Hector Calvo-Pardo

Hector Calvo-Pardo is a Reader (equivalent to Associate Professor) at the University of Southampton's Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics. He holds affiliations with the ESRC Centre for Population Change, Institut Louis Bachelier (France), and the Center for Financial Security (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

Education includes:

• PhD from Paris School of Economics (EHESS, 2005)
• Master's degrees from University College London (Belgium) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• Bachelor's degrees from University College London (Belgium) and University of Barcelona

Research focuses on decision-making under uncertainty across three domains:

• Firm behavior: International trade dynamics and export strategies
• Household economics: Financial expectations, information networks, and migration decisions
• Complex systems: Machine learning applications in macro-finance and environmental economics

Recent work explores neural network optimization, cryptocurrency environmental impacts, and green corporate performance.

Major scientific recognition includes:

• Chair Jacquemin award for trade policy research (2009)
• Institut Louis Bachelier Fellowship (2021)
• Teaching excellence nominations (2017, 2019)

Currently supervises six PhD students across topics in trade economics and machine learning. Secured significant research funding including:

• £15M UKRI CDT in AI for Sustainability (Co-I)
• ESRC Centre for Population Change transition phase (£1.6M)
• NORFACE migration research grants