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Academic staff

Neha Agarwal 2022 imageNeha Agarwal

Lecturer
Email neha.agarwal@otago.ac.nz
Applied microeconomics; development; health; gender; labour.


Nathan Berg 2022 imageNathan Berg

Professor
Email nathan.berg@otago.ac.nz
Behavioural economics.


David FieldingDavid 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 2022 imageMurat Genç

Associate Professor
Email murat.genc@otago.ac.nz
Applied microeconometrics.

Honours student adviser
D
irector of Masters programmes


Peter Gibbard 2022 imagePeter Gibbard

Lecturer
Email peter.gibbard@otago.ac.nz
Industrial organization and competition economics; discrete-choice econometrics; economics of search; behavioural economics.


Hansen2018Paul Hansen

Professor
Email paul.hansen@otago.ac.nz
Health economics; multi-criteria decision-making; conjoint analysis.


Alfred Haug 2021 imageAlfred 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 2022 imageViktoria Kahui

Senior Lecturer
Email viktoria.kahui@otago.ac.nz
Environmental economics; ecological economics.


Stephen Knowles 2022 imageStephen 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 2022 imageDaniel 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 imageDorian Owen

Professor
Email dorian.owen@otago.ac.nz
Applied econometrics; economic growth and development; sports economics.


Arlene Ozanne imageArlene 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 PeetersRonald Peeters

Professor
Email ronald.peeters@otago.ac.nz
Game theory; behavioural economics; experimental economics; industrial organization.

Head of Department


Trent Smith 2022 imageTrent Smith

Associate Professor
Email trent.smith@otago.ac.nz
Behavioural economics; health economics; industrial organization.


Paul Thorsnes imagePaul Thorsnes

Senior Lecturer
Email paul.thorsnes@otago.ac.nz
Empirical urban economics and policy.


Murat Ungor 2022 imageMurat Üngor

Senior Lecturer
Email murat.ungor@otago.ac.nz
International macroeconomics; macroeconomics; economic growth; structural transformation and technological change.


Dennis WesselbaumDennis Wesselbaum

Associate Professor
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 2022 imageAleisha Lord

Teaching Fellow
Email aleisha.lord@otago.ac.nz


Kerr imageTerry Kerr

Teaching Fellow
Email terry.kerr@otago.ac.nz


Warren NcNoe imageWarren McNoe

Teaching Fellow
Email warren.mcnoe@otago.ac.nz


Professional staff

Janet BryantJanet Bryant

Administrator Client Services
Email janet.bryant@otago.ac.nz


Donna Cumberbeach 2022 imageDonna Cumberbeach

Assistant Administrator Client Services
Email donna.cumberbeach@otago.ac.nz