The department provides a lively and stimulating environment of enquiry and debate. There are 15 economics teaching staff and around 200 undergraduate students.
Teaching is supported by links with a research unit investigating the transformation of Eastern European economies and by the varied research interests of the staff.
Research
To do their work effectively, economists need to be able to understand the complex nature of the economics problems which face late twentieth century societies.
Economics research at Heriot-Watt is focused around our two research centres:
- The Spatial Economics and Econometrics Centre (SEEC)
- The Centre for Energy Economics Research and Policy (CEERP)
We also have expertise in
- Applied Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Energy Economics
- Industrial Economics
- Macroeconomics