Our Work

STICERD research programmes

STICERD funds the research of the following research programmes

Development

This programme fosters theoretical and empirical research into the design, impact and determinants of public policy and organisational change.

Econometrics

Our research focuses on areas such as long memory time series, nonparametric and semiparametric methods, Edgeworth approximations, adaptive learning and dynamic panel data.

Economics of Environment and Energy

This programme examines the interaction between human activity and the natural environment. We work on how economic growth can be made cleaner, and how to mitigate the damages from this growth.

Economics of Industry

This programme is concerned with a wide range of empirical and theoretical questions in the field of industrial organization

Economic Theory

This group runs seminars inviting researchers from around the world to present papers on topics including decision theory, mechanism design, behavioural economics, political economy and game theory.

Political Science and Political Economy

PSPE brings together faculty and PhD students undertaking quantitative or formal research on political institutions, political behaviour, public policy, and political economy.

Psychology and Economics

This programme focuses on psychology and behavioural economics, carrying out empirical and theoretical research aimed at incorporating greater psychological realism into rigorous economic analysis.

Public Economics

We conduct frontier work on inequality and public policies, including research on the design of tax and transfer programmes, the future of social insurance, and the role of behavioural frictions for public policy.