Applications now open for CEPH Research Assistant position
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Assistant in Economic History, based at Trinity College Dublin. The Research Assistant will be active in assisting the delivery of CEPH’s research programme. This full-time position will start in January 2025 and finish in August 2025. Standard Duties and Responsibilities of […]
CEPH to participate in the ESRC Festival of Social Science, 7/11/2024
CEPH is delighted to collaborate once more with the ESRC Festival of Social Science, which aims to bring social science to a general audience through outreach activities like this. The theme of the festival this year is ‘Our Digital Lives’. Our event, held on November 7th, will engage with the theme by looking at elections, election marketing […]
CEPH launches new online course
Can economics help us understand why the Irish Famine was so severe? What explains Ireland’s long economic boom of the eighteenth century? Why did the North and South develop differently? Is Ireland ‘rich’? CEPH is delighted to announce the launch of a new free online course, The Development of the Irish Economy, which will answer those and […]
IQH Call for Papers 2025
As part of CEPH’s research strand, the Centre is delighted to collaborate with the Irish Quantitative History network to host their annual workshop that will be held in Trinity College Dublin on 17th January, 2025. The organisers welcome papers discussing all aspects of Irish economic history. As with previous years, speakers will be given 25 minutes to discuss their […]
Call for Papers (Online): CEPH Irish Research Initiative (CIRI) workshop
CEPH is delighted to announce its second call for papers as part of the CEPH Irish Research Initiative. The workshop, which focuses on the theme of ‘Irish Agricultural Development’, will be held on November 11th 2024 online. It is an opportunity for researchers of Irish Agricultural history and policy to present research in a friendly […]
CEPH hosts CEPR Economic History Symposium
On the 13th and 14th June, CEPH co-hosted the Centre for Economic Policy Research’s (CEPR) 11th Economic History Annual Symposium. The event was held in Trinity College Dublin, in the Business School’s TANGENT@Portal work space. Presenters spoke on a wide variety of topics, ranging from Egyptian corporate performance in the 20th century to the distribution […]
Ann Carlos awarded Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award
On April 11, Professor Ann Carlos (University of Colorado, Boulder) was presented the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award by the Centre for Economics, Policy and History. The award will be presented annually to an economic historian whose work has made a major contribution to the discipline. The award is named after Dr Alice Effie […]
CEPH/Bayreuth Workshop
On March 11th and 12th, CEPH hosted a delegation from the University of Bayreuth for a two day workshop. Both parties presented new and exciting economic history research, featuring presentations from early career and established academics in both teams. The research presented ranged from the experiences of war widows in post-war Germany to the effectiveness […]
The Launch of ‘Everything Economic History’
CEPH has launched its new podcast, ‘Everything Economic History’. Hosted by Research and Policy Officer Andrew Dorman and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Lloyd Maphosa, each episode focusses on an interview with an academic who is asked about their research interests and given the chance to discuss new and exciting publications in the discipline of economic history. […]
Call for Papers: WEAST 2024 Dublin Workshop, ‘Hidden Connections: Eastern Europe through a Comparative Lens’
As part of CEPH’s research strand, the Centre is delighted to be working alongside the WEAST Initiative to present this upcoming Call for Papers for their 2024 Dublin Workshop from December 13-14, 2024. This will be hosted in Trinity College Dublin, and details of the call can be found below. WEAST is a initiative within […]
David Jordan appointed to key advisory role for Stormont
CEPH Research Associate Dr David Jordan (Queen’s University Belfast) has been appointed as an advisor to Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy, and will advise the Economy Minister on the productivity gap in Northern Ireland. When asked about the role, Dr. Jordan commented: “I am very pleased to have been appointed as an independent expert […]
Call for Papers (Online): CEPH Irish Research Initiative (CIRI) workshop
CEPH is delighted to announce its first call for papers as part of the CEPH Irish Research Initiative. The workshop, which focuses on the theme of ‘Industrial Policy and Globalisation in Ireland’, will be held on June 10th 2024 online. It is an opportunity for researchers of Irish economic and industrial policy to present research […]
Applications now open for CEPH Postdoctoral Researcher position
We are seeking to appoint one exceptional candidate to the post of Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher) in Economic History, based at Trinity College Dublin. The Research Fellow will be active in assisting the delivery of the CEPH’s core objectives as well as their own research programme. This full-time position is for eighteen months and will […]
Applications now open for CEPH Research Assistant positions
We are seeking to appoint four exceptional candidates to the post of Research Assistant in Economic History, based at Trinity College Dublin. The Research Assistants will be active in assisting the delivery of CEPH’s research programme. These full-time positions will start in September 2024, there are three one-year positions and one six-month position. Standard […]
Applications now open for CEPH PhD Studentship
The Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin seeks applications for one funded PhD studentship, as part of the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH), the Government of Ireland-funded centre of excellence that links economic historians at Trinity College Dublin with Queen’s University Belfast. The successful candidate will be based in Dublin and, as […]
Call for Papers: World Economic History Congress 2025 Session “Clioconsilium”
Call for Papers: World Economic History Congress 2025 (Lund, 28 July – 1 August 2025) Proposed Session Title: “Clioconsilium: Drawing Lessons from Economic History to Shape Tomorrow’s Public Policy” Organisers: Chris Colvin (Queen’s University Belfast) and Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University) In policymaking, narratives often hold sway, and the stories of our past can serve as […]
CEPH participates in European Researchers’ Night
On Friday 29th September 2023, the directors of CEPH took to the stage to present economic history to the attendees of European Researchers’ Night at Trinity College Dublin. The annual event provides an opportunity for academics and researchers to discuss their research with the general public, and field questions and comments outside of the formal […]
2023 Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie Prize awarded to Nathaniel Bailie
The 2023 Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie Prize was awarded to Nathaniel Bailie for his research on the effectiveness of the minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland. The prize is awarded annually to the best undergraduate dissertation in economics at Queen’s University Belfast. Bailie’s work was highlighted as exemplifying the potential for comparative economic research […]
CEPH Associate Director Ronan Lyons awarded Royal Irish Academy Nowlan Digitisation Grant
CEPH’s Associate Director for Data and Archives Ronan Lyons has been awarded a Royal Irish Academy Nowlan Digitisation Grant for a new historical data digitisation project. The project, titled ‘The Digitisation and Restoration of the Database of Irish Historical Statistics’, will resurrect the Historical National Accounting Group’s (HNAG) historical database which was deleted in 2015. […]
Impact 2030 and the future of Irish research
On the 6th April, 2023, the Irish Government approved the Research and Innovation Bill 2023, which aims to completely transform the research landscape of Ireland. This was carried out as part of the broader ‘Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy’, which seeks to “promote research and innovation to address the challenges modern Ireland faces, […]
Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail?
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is the largest bank failure in the United States since the global financial crisis. The bank’s vulnerability was the result of having a high proportion of uninsured deposits and a large proportion of deposits invested in hold-to-maturity securities. In this piece for the Economic Observatory, CEPH Director John Turner […]