Andrew Pickering

Professor Andrew Pickering is a leading academic in Economics at the University of York, serving as Deputy Head of the Department of Economics and Managing Editor of the Bulletin of Economic Research. He holds a PhD from the University of Exeter and has taught at the University of Bristol before joining York in 2011. His research focuses on quantitative political economics, with notable contributions to fiscal policy, political polarization, and natural resource economics. He has supervised 14 PhD students, many securing prestigious academic and policy roles globally.

Education: PhD (2002) in Economics from the University of Exeter.

Research Interests:

• Quantitative Political Economics
• Natural Resource Economics
• Macroeconomic Policy Analysis
• Voter Behavior and Electoral Systems

Recent Articles Trends: His work examines the interplay between political structures and economic outcomes, with recent studies addressing government debt dynamics, voter turnout impacts, and corruption-political polarization linkages. He employs rigorous quantitative methods to analyze policy implications.

Grants & Collaborations: Principal investigator on projects like CORNELIA: Corruption and Female Political Participation and Democracies in Transition: Austerity and Activism in Southern Europe. Active in editorial and academic leadership roles.

Labs/Teams: Founded and led the Political Economy Research Cluster in York’s Economics Department, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.