PhD Students

Profiles of PhD students currently enrolled at the School of Economics, including supervisors and research interests.

NameEmailResearch Interests
Shubhangi Agrawalsagrawal@ed.ac.uk 
Luis Aguilar-LunaL.A.Aguilar-Luna@sms.ed.ac.uk
  • Labour Economics
  • Economics of Crime
  • Macroeconomics
  • International Trade
Ayushmaan Dev Vermaaverma2@ed.ac.uk
  • Signalling Theory
  • Game Theory
  • Microeconomics
Kezhen Chens1935572@ed.ac.ukKezhen's current research interests lie in microeconomic theory. He has particular interests in the functioning of scientific peer review and topics of corruption.
Tuocheng Chens1924850@ed.ac.ukTuocheng's main research areas are microeconomic theory, game theory, information design, mechanism design.
Adolfo Fuentes WerlingerA.I.Fuentes@sms.ed.ac.uk

Adolfo's primary research interest lies between labor economics and macroeconomics. Specifically on how frictions affect the labor market and how labor outcomes, such as wages, informality, and unemployment, can be affected by changes in the minimum wage, changes in the skill composition of workers, and increases in social security contributions. 

As a secondary interest, Adolfo is interested in how people's social capital influences different aspects of life, such as labor market outcomes, health, and voting behavior, and how some environmental aspects, such as inequality, can ameliorate these relationships.

Kavisha GuptaKavisha.gupta@ed.ac.ukKavisha's research interest lies in the area of macroeconomics with a focus on the effect of unconditional transfers and other human & social development policies on intergenerational mobility and inequality in a developing country context. Her current work focusses on understanding the role of education related policies in reducing child labour and informality, using quantitative macroeconomic models. 
Krista Holthausk.l.h.holthaus@ed.ac.uk 
Leqing Huanglhuang34@ed.ac.uk

Macroeconomics

Heterogenous agents and inequality

 

Alex Kostylevs1332880@sms.ed.ac.uk
  • Applied Political Economy
  • Quality of Political Governance
  • Principal-Agent Relationship in Political Economy
  • Text Analysis 
Kevin Lek.n.le@sms.ed.ac.ukKevin’s primary research interests are in the economics of science and R&D and knowledge based technologies, initially from macro and econometric perspectives. He will sooner or later likely find himself trying to understand search and matching of PhD graduates.
Aubrey LiS2077662@ed.ac.ukGame Theory and Mechanism Design
Chenchen Lic.li-101@sms.ed.ac.uk 
Jiaying Lis1941036@ed.ac.uk 
Shunhan Lis.s.li-1@sms.ed.ac.uk
  • Economic Transformation;
  • Public Policy;
  • Urban Economics

 

Jinge Lius2028952@ed.ac.ukDevelopment Economics, Applied econometrics, Microeconometrics
Shihao Luolluo@ed.ac.ukShihao is mainly interested in Information Design, such as Bayesian Persuasion. 
Siting (Estée) Lus.lu@ed.ac.ukGame Theory, Behavioural Economics, Searching and Matching
Hugo Manfields1830101@ed.ac.uk 
Alex McQuittyAlex.McQuitty@ed.ac.ukAlex's research interests are labor-macro and the economics of technological change, with a focus on modeling heterogeneity of assets and the distribution of wealth and inequality.
David Mesa-RuizD.Mesa@ed.ac.uk (student email) / dmesa@ed.ac.uk (staff email)
Mili Labour economics (Gender Wage Gap), Applied Econometrics, Microeconometrics
Jenny PetersJenny.Peters@ed.ac.uk
  • Macro Labour Modelling
  • Gender Economics
  • Family Economics
Yuhan Shaoyuhan.Shao@ed.ac.uk

Macroeconomics

Intergenerational mobility

Jun ShenJun.Shen@ed.ac.ukMacroeconomics, Public Economics, Financial Economics
Yating Shens1984430@ed.ac.ukYating is interested in (evolutionary) game theory, behavioural and experimental economics.
Jamie Smithjsmith47@ed.ac.uk

Jamie's research is focused on the underlying causes of regional inequalities within the United Kingdom.

  • Regional inequalities of income and productivity
  • Structural modelling
  • Human capital
  • Labour market outcomes
  • Econometrics
Zijue Wangzijue.wang@ed.ac.ukMacroeconomics; Intergenerational mobility
Yiqi Xus1793361@ed.ac.ukYiqi's current research interests lie in the areas of macroeconomic theories about inflation and wage determination. She is also interested in certain topics in financial economics, such as leverage and credit cycles. Additonally, she also would like to make developments on numerical methods for macroeconomic models.
Yahui FanYahui's primary research interests lie in labour economics, financial economics and macroeconomics.
Jiahao ZhangJ.Zhang-265@sms.ed.ac.ukApplied econometrics, Microeconometrics, Job flexibility and Child penalty

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