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Edinburgh Business School

Professor Mark Schaffer

Professor Mark Schaffer

Professor of Economics

My fields of research include applied econometrics, labour markets, economic history, energy economics and evolutionary theory.

Areas of interest

  • Economics, microeconomics, econometrics, energy, economic history

Qualifications

1990: PhD in Economics, London School of Economics

1985: MA in Economics, Stanford University

1983: MScEcon in Economics, London School of Economics

1982: AB Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University

Background

Professor of Economics, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, 1995-date

Director, CSEDA, 2020-date

Director, Scottish Graduate School of Social Science 2011-2012

Director, Centre for Economic Reform & Transformation (CERT), HWU 1997-2011

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, 1990-95

Lecturer in Economics, School of European Studies, University of Sussex 1989-1990

I have worked as a consultant for organizations such as the World Bank, the IMF, EBRD, the United Nations, the European Commission, and the Department for International Development of the UK Government.

Recent publications

Projects/Research showcase

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Awards

2009 - present, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)

2017 - present, Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA)

Research Fellow, IZA Institute for the Study of Labour