The Department is located in the centre of Oxford.
Graduate Work space
The Department provides a focus for a very diverse and internationally renowned group of academic economists, many of whom have made major recent contributions to modern economic analysis. With 78.5 full-time equivalent researchers, Oxford Economics was by far the largest group of economists submitted to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise conducted jointly by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils. Within a large group, 95 percent of all research activities were classified as internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour (3* or better), with 40 percent of activities regarded as world leading (4*). This places Oxford with more 4* research activities in total than any other UK Economics Department, see RAE viewer. Research Fortnight also ranks Oxford Economics first for research power, a measure that takes into account of both the quality and the quantity of research submitted.
The Department is committed to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. The 2010 Complete University Guide, the 2010 Guardian University Guide and the 2010 Times Good University Guide rank Oxford first in the UK for the study of economics.
Some Recent News in the Department
Zvi Meitar/Vice-Chancellor Oxford University Research Prize
Congratulations to Dr Victoria Prowse on the award of the Zvi Meitar/Vice-Chancellor Oxford University Research Prize in the social sciences. Read More
Job Placements
The Department would like to offer its congratulations and very best wishes for the future to those of its doctoral students and post-doctoral research fellows who are leaving to take up posts elsewhere. Read More
HM The Queen’s 2009 Birthday Honours List
David Hendry was awarded a knighthood for services to Social Science in the Queen's 2009 Birthday Honours List. We congratulate him on this outstanding achievement.
New Faculty Appointments
We are delighted to announce the following appointments:Philipp Kircher, currently Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsyvania, to a University Lecturership in Economics (in association with Corpus Christi College) from 1st August 2009; Vincent P Crawford, currently Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California at San Diego, to the Drummond Professorship in Political Economy from 1st January 2010; Paul Beaudry, currently Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia, to a Professorship in Economics from 1 July 2009; Peter Eso, currently Assistant Professor at Northwestern University,to a University Lecturership in Economics (in association with Jesus College) from 1 September 2009; Debopam Bhattacharya, currently Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College, to a University Lecturership in Economics (in association with St Hilda's College) from 1 September 2009. Read More