Economic history research projects at QUCEH
QUCEH hosts a number of large projects in business, economic, financial and social science history. Researchers at the centre have a particular strength in the study of how economic and financial institutions respond to changes in their technological and institutional environments. Their research places a strong emphasis on both historical and evolutionary approaches, but also one that contrasts how institutions vary across different social and regulatory environments within a given time frame. Researchers also have a particular interest in the economic history and political economy of Ireland.
Externally-funded research projects:
The Sterling Area Revisited: The Political Economy of International Economic Disintegration
This research project, funded by the ESRC, involves collecting a range of data on the Sterling Area.
This research project, funded by the ESRC, involves collecting a range of data on the Sterling Area.
The Causes and Consequences of the Great Irish Famine
This research project, funded by the ESRC, re-examines the Famine using the wealth of newly-digitised data sources and cutting-edge methodologies from the fields of econometrics and spatial statistics.
This research project, funded by the ESRC, re-examines the Famine using the wealth of newly-digitised data sources and cutting-edge methodologies from the fields of econometrics and spatial statistics.
Representation of the people: Franchise extension and the ‘Sinn Féin Election’ in Ireland, 1918
This study, funded by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust, assesses how changes in voting rights shaped the outcome of the 1918 election in Ireland.
This study, funded by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust, assesses how changes in voting rights shaped the outcome of the 1918 election in Ireland.
What can prison inmates tell us about Ireland in the nineteenth century?
This project, funded by the Economic History Association, the University of Edinburgh and the Economic History Society, is being conducted by Matthias Blum, Chris Colvin, Eoin McLaughlin and others.
This project, funded by the Economic History Association, the University of Edinburgh and the Economic History Society, is being conducted by Matthias Blum, Chris Colvin, Eoin McLaughlin and others.
Completed research projects:
Corporate ownership and control in nineteenth-century Britain
This project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, is being conducted by Graeme Acheson, Gareth Campbell, John Turner and Nadia Vanteeva.
This project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, is being conducted by Graeme Acheson, Gareth Campbell, John Turner and Nadia Vanteeva.
The development of the British equity market, 1825-1870
This project, funded by the ESRC, is being conducted by Charles Hickson, John Turner, Graeme Acheson and Qing Ye.
This project, funded by the ESRC, is being conducted by Charles Hickson, John Turner, Graeme Acheson and Qing Ye.
Pedagogical projects:
An Economist's Guide to Economic History
This textbook project aims to introduce the field of economic history to economics students and their educators.
This textbook project aims to introduce the field of economic history to economics students and their educators.
Research networks:
Crime and conflict
An initial conference funded by the Economic History Society, and organised by Chris Colvin and Arcangelo Dimico, with the intention of inspiring follow-up events.
An initial conference funded by the Economic History Society, and organised by Chris Colvin and Arcangelo Dimico, with the intention of inspiring follow-up events.