Management & Leadership

In addition to my research and teaching, I have contributed extensively to academic leadership and institutional service. My roles have included subject leadership within Economics, responsibility for major international accreditation exercises, university governance through Senate and promotions processes, and editorial and professional service within the discipline.

I currently serve as Deputy Head of Economics at Newcastle University Business School, and as a panel member for REF 2029 in UoA 16: Economics and Econometrics. I am also an elected member of Senate and of the Faculty Promotions Committee at Newcastle University, and an Associate Editor of Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik.

Previously, I served as Director of Accreditation for Newcastle University Business School, leading the School’s successful reaccreditations by AMBA, EQUIS, and AACSB, and as Acting and Joint Head of Economics. My wider university service has included work on review and approval panels across a broad range of disciplines, student support and governance committees, and appointment panels for academic and professional staff.

Within the wider profession, I have held editorial roles, served on the Council of the Scottish Economic Society, acted as external examiner at multiple institutions, and contributed to external review and examination processes in the UK and internationally.

Current roles

  • Deputy Head of Economics, Newcastle University Business School (09/2022-)
  • Panel member (assessment phase), REF 2029, Sub-panel UoA 16: Economics and Econometrics (09/2025-2029)
  • Elected member, Senate, Newcastle University (08/2025-07/2028)
  • Elected member, Faculty Promotions Committee, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University (08/2024-07/2027)
  • Associate Editor, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (2023-)

Institutional leadership

  • Director of Accreditation, Newcastle University Business School (05/2016-02/2020). Led the School’s successful reaccreditations by AMBA (2018), EQUIS (2019), and AACSB (2020).
  • Acting and Joint Head of Economics, Newcastle University Business School (04/2017-09/2018)
  • Interim Deputy Head of Economics, Newcastle University Business School (02/2016-08/2016)
  • Research Ethics Coordinator, Newcastle University Business School (07/2015-08/2016)
  • Chair, Personal Extenuating Circumstances Committee, Newcastle University Business School (09/2015-08/2016)
  • Senior Tutor, Economics Programmes, Newcastle University (09/2012-08/2016)

University governance and service

  • Elected member, Senate, Newcastle University (08/2019-07/2022)
  • Member, Faculty Promotions Committee, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University (current term above)
  • Member, university working group on educational gain, Newcastle University (08/2022-12/2022)
  • Member, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee / Athena Swan submission team, Newcastle University Business School (10/2016-2018)
  • Member, Student Discretionary Award Forum, Newcastle University (2013-2024)
  • Member of internal subject review and learning-and-teaching review panels, including Chemistry, Education, Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences postgraduate programmes, and Politics
  • Member of programme approval panels across a wide range of disciplines, including Film and Media, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, Landscape Architecture, Urban Energy Technology and Policy, Genomic Medicine, Media and Society, Geospatial Data Science, Research Training, and Data Science
  • Member of academic and professional staff appointment panels at Newcastle University and Leuphana University Lüneburg

Professional and editorial service

  • Associate Editor, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (2023-)
  • Co-Editor, International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE) (2017-2021)
  • Member of the Council, Scottish Economic Society (04/2017-04/2023; including a second term from 04/2020)
  • External examiner, Undergraduate Economics programmes, University of Aberdeen (09/2019-08/2023)
  • External examiner, Economics programmes with a focus on econometrics, University of St Andrews (09/2025-)
  • External reviewer, Quality Review of the School of Economics, University College Dublin
  • External examiner/referee for PhDs, Habilitations, and chair promotions in England, Germany, and Macau

Earlier service

  • Member, faculty commission on research, Leuphana University Lüneburg (2008-2010)