Professor Arnab Bhattacharjee
Professor Arnab Bhattacharjee
Head Of Economics
Arnab joined 江南体育 University in 2013, where he is currently Professor and Head of Economics, and was previously Director of Spatial Economics & Econometrics Centre (SEEC).
His research interests lie primarily in econometrics 鈥� the discipline of quantitative measurement of economic and social behaviour. His research focuses on foundations and methodology for modeling and identification of structural models using observational data, including Big Data settings. Arnab鈥檚 applied research is collaborative with government, policy community, civil society, and private enterprise. It has generated active policy debate and societal impact in several areas including:
- impact of large economic shocks (like the financial crisis, COVID and Brexit) upon destitution and extreme poverty in the UK and its regions;
- development of Scottish Government guidelines for socio-economic-environmental impact evaluation of offshore and marine developments;
- the structure and organisation of Monetary Policy Committees;
- policies for reducing health inequalities across Scottish regions and demographic regeneration of interior regions of Portugal; and
- impact of land reform programmes on forest regeneration and sustainable agriculture in the Amazon.
Areas of interest
- Econometrics and Statistics, Urban and Housing Economics, Regional Economics and Regional Studies, Social networks, agent-based modeling and microsimulation, Macroeconomics and monetary economics, Corporate finance, strategy and industrial economics
Qualifications
PhD in Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, 2009. Thesis title: 鈥淥rder restricted covariate effects and hazard regression models鈥�. Adviser: Prof. Debasis Sengupta.
PhD in Economics, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 2002. Title: 鈥淰aluation of Corporate Debt and Equity 鈥� Some Contributions in the Indian case鈥�. Adviser: Prof. Abhay Pethe.
M.Stat. 鈥� Master of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, 1993.
B.Stat. (Hons.) 鈥� Bachelor of Statistics (with Honours), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, 1991.
Background
2010-2013: University of Dundee, UK.
2004-2010: University of St Andrews, UK.
2001-2004: Department of Applied Economics, and Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK.
1995-2006: Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, India (India鈥檚 central bank).
External Fellowships: Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (UK); Elected Life Member, International Statistical Institute (since 2004); Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge (UK).
External Academic Appointments: Visiting Professor of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University (USA) and Indian Statistical Institute (IND); Visiting Professor of Urban Planning, University of Aveiro (Portugal); Research Visiting Professor of Regional Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).
External Advisory Engagements: Consultant, Technical expert and Steering Group Member: Scottish Government (鈥楲ocal Areas鈥� Marine Development, Jan.-Aug. 2019); Consultant: Scottish Parliament Information Center (SPICe), European Central Bank and Timberlake Consultants (Technical Expert on Econometrics).
Academic lineage:
- Erd艖s number 鈥� 4.
- In statistics genealogy, I am 22nd generation in the lineage of Nicolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499-1557), with notable academic ancestors Galileo Galilea, Sir Isaac Newton, Sir R. A. Fisher and C. R. Rao.
- My academic ancestors in economics include Adam Smith (Scotland), and Lawrence Klein and David Andrew Kendrick in North America, but also partly the Austrian School and the School of Salamanca in Europe.
Projects/Research showcase
Awards
2020, Elected Member of Committee, Money Macro and Finance Society (Research Group)
2020, Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
2016, Hind Rattan Award (State honour, India)
2016, Top 10 papers 2005-15, Spatial Economic Analysis