Iain Long

Dr. Iain Long is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He serves as the Director of Undergraduate Economics Programmes, responsible for approximately 23 different degree programmes containing modules taken by around 900 students from across the University.

His academic background includes:

• PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science
• M.Res. in Economics from the London School of Economics
• MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics
• BSc in Mathematics and Economics from the London School of Economics

Dr. Long is an applied microeconomic theorist with particular interests in the economics of crime and conflict. His research spans topics from how informal work alters the incentives to search for work whilst receiving unemployment insurance to how unanticipated changes in behavior due to intoxication can explain alcohol-fuelled violence. He conducts both theoretical modeling and experimental studies, including lab-in-the-field experiments to test behavioral hypotheses related to crime and conflict. His work frequently examines how environmental factors and psychological states influence decision-making in contexts involving risk, violence, and economic incentives.

Analysis of Dr. Long's publications reveals a consistent focus on the intersection of behavioral economics, crime, and conflict, with a notable thread examining alcohol's role in altering behavior and increasing violence using innovative experimental methods that combine laboratory precision with real-world contexts.

His scientific recognition includes:

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Former winner of the Economics Network's National Outstanding Teaching Prize
• Academic Fellow of Cardiff University's Crime & Security Institute
• Associate of the Economics Network

Dr. Long has secured research funding as both Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. Notably, he led a British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grant (SG162643, £4,330) titled "Assessing the causes of alcohol-fueled violence" in 2017, and was a Co-Investigator on a Crime and Security Research Institute Academic Fellowship Fund (£9,000) in 2016 for "A novel insight into alcohol-fueled violence among Emergency Department patients." He is available for postgraduate supervision in economics of crime, economics of conflict, unemployment protection, and applied microeconomic theory.

Dr. Long is actively involved in the academic community through his role as an Associate of the Economics Network, where he has delivered training to PhD students across nine UK universities and trained new lecturers in teaching methodologies.