Professor Alex Trew
- Professor in Economics (Economics)
telephone:
0901
email:
Alex.Trew@glasgow.ac.uk
Adam Smith Business School, Room 207, Main Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Biography
Alex was educated at Durham University, the University of Warwick and the University of St Andrews. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow in July 2019, he was a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of St Andrews. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research interests
Alex is a member of the School's Macroeconomics research cluster.
Areas of expertise:
- Economic geography
- Economic growth
- Economic history
- Financial development
Grants
- 2015-18, $95,000, Institute for New Economic Thinking, "Transport Infrastructure, Long-Run Development and Policy: Evidence from England and Wales, c.1817 to 2011", joint with Stephan Heblich.
- 2015, £4,831, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics, for Workshop on Structural Transformation, joint with Radek Stefanski.
- 2015, £5,000, Royal Economic Society Special Project Grant for Workshop on Structural Transformation, joint with Radek Stefanski.
- 2011, £7,875, funding for Workshop on Economic Growth, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics.
- 2006-08, £131,500 from Shell Foundation: 'Private Sector Finance and the Support of Infrastructure as a Source of Economic Growth', joint with Charles Nolan and Gary Shea.
- 2004-06, £26,400 from Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis (PhD Studentship).
Supervision
Alex has supervised two PhD students to completion and welcomes proposals to study topics in the following areas (and, particularly, in their intersections):
- Economic geography
- Economic growth
- Economic history
- Financial development
- Structural transformation
Teaching
- Economic growth
- Economic history
- Financial intermediation
- Macroeconomics
Additional information
Personal website: Alex Trew