Academic staff
Neha Agarwal
Lecturer
Email neha.agarwal@otago.ac.nz
Applied microeconomics; development; health; gender; labour.
Nathan Berg
Professor
Email nathan.berg@otago.ac.nz
Behavioural economics.
David Fielding
Professor
Email david.fielding@otago.ac.nz
Trust and altruism; economics of altruism; economics of conflict; economic development in sub-Saharan Africa; pre-industrial economic history.
Murat Genç
Associate Professor
Email murat.genc@otago.ac.nz
Applied microeconometrics.
Honours student adviser
Director of Masters programmes
Peter Gibbard
Lecturer
Email peter.gibbard@otago.ac.nz
Industrial organization and competition economics; discrete-choice econometrics; economics of search; behavioural economics.
Paul Hansen
Professor
Email paul.hansen@otago.ac.nz
Health economics; multi-criteria decision-making; conjoint analysis.
Alfred Haug
Professor
Email alfred.haug@otago.ac.nz
Empirical monetary and fiscal policy; macroeconometrics; C02 emissions and macroeconomic determinants; economic impact of oil-market shocks
Viktoria Kahui
Senior Lecturer
Email viktoria.kahui@otago.ac.nz
Environmental economics; ecological economics.
Alan King
Honorary Associate Professor
Email alan.king@otago.ac.nz
Fourier-form unit root tests; long-term inflation expectations; purchasing power parity; modelling CO2 emissions.
Stephen Knowles
Professor
Email stephen.knowles@otago.ac.nz
Experimental economics; altruism and charitable giving; applied economic growth and development.
Director of PhD programme
Daniel Neururer
Lecturer
Email daniel.neururer@otago.ac.nz
Trust and trustworthiness; lying and deception; credence goods markets; the effects of mindfulness-based interventions on social preferences.
Dorian Owen
Professor
Email dorian.owen@otago.ac.nz
Applied econometrics; economic growth and development; sports economics.
Arlene Ozanne
Senior lecturer
Email arlene.ozanne@otago.ac.nz
Economic growth and development; labour migration; Asian economies; natural disasters and resilience; other socioeconomic issues.
Ronald Peeters
Professor
Email ronald.peeters@otago.ac.nz
Game theory; behavioural economics; experimental economics; industrial organization.
Head of Department
Trent Smith
Associate Professor
Email trent.smith@otago.ac.nz
Behavioural economics; health economics; industrial organization.
Paul Thorsnes
Senior Lecturer
Email paul.thorsnes@otago.ac.nz
Empirical urban economics and policy.
Murat Üngor
Senior Lecturer
Email murat.ungor@otago.ac.nz
International macroeconomics; macroeconomics; economic growth; structural transformation and technological change.
Dennis Wesselbaum
Senior Lecturer
Email dennis.wesselbaum@otago.ac.nz
Macroeconomics (especially monetary and fiscal policy); quantitative economics; economic growth; migration; interaction between climate, environment and society.
Teaching staff
Aleisha Lord
Teaching Fellow
Email aleisha.lord@otago.ac.nz
Terry Kerr
Teaching Fellow
Email terry.kerr@otago.ac.nz
Warren McNoe
Teaching Fellow
Email warren.mcnoe@otago.ac.nz
Professional staff
Janet Bryant
Administrator Client Services
Email janet.bryant@otago.ac.nz
Donna Cumberbeach
Assistant Administrator Client Services
Email donna.cumberbeach@otago.ac.nz
