On Thursday, 29 May 2025, the First Annual Reading Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Workshop (RPPE1) takes place and brings together researchers from our three departments for an interdisciplinary scientific event. The…Read More >
Congratulations to James Reade on winning the MIT Sloane Sports Analytics Conference – Research Papers Competition
Congratulations to James Reade on winning the MIT Sloane Sports Analytics Conference – Research Papers Competition. This is the winning paper: ‘Do Behavioral Considerations Cloud Penalty-Kick Location Optimization in Professional…Read More >
Dr Shixuan Wang has been selected as a Finalist for The National AI Awards 2024
We are proud to announce that Dr Shixuan Wang (Department of Economics), part of an industry-academia collaboration team from BT (Dr Carla Di Cairano-Gilfedder), Cardiff University (Prof Aris Syntetos) and University…Read More >
Appointment of Associate Editor at IJFE
Congratulations to Dr Shixuan Wang, who is appointed as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Finance and Economics (ABS 3*), published by Wiley. Dr Shixuan Wang’s research focuses…Read More >
Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES)
An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade (@jjreade), Carl Singleton (@csingletonecon) and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Research Group at the University of Reading. All…Read More >
Lectureship Position Hiring
The Department of Economics at the University of Reading is looking to appoint to the position of Lecturer (Assistant Professor), beginning in September 2020. The Department will be at the…Read More >
Three colleagues published a new article in British Journal of Industrial Relations
Three colleagues, Dr Sarah Jewell, Prof Giovanni Razzu, and Dr Carl Singleton, has published a new article in British Journal of Industrial Relations entitled ‘Who Works for Whom and the…Read More >
Dr Shixuan Wang published a new article in Journal of Econometrics
Dr Shixuan Wang has published a new article in Journal of Econometrics entitled ‘Sequential monitoring for changes from stationarity to mild non-stationarity‘. Abstract We develop and study sequential testing procedures…Read More >
New publication in “Theory and Decision”
Steven Bosworth has had a paper accepted by Theory and Decision, entitled “Motives and comprehension in a public goods game with induced emotions”. Abstract: This study analyses the sensitivity of…Read More >
