Applied Microeconomics
Applied Microeconomics
The Applied Microeconomics research group unites researchers working on a broad array of topics within such areas as labour economics, economics of education, health economics, family economics, urban economics, environmental economics, and the economics of science and innovation. The group operates in close collaboration with the CAGE Research Centre.
The group participates in the CAGE seminar on Applied Economics, which runs weekly on Tuesdays at 2:15pm. Students and faculty members of the group present their ongoing work in two brown bag seminars, held weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1pm. Students, in collaboration with faculty members, also organise a bi-weekly reading group in applied econometrics on Thursdays at 1pm. The group organises numerous events throughout the year, including the Research Away Day and several thematic workshops.
Our activities
Work in Progress seminars
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-2pm
Students and faculty members of the group present their work in progress in two brown bag seminars. See below for a detailed scheduled of speakers.
Applied Econometrics reading group
Thursdays (bi-weekly) 1-2pm
Organised by students in collaboration with faculty members. See the Events calendar below for further details
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Applied Microeconomics Group are:
Research Students
Events
The Demise of the Lecture
Dr Steven Proud (University of Bristol) 'The Demise of the Lecture'.
Date: Wednesday 29th Nov 2-3.30pm
Location: Room S0.09
Is Lecture Capture killing the traditional lectures? In this talk, Steve will explore whether lectures remain relevant in an increasingly digital world, and how pedagogical techniques can be used within lectures to enable students to develop higher level skills.
Lectures can still be considered an important method of transmitting knowledge from lecturer to student, despite the growth of certain technologies (as lecture capture) which may make lecture attendance less valuable.
Steve is Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Bristol, his research considers the economics of education and his main areas of interest include the effect of child's peer group on their academic outcomes and the stability of school quality measures in school leagues tables. More recent research has focussed on pedagogical improvements within the teaching of Economics in Higher Education.
Dr Fabio Arico (UEA, National Fellow Higher Education Academy 2017) 'Promoting Active Learning through Peer-Instruction and Self-Assessment: Design, Delivery, and Evaluation'.
Date: Wednesday 15th Nov 3-4.30pm
Location: Room S0.09
Dr Fabio Aric貌 is a Senior Lecturer in Macroeconomics at the University of East Anglia and he was named National Teaching Fellow by the Higher Education Academy in 2017 as recognition for his outstanding teaching.
Fabio is committed to increase student confidence by developing self-assessment skills and promoting self-regulatory learning behaviours. Fabio uses learning technologies to communicate with students and deliver a personalised dialogic experience even in large-class environments. His teaching methods are evidence-based. Consistent empirical evidence demonstrates their effectiveness. Fabio鈥檚 pedagogical innovations to foster student self-efficacy received initial support from the HEA through a Teaching Development Grant. On the grounds of his established reputation, HEFCE awarded funding to the University of East Anglia to pilot academic self-efficacy as one of the measures for learning gain. The aim is to evaluate new metrics that shall inform Teaching Excellence Framework assessments.
Registration
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