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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Reading

I am Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Reading and Director of the Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR). I am also External Affiliate at the Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies (CIMS) at the University of Surrey, member of the editorial board of Econometrics and member of the advisory board of Sci. I have been employed by the University of Essex, the Créa Institute of Applied Macroeconomics at the University of Lausanne, and the Research Department of the Bulgarian National Bank.

I have held part-time academic positions at the University of Warwick, City University London, Studienzentrum Gerzensee and Sofia University, and short-term visiting appointments at the University of Lille and El Colegio de Mexico (Colmex). I am co-founder and co-organiser of the annual European Workshop on Political Macroeconomics (EWPM) and of the annual Lille-Reading Workshop on International Finance (Lille-Reading WInFi).

I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Lausanne (2004). I work in the areas of international macroeconomics and finance, monetary theory and policy, political macroeconomics and socioeconomic dynamics, information and learning.

Experience

  • 2015–present
    Associate Professor in Economics, University of Reading
  • 2006–2015
    Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Reading
  • 2003–2006
    Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Essex
  • 2001–2003
    Graduate Teaching Assistant in Economics, University of Lausanne
  • 1998–2001
    Research Fellow at the Créa Institute of Applied Macroeconomics, University of Lausanne
  • 1996–1997
    Senior Economist at the Research Department, Bulgarian National Bank
  • 1991–1995
    Economist at the Research Department, Bulgarian National Bank

Education

  • 2004 
    Université de Lausanne, PhD in Economics
  • 1998 
    Université de Lausanne, MSc in Economics
  • 1991 
    University of National and World Economy Sofia, MSc in International Monetary Economics

Grants and Contracts

  • 2010
    Evaluating Methods of Forecasting Inflation for Policy-Based Decision Making
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    British Academy
  • 2010
    The Rise and Fall of Communism: A Tale of Discovering the Equity-Efficiency Trade-off
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    University of Reading Board for Research in the Social Sciences
  • 2009
    Intergenerational Transmission of Inflation Aversion: Theory and Evidence
    Role:
    Co-Investigator at Par
    Funding Source:
    European Commission 6th Framework Programme

Professional Memberships

  • American Economic Association
  • Bulgarian Macroeconomics Association
  • Econometric Society
  • European Economic Association
  • Royal Economic Society
  • Euro Area Business Cycle Network (Fellow)
  • Higher Education Academy (UK, Fellow)
  • Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies (University of Surrey, Affiliate)
  • European Workshop on Political Macroeconomics (Co-Founder)
  • Lille-Reading Workshop on International Finance (Co-Founder)