Kevin O’Rourke awarded Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award
On February 19th 2026, CEPH presented the Alice Murrary Distinguished Scholar Award to Professor Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke (CNRS, Science Po), who delivered a lecture titled “From most-favoured-nation to reciprocal tariffs: what is unsurprising about Trump’s tariffs, what is surprising, and why it matters” in the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Professor O’Rourke is a […]
Iris Wohnsiedler passes Viva exam
On December 4th, CEPH PhD student Iris Wohnsiedler passed her PhD viva exam. Her dissertation, titled ‘Essays in the economic history of labour market institutions and industry locations’, passed without revisions. Iris’ dissertation explores labour market institutions in a micro-economic context, particularly in nineteenth-century Germany. Her research sits at the intersection of microeconomics and economic […]
Applications now open for two CEPH Research Assistant positions at Queen’s University Belfast
We are seeking to appoint two exceptional candidates to the post of Research Assistant in Economic History, based at Queen’s University Belfast. The Research Assistant will be active in assisting the delivery of the Centre for Economics, Policy and History’s (CEPH) research programme during the 2025-6 academic year. The post holder will work as a […]
Chris Colvin features in RTÉ documentary
CEPH Associate Director Chris Colvin has featured in RTÉ’s new documentary series ’10 Things To Know About’. Chris explores the issue of food security in Ireland, and how the Great Famine and other crises shaped the development of the nation. In an ever-changing climate with extreme weather events becoming more frequent, should Ireland become more […]
Call for Papers (Online): CEPH Irish Research Initiative (CIRI) workshop
CEPH is excited to announce its third call for papers as part of the CEPH Irish Research Initiative. The online workshop, which focuses on the theme of ‘Religion, Division and Development in Ireland’, will be held on December 10th 2024. It is an opportunity for researchers of Irish economic history and policy to present research […]
Iris Wohnsiedler wins Economic History Society New Researcher Prize
CEPH Research Student Iris Wohnsiedler has been awarded the Economic History Society (EHS) New Researcher Prize for her paper and presentation titled ‘Breaking Boundaries: Women, Labour Unions and Political Activism in Early 20th Century Germany’ The prize was awarded at the EHS annual conference which was held in Northumbria University from the 5-7th April. When […]
CEPH event at the ESRC Festival of Social Science
5PM Thursday 2 November at McHughes Bar, Belfast Register here on Eventbrite. Event description (from Slugger O’Toole blog): The Lessons of Yesterday, The Policies of Tomorrow: Economic History for Modern Challenges… American novelist Mark Twain is alleged to have once said, ‘history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme’. While the origins of the […]
CEPH Launch Event, 7th September 2023
We are delighted to announce the launch of CEPH, the all-Ireland centre of excellence in economics, history and policy, and the launch of The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global History of Economic Nationalism 1776-present by Marvin Suesse. This event will take place on Thursday 7th September 2023 at 14:00 in Trinity College Dublin’s Long Room Hub. To […]
State supports for PhD researchers: CEPH’s response to a Government Consultation
The Government of Ireland closed a call for consultation on the subject of state support for PhD researchers on 12 March 2023. This was part of the government’s overall Impact 2023 Strategy, specifically the pillar ‘Talent at the Heart of the R&I Ecosystem’. As a cross-border, state funded research centre, CEPH responded to this call […]
Inaugural meeting of the CEPH Outreach Steering Group, 24/02/23
CEPH’s Outreach Steering Group met for the first time on 24 February 2023. Guided by the suggestions of the group, we have started to develop an Outreach Strategy for our four interest groups, or “four Ps”: Pupils, Pedagogy, Policy and Public. We look forward to taking this forward and organising an array of events and […]
Welcome to CEPH
We here at CEPH are delighted to welcome you to our website. We invite you to have a look around and see what CEPH is all about. CEPH is a collaboration between Trinity College Dublin’s Department of Economics and Queen’s University Belfast’s Management School, to establish a ground-breaking All-Ireland Centre of Excellence in Economics, Policy […]
Opening for Research Assistants
We are seeking to appoint three exceptional candidates to the post of Research Assistant in Economic History. The Research Assistants will be active in assisting the delivery of CEPH’s research programme, main responsibilities will be as follows: Undertake data management, literaturea reviews and data analysis for the duration of the position under the direction of […]
Contact and Location
How to find us The Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) is co-located in Belfast (at Queen’s University Belfast) and Dublin (at Trinity College Dublin). Please find contact information and opening times for both locations below. Belfast The Economic History Lab at Riddel HallQueen’s University Belfast185 Stranmillis RoadBelfast BT9 5EENorthern Ireland Email: ceph@qub.ac.uk Opening times: see QUB […]