David Chilosi

Dr. David Chilosi is a Lecturer in Economic History at King's College London's Department of Political Economy, within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. He teaches economic history and has held prior academic positions at the University of Groningen and LSE. His research focuses on long-run socio-economic processes, including market evolution and occupational structures, with expertise in European and global history. He supervises PhD students in economic history, especially those using quantitative methods.

Chilosi holds a PhD in historical sociology from the University of Surrey, alongside degrees in economics and econometrics from the University of Essex and LSE. His research groups include the Quantitative Political Economy Group (bridging economics and political science via advanced methods) and the History and Political Economy Group at the Centre for British Democracy.

His work emphasizes quantitative analysis of historical economic systems, covering topics like transoceanic market integration, Italy's unification impacts, and early globalization dynamics. Key themes include financial integration, state formation, and the interplay between political institutions and economic growth. Chilosi has published widely in journals like the Economic History Review and Explorations in Economic History, with recent focus on 19th-century China trade, Smithian growth theories, and occupational structures in Italy.

His teaching and research are supported by affiliations with interdisciplinary groups and a focus on methodological innovation in historical analysis.