Christiern Rose

Dr Christiern Rose is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at The University of Queensland (UQ), within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bristol (2016) and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Toulouse School of Economics. His research focuses on applied microeconometrics with emphasis on peer effects, high-dimensional econometrics, health economics, and illicit drug markets. He is affiliated with the Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, University of Bristol (2016)
• Post-doctoral Research, Toulouse School of Economics (2016–2018)
• Joined UQ in 2017

Research Interests: Dr Rose investigates peer effects in social networks, health economics (including mental health, healthcare utilization, and aging populations), and the economics of illicit drugs. He develops econometric methods for high-dimensional data and network analysis, with applications to policy evaluation and social spillovers.

Research Trends: His work bridges theoretical econometrics and empirical policy analysis, often using advanced statistical techniques to address causal questions. Recent studies explore housing insecurity’s mental health impacts, physician networks’ influence on innovation adoption, and the role of social peers in addiction recovery.

Grants & Supervision:

• Leading the ARC Discovery Project Understanding macroeconomic fluctuations with unobserved networks (2022–2025)
• Available for PhD supervision in health economics, network econometrics, and applied microeconometrics

Labs/Teams: Affiliate of the Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, collaborating on productivity measurement and efficiency analysis methods.