MSc Political Economy of Europe Core Teaching Staff

Prof Iain Begg

Research Interests: Economic governance of the European Union; EU budget and the Lisbon strategy

Dr Joan Costa-i-Font

Research Interests: Political Economy (economics); economics of European social policy (health, ageing); fiscal federalism in Europe; the economy of Mediterranean Europe

Dr Robert Hancke

Research Interests: Comparative economic performance; comparative industrial organisation; EMU; European works councils; French economy; German economy; industrial restructuring

Dr Abby Innes

Research Interests: Political sociology; political economy of transition from communism; varieties of capitalism in Europe

Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis

Research Interests: Greece and Southeast Europe (Balkan development and EU accession, regional cooperation, inter- and intra-regional trade, Greek economic policy); labour market policy and performance (labour market flexibility, EMU and labour market reform, wage disparities, unemployment); regional policy and performance (regional policy in NMS, regional labour markets, spatial economics)

Prof Sevket Pamuk

Research Interests: Economic development and political economy of Turkey since 1980; economic history of Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, South East Europe and the Middle East; economic growth and institutions; monetary and financial history; prices, wages and standards of living; agriculture and industrialisation

Dr Waltraud Schelkle

Research Interests: Policy coordination and economic governance; social Europe and welfare state reforms in member States after the financial crisis; theories of political economy

Dr Marco Simoni

Research Interests: Comparative political economy; comparative industrial relations; economic policy making