Sayantan Ghosal

Sayantan Ghosal is a Professor of Economics and holds the Adam Smith Chair in Political Economy at the University of Glasgow's Adam Smith Business School. He is affiliated with the Microeconomics research cluster and serves on numerous academic and policy boards, including the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Social Sciences. His research focuses on general equilibrium theory, behavioral poverty traps, political economy, and sovereign debt restructuring. Ghosal has supervised over 25 PhD students and secured over £10 million in research grants, including leadership roles in the ESRC-funded Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) and projects addressing climate change and inequality.

• Education: PhD from CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain under the European Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics.
• Grants: Includes ESRC Rebuilding Macroeconomics Network (£4.6M) and GCRF NGO Data Development Fund (£263K).
• Awards: Recognized with the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship and Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship.
• Policy Impact: Contributed to NHS Scotland’s Counter Fraud Services, earning awards for innovation and efficiency.

His research bridges theoretical economics and real-world policy, with recent work on sovereign debt restructuring, climate change mitigation, and aspirations failure in poverty. Ghosal leads interdisciplinary initiatives like the 'Addressing Inequalities' theme and the Low and Middle Income Countries Research Network (LMIC).