bruce.preston@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  47. Associate Professor Roberto Raimondo

    Associate Professor of Economics

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ecotheory

    • Microeconomics
    • Mathematical Economics
    • Mathematical Finance

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 4571 Email rraim@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  48. Dr Maria Recalde

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    Experimental Economics Laboratory

    • Experimental Economics
    • Behavioral Economics
    • Public Economics
    • Development

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7642 Email maria.recalde@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  49. Professor Kalvinder Shields

    Assistant Dean (Graduate Research) Faculty of Business & Economics and Professor of Economics

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Macroeconomic Modelling

    Department of Economics

    Email k.shields@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  50. Dr Rhonda Smith

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    • Industrial Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 9884 Email rhondals@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  51. Professor Richard Smith

    Professorial Fellow

    Economics

    • Econometric theory
    • Estimation and inference
    • Hypothesis testing
    • Model selection

    Department of Economics

    Phone number 8344 9251 Email richard.smith1@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  52. Dr Faisal Sohail

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    • Macroeconomics
    • Firm Dynamics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 6716 Email faisal.sohail@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  53. Dr Yong Song

    Senior Lecturer

    Econometrics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/bam

    • Bayesian Econometrics
    • Financial Econometrics
    • Empirical Macroeconomics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61-3-83440997 Email yong.song@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  54. Associate Professor Kevin Staub

    Associate Professor of Econometrics

    Econometrics

    Melbourne Institute

    • Applied Econometrics
    • Applied Microeconomics
    • International Trade

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 3776 Email kevin.staub@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  55. Associate Professor Sami Stouli

    Associate Professor of Econometrics

    Econometrics

    • Distribution Regression
    • Machine Learning
    • Policy Design
    • Policy Evaluation

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 83449895 Email sami.stouli@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  56. Dr Eik Leong Swee

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/cabe
    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/trade

    • Development Economics
    • Political Economy
    • Economics of Conflict
    • Applied Microeconomics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +613 8344 5397 Email eswee@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  57. Dr Lawrence Uren

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/macrocentre

    • Macroeconomics
    • Labour Markets
    • Search Theory

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7915 Email luren@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  58. Professor Jan van Ours

    Professorial Fellow

    Economics

    • Labour Economics
    • Health Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 9733 Email jvanours@unimelb.edu.au

  59. Professor Tom Wilkening

    Professor of Economics

    Economics

    Centre for Market Design
    Experimental Economics Laboratory

    • Microeconomics
    • Industrial Organisation
    • Development Economics & Asian Economics
    • Experimental Economics
    • Behavioural Economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7027 Email tom.wilkening@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  60. Professor Jenny Williams

    Professor of Economics

    Economics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/trade

    • Health Economics
    • Microeconometrics
    • Policy Evaluation

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7530 Email jenny.williams@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  61. Professor Steven Williams

    Deputy Head of Department
    Professor of Economics and Director (Research), Centre for Market Design

    Economics

    Centre for Market Design

    • Microeconomic theory
    • Mechanism design
    • Information economics

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 4639 Email steven.williams@unimelb.edu.au

  62. Dr Tomasz Wozniak

    Senior Lecturer

    Econometrics

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/bam

    • Econometrics
    • Multivariate Time Series Econometrics
    • Bayesian Inference
    • Macroeconometrics
    • Economic Forecasting

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 5310 Email tomasz.wozniak@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  63. Associate Professor Xueyuan Wu

    Associate Professor of Actuarial Studies, Director, Graduate Research in Actuarial Studies

    Actuarial Studies

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ACT

    • Matrix Analytical Methods
    • Ruin theory
    • Correlated risk models
    • Actuarial Studies

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 7939 Email xueyuanw@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  64. Dr Andy Xiaosong Wu

    Research Fellow

    Economics

    • Industrial Organization
    • Applied Microeconomics

    Department of Economics

    Email andy.wu1@unimelb.edu.au

  65. Dr Jun Xiao

    Senior Lecturer

    Economics

    Centre for Market Design

    • Industrial Organization
    • Microeconomic Theory

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 9035 3161 Email jun.xiao@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

  66. Dr Guo Yan

    Senior Lecturer

    Econometrics

    • Econometrics Theory
    • Machine Learning
    • Applied Microeconometrics

    Department of Economics

    Email yan.g@unimelb.edu.au

  67. Associate Professor Rui Zhou

    Associate Professor of Actuarial Studies

    Actuarial Studies

    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/economics/ACT
    http://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/cabe

    • Longevity/Mortality Risk Measurement and Management
    • Mortality Modelling and Forecasting
    • Longevity annuity
    • Weather Derivative

    Department of Economics

    Phone number +61 3 8344 8719 Email rui.zhou@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert

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