Our courses
Our curriculum is informed by cutting-edge research and practice. You'll enjoy hands-on experience, including industry-focused problem-solving – making it easier to transition into the workforce.
Our undergraduate courses are developed with industry, plus you’ll enjoy practical experience and networking opportunities. Or take your economics skills to the next level with a postgraduate degree.
Research specialisations
The areas where we are developing our research strengths include:
- sustainable economies
- economic growth and development
- industrial organisation
- economic theory
- international trade
- labour economics and industrial relations
- health economics
- political economy and public choice.
Join our PhD program
The Department of Economics is seeking intellectually curious doctoral applicants with a strong academic track record who are interested in undertaking rigorous, theory-advancing research.
Department of Economics staff
Our staff strive to embed our strategic employability focus in our teaching and learning, and produce innovative, high-quality research that is frequently published in leading journals.
Key contacts
Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Head of Department
Dr Xuan Nguyen, Director of Teaching
Associate Professor Francesco Carli, Director, HDR
Associate Professor Ching-Jen Sun, Director, Researcher Development
Academic contacts
Dr Acelya Altuntas, Lecturer
Professor Nejat Anbarci, Professorial Research Fellow
Associate Professor Daniel Avdic
Dr Omar Bashar, Senior Lecturer
Dr Prasad Bhattacharya, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Francesco Carli
Emeritus Professor Chris Doucouliagos
Dr Romain Gauriot, Senior Lecturer
Dr Umair Khalil, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Andrea La Nauze
Dr Yan Liang, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Debdulal Mallick
Professor Marco Mariotti, Professorial Research Fellow
Professor Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Professorial Research Fellow
Dr Munirul Nabin, Senior Lecturer
Dr Xuan Nguyen, Senior Lecturer
Dr Aaron Nicholas, Senior Lecturer
Dr Cong Pham, Senior Lecturer
Dr Hemant Pullabhotla, Lecturer
Dr Shuddha Rafiq, Senior Lecturer
Emeritus Professor Pasquale Sgro
Dr Pallavi Shukla, Lecturer
Dr Francisco Silva, Senior Lecturer
Professor Tom Stanley, Honorary Professor
Associate Professor Ching-Jen Sun
Dr Xueli Tang, Senior Lecturer
Dr Lan Tong, Research Fellow
Associate Professor Aydogan Ulker
Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Head of Department
Professor Utku Unver, Professorial Research Fellow
Dr Samarth Vaidya, Senior Lecturer
Dr Ha Vu, Senior Lecturer
Professor Joakim Westerlund, Chair in Economics
Research contacts
Centres
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Business
Professor Hind Benbya, Director
Centre for Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Director
Centre for Refugee Employment, Advocacy, Training and Education (CREATE)
Dr Karen Dunwoodie, Director
Deakin Integrated Reporting Centre
Professor Peter Carey, Research Director
IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre
Professor George Tanewski, Director
Units
Arts & Creative Industries Research and Engagement (ACiRE)
Professor Hilary Glow, Director
Better Consumption Lab
Professor Josh Newton, Director
Deakin MarTech Clinic
Associate Professor Ali Tamaddoni, Director
Deakin MarTech Clinic
Professor Andre Bonfrer, Director
Impact Finance Hub
Dr Emma Li, Director
Leadership Futures Hub
Dr Fannie Wu, Director
Women's Entrepreneurship Research Alliance
Dr Andrea North-Samardzic, Director
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Journal publications
Economics staff have published in many of the leading journals in the discipline, including:
- AEJ: Macroeconomics
- American Economic Review
- Econometrica
- Journal of Economic Theory
- Review of Economics and Statistics
- The Economic Journal.
Seminars
We have a range of speakers and research partners who regularly visit Deakin to share insights and encourage debate on topics of particular interest to the department’s students.
Upcoming seminars
| Date | Time | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 8 July | 12pm | Lucius Cassim |
| Wednesday 17 July | 2pm | Dan Yu |
| Monday 22 July | 12pm | Associate Professor Andrea La Nauze |
| Wednesday 24 July | 2pm | Professor Maroš Servátka |
| Monday 29 July | 2pm | Professor Bettina Klaus |
| Wednesday 31 July | 2pm | Yasin Kursat Onder |
Past seminars
Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 12 June | Nick Garvin | The effects of housing transaction taxes on purchases, mobility and prices |
| 5 June | Derek Mikola | Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope |
| 3 June | Bishal Chalise | Does democracy correct the misallocation of public resources? |
27 May | Professor Florian Scheuer | Putting the 'Finance' into 'Public Finance |
22 May | Nicolas Werquin | Consumption, Wealth, and Income Inequality: A Tale of Tails |
20 May | Dr Umair Khalil | The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement: Japanese American Incarceration during WWII |
15 May | Nawaaz Khalfan | Sequential Information Acquisition and Optimal Search |
8 May | Zhong Ling | Decomposing Trends in the Gender Gap for Highly Educated Workers |
6 May | Dr Francisco Alves Da Silva | On the design of impartial peer-review mechanisms under positive correlation |
1 May | Professor James Morley | Unemployment in a Commodity-Rich Economy: How Relevant Is Dutch Disease? |
24 April | Professor Lionel Page | Strategic Self-deception |
22 April | Associate Professor Szilvia Pápai | Maximum Matching Under Dichotomous Preferences |
17 April | Dr Michelle Escobar | Can Psychological Interventions Provide Resilience to Negative Shocks? Evidence from an RCT and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
10 April | Dr Claudio Labanca | Campaign Connections |
8 April | Prof Yves Sprumont | Two time-consistent Paretian solutions to the intertemporal resource allocation problem |
27 March | Professor James Kung | The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party |
20 March | Dan McGee | Exploitation Through Racialization |
18 March | Dr Xueli Tang | Fertility-Boosting Pensions for Developed Countries Such As Japan: A Modest Policy Proposal |
13 March | Pelin Akyol | Effects of Informal Caring on Labour Market Outcomes of Carers: Evidence from HILDA. |
6 March | Professor Dmitry Ryvkin | Choosing Your Own Luck: Strategic Risk Taking and Effort in Contests |
4 March | Associate Professor Ching-Jen Sun | Fair and efficient queueing |
28 Feb | Associate Professor Liu Haoming |
Contact us
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