MRes/PhD Quantitative Economic History

About the Department

Following in a long and distinguished tradition, research in the Department of Economic History uses concepts and theories from the social sciences as a starting point for studying the development of real economies and understanding them in their social, political and cultural context.

The Department is home to by far the largest group of researchers in economic history in the UK and one of the largest in the world. This is a pluralistic Department which encourages different approaches to the discipline: quantitative economic history; global history; history of economic thought; historical demography; historical economic geography; international economic history; business history; financial and monetary history; and social history. We also offer a wide chronological and geographical coverage of economic history with specialists in almost every continent and any historical period from the medieval age onwards. For this reason, the Department is able to supervise a wide range of topics, in line with the research interests of the teaching staff.

We particularly value a comparative outlook on research, and the fruits of our research have been used by international agencies, such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, government departments and local communities. Our faculty have included among their research commitments the editorship of The European Review of Economic History and The Journal of African History.

MRes/PhD Economic History

Visiting Research Students

The MRes/PhD Quantitative Economic History is designed for those with both a strong grounding in undergraduate economics and Masters-level methodological training who wish to take the first steps towards a PhD in Quantitative Economic History. You will need to meet certain criteria to progress through to the PhD stage of the programme.

Study for the MRes includes substantive courses in economics and economic history and the production of research paper in quantitative economic history, as well as a research prospectus. The PhD is the final stage of the programme where you will be expected to produce a PhD thesis comprised of three publishable research papers. During this period you will build on the formal training provided through the MRes and develop your research skills and scholarly abilities. You will gain professional experience in how to present your findings at workshops held regularly in the Department.

MPhil/PhD programmes

• MPhil/PhD Economic History
  

Taught programmes

• MSc Economic History
• MSc Economic History (Research)
• MA Global Studies: A European Perspective. A two-year (full-time) Erasmus Mundus programme. Students spend a year at each of two participating universities. EU financial support is available
• MSc Political Economy of Late Development
• MSc Quantitative Economic History / MRes Quantitative Economic History