The Discipline of Economics within the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics is focused on generating high-quality research output and impact that seeks to identify solutions to, and inform decisions about the grand challenges facing business and society leaders, public policy makers, and citizens in our region, nationally and internationally.

Economics has built strengths in particular areas connected to this goal, especially in health economics and ageing, environmental economics including marine economics, international finance and macro, and economic history, theory and methodology. These connect especially with two key areas of research distinctiveness for the School:

• Environment and Marine
• Health and Ageing

Colleagues in economics have built a thriving and evolving research ecosystem, reflected in a very active and successful PhD programme, and teams of faculty, doctoral, and postdoctoral researchers, many of whom are leaders and participants in University and School research units, including

• Health Economics and Policy Analysis Centre (HEPAC)
• Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG)
• Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU)
• Centre for Economic Research on Inclusivity and Sustainability (CEDRIS)
• Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS)

Faculty and research students and staff are active contributors to international peer reviewed research in economics and to interdisciplinary audiences, focussed on the potential for research to inform real-world policy problems and generate solutions.