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CURRICULUM VITAE Robert Edward Wright, Phd, FRSA, FFCS, ILTM CURRICULUM VITAE Robert Edward Wright, PhD, FRSA, FFCS, ILTM, AcSS Address Department of Economics University of Strathclyde Sir William Duncan Building 130 Rottenrow Glasgow, Scotland G4 0GE United Kingdom Telephone Direct: +44 (0) 141 548 3861 Secretary: +44 (0) 141 548 3842 Facsimile +44 (0) 141 548 4445 E-mail [email protected] Homepage www.strath.ac.uk Citizenship Canadian and British Place of birth Trenton, Ontario, Canada Date of birth 28 April 1958 Research - Population economics Interests - Labour economics - Inequality and poverty - Financial economics - Environmental economics - Applied econometrics and statistics Education - Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1990 - Graduate Certificate, Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, 1986 - M.A., University of Western Ontario, 1984 - Graduate Diploma,University of Stockholm, 1984 - B.A., University of Western Ontario, 1980 Dissertation Income Inequality and the Demographic Transition (Supervisor: Professor G. Edward Ebanks) Awards - Honorary President, Scottish Economic Society, 2008-2011 - President-elect, Scottish Economics Society (2005-2007) - Academician, Academy of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences (2002) - Member, National Conference of University Professors (2002) - Member, Economic Council of Britain in Europe (2002) - President, European Society for Population Economics (2002) - Member, Higher Education Academy (formerly the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education) (2001) - Founding Fellow, Institute for Contemporary Scotland (2000) - Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (1998) - Two Ph.D. comprehensive examinations passed with distinction - Dean's Honours List - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship - Ontario Graduate Scholarship - University of Western Ontario Special University Scholarship - University of Western Ontario Admissions Scholarship - University of Western Ontario Social Science Computing Laboratory Travel Award Current Salary £91,300 p.a. Main Appointments: Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde, Scotland (2005 to date) Professor and University Chair in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland (1995-2005) Vice-Dean (Research), Faculty of Management, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland (1997-2002) Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Economy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (1991-1993/1993-1995) Research Associate, Studies in Social Policy Program, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Ottawa, Canada (1990-1991) Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London, London (1988- 1990) Research Fellow, Centre for Population Studies, LSHTM, University of London, London (1987-1988) Concurrent Appointments: Fellow, World Demographic Association, St. Gallen, Switzerland (2008 to date) Senior External Demographic Expert, Office of National Statistics, London (2008 to date) Senior Associate, Fraser of Allander Institute, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (2006 to date) Panel Member, Longevity Expert Network, International Longevity Centre, London (2004 to date) Research Co-ordinator, Demography and Social Justice Programme, Scottish Economic Policy Network, Scotland (2003 to date) Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), University of Bonn, Germany (1999 to date) Teaching Member, Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics (SGPE), The Old Universities, Scotland (1992 to date) Other Past Appointments/Positions: Executive Director, Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics (SGPE), The Old Universities, Scotland (2001-2005) Sabbatical (2003-2004): Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland Sabbatical (1998-1999): • Visiting Professor, Department and Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Economics (DELTA), Paris, France • Visiting Professor, Tinbergen Institute and Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands • Visiting Professor, Institute for Social Research (SOFI), University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden Research Fellow, Labour Economics Research Programme, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London (1992-2005) 2 Research Fellow, Environmental Economics Research Group, University of Stirling (1995-1997) Research Associate, Applied Population Research Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (1992-1995) Teaching Fellow, Centre for Development Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (1991- 1995) Deputy Chairman, Centre for Development Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (1992- 1994) Visiting Lecturer (part-time), Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, LSHTM, University of London, London (1988-1990) Survey Research Assistant (part-time), Faculty of Part-time and Continuing Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (1985-1986) Instructor (part-time), Language and Social Science Division, Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, London, Canada (1985-1986) Stagiaire, Research Unit in Economic Demography, National Institute for the Study of Demography (INED), Paris, France (summer, 1985) Research Assistant, Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (autumn, 1984) Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (1982-1983, 1984-1986) Selective Community Service 1. External Examiner, University of Galway, Ireland (2007 to date) 2. Expert Member, Mortality Research Working Group, Board for Actuarial Standards (2007 to date) 3. Board Member, Positive Ageing Project, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh (2006-2007) 4. Member, British Household Panel Survey Scientific Steering Committee (2005 to date) 5. Member, National Population Projections Expert Advisory Panel, Government Actuary’s Department (now ONS), London (2005 to date) 6. External Assessor, Chair in Economics Appointment Committee, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh (2005) 7. External Member, Internal Programme Review of Economics, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh (2004) 8. Founding Member, Editorial Board, 21 Century Society: Journal of the Academy of the Social Sciences (2004 to date) 9. Member, Scientific Council, Centre for the Study of Applied Economics, Universities of Madeira and Azores, Portugal (2003 to date) 10. External Examiner, School of Economics, University of Kingston, London (2003-2007) 11. Member, British Household Panel Survey Scottish Advisory Group (2001 to date) 12. Specialist Advisor, Statistics and Operational Research Panel, RAE 2001 3 13. Elected Council Member, Scottish Economic Society (1992-1995,1996-1998, 2000-2003, 2003-2005) 14. Ad hoc Advisor, Scottish Economic Statistics Consultant Group, Scottish Executive (2000 to date) 15. Member, Ethics Committee, University of Stirling (2000-2002) 16. External Assessor, Senior Promotions in Economics, University of West Indies (2000 to date) 17. Member, Business and Economy Committee, Institute of Contemporary Scotland (2000-2001) 18. Member, Central Scotland Regional Committee, Institute of Contemporary Scotland (2000- 2001) 19. Member, University Court, University of Stirling (1999-2004) 20. Editorial Board, East-west Journal of Economic Issues 21. Member, Steering Group, Stirling Graduate Research School, University of Stirling (1999- 2002) 22. Member, Academic Council, University of Stirling (1996-2000, 2000-2004) 23. Member, University Appeal Board, University of Stirling (1997-2005) 24. Member, D.Litt./D.Sc. Committee, University of Stirling (1997-2005) 25. Undergraduate Advisor of Studies, University of Stirling (1996-2005) 26. Member, Faculty Board of Management, University of Stirling (1995-2005) 27. Elected Secretary, European Society for Population Economics (1996-1998) 28. Elected Council Member, European Society for Population Economics (1993-1998) 29. Advisor of Studies, Scottish Doctoral Programme (1994-1995) 30. Member, Board of Management, Centre for Development Studies, University of Glasgow (1991-1995) Current and Recent Research Grants 1. “Centre for Population Change: Understanding Population Change in the 21st Century”, Research Centres Competitions, Economic and Social Research Council (with the Universities of Southampton, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Stirling), 2007, £6.2 million 2. “Scottish Model of Housing Affordability, Scottish Government (with K. Gibb and others, University of Glasgow, 2007, £115,000 3. “The Overall Impact of Higher Education Institutions on Regional Economies in the UK”, Economic and Social Research Council (with P. McGregor and K. Swales, University of Strathclyde, and others), 2007, £496,000 4. “Social Survey Research Network”, Economic and Social Research Council (with V. Gayle, University of Stirling and others ), 2006, £53,000 5. “Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics PhD Training Sequence”, Economic and Social Research Council, 2006, £107,914 4 6. “The Impact of Higher Education Institutions on Regional Economies”, Economic and Social Research Council (with P. McGregor and K. Swales, University of Strathclyde and others), 2006, £19,867 7. “Longitudinal Data Analysis for Social Science Researchers”, Economic and Social Research Council (with V. Gayle, University of Stirling and others), 2005, £99,304 8. “Macroeconomic Impacts of Demographic Change in Scotland”, Economic and Social Research Council (with P. McGregor and K. Swales, University of Strathclyde), 2005, £50,662. 9. “Demographic Change in Moray”, Commissioned Report, Moray Council, Elgin, 2004,
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