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3rd in Australia

Economics, QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023
42nd Worldwide

Economics, QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023
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Economic Theory, Applied Economics, and Econometrics, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)

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Be an agent for change. Economists study the cause and effect of unemployment and inflation, economic growth and development, income inequality, public policy, and environmental management.

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Professor Jose Carlos Gonzalez Pimienta

Head, School of Economics

Professor Isabella Dobrescu

Deputy Head, School of Economics

Professor Gigi Foster

One of Australia’s leading economics communicators

Professor Richard Holden

Professor of Economics at UNSW Business School, director of the Economics of Education Knowledge Hub

Professor Alberto Motta

A Fellow of UNSW's Scientia Education Academy, and the co-chair of the STEP UP initiative in Education.

Professor Petr Sedlacek

Professor of Economics at the UNSW Business School, and a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford.