CURRICULUM VITAESIMONETTA LONGHI
WORK ADDRESS
University of Reading, Department of Economics
Edith Morley Building 312a
Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 7122
Shinfield Road, Whiteknights
E-mail: s.longhi@reading.ac.uk
Reading RG6 6EL
Personal Webpage: www.simonettalonghi.com
United Kingdom
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4115-3321
CURRENT POSITION- Since August 2020: Professor, Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS- 2019/20-2020/21: Visiting Professor, Università di Torino, Italy.
- September 2016 – July 2020: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University ofReading (UK).
- May 2005 – August 2016: Senior Research Officer and then Research Fellow at the Institutefor Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex (UK).
- February 2005: Researcher, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
RESEARCH INTERESTS- Labour market outcomes and socio-economic inequalities by gender, ethnicity, disability,
and social class- Unemployment, on-the-job search, retirement- Determinants and impact of national and international migration and of anti-immigration
attitudes
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (October 2017, PR134576).
- ONS Accredited Researcher (August 2016, AR Number: ONSF70226, now 35978).
- PhD in Economics (September 2005) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS- May 2005 – Present: Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), Bonn
(Germany).
- December 2011 – Present: External Fellow, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration(CReAM), London (UK).
SHORT VISITS- April 2019: School of Management, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
- November 2018: Reading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science andTechnology (NUIST), Nanjing, China.
- December 2003: School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University, Wellington, New
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AWARDS- August 2013: Moss Madden Medal (for the paper Job Competition and the Wage Curve,
Regional Studies, 46 (5) 611-620).
- August 2007: Early Career/Doctoral Student Best Paper Award at the 37th Annual
Conference of the British and Irish Section of the Regional Science Association, Bangor,
Northern Ireland for the paper Job Competition and the Wage Curve.
- January 2004: Best Paper Award at the Third Annual International Business and Economy
Conference, San Francisco, California, USA for the paper Economic Integration and
Manufacturing Location in EU Accession Countries (by Longhi, Nijkamp, Traistaru).
PUBLICATIONSTEXTBOOKS- Longhi S., Nandi A. (2015) A Practical Guide to using Panel Data, Sage, London.
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/a-practical-guide-to-using-panel-data/book237578
ARTICLES IN REFEREED ACADEMIC JOURNALS- Karapınar Kocag, E., Longhi S. (2022) Individual Attitudes towards Immigration in Turkey:
Evidence from the European Social Survey, Societies, 2022: 12, 194.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12060194- Della Giusta, M., Longhi S. (2021) Stung by Pension Reforms: The Unequal Impact ofChanges in State Pension Age on UK Women and their Partners, Labour Economics,
72:102049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102049- Longhi S. (2020) A Longitudinal Analysis of Ethnic Unemployment Differentials in the
UK, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(5): 879-892.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1539254- Longhi S. (2020) Does Geographical Location Matter for Ethnic Wage Gaps?, Journal of
Regional Science, 60(3): 538-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12469- Longhi S. (2020) Racial wage differentials in developed countries, IZA World of Labor
2020: 365 doi: 10.15185/izawol.365.v2- Brynin M., Longhi S., Zwysen W. (2019) The Diversification of Inequality, British Journalof Sociology, 70(1): 70-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12341- Bryan M., Longhi S. (2018) Couples’ Response to Job Loss: Boom and Recession
Compared, The Manchester School, 86(3): 333-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12186- Zwysen W., Longhi S. (2018) Employment and Earning Differences in the Early Career ofEthnic Minority British Graduates: the Importance of University Career, Parental
Background and Area Characteristics, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44(1): 154172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1338559- Longhi S. (2015) Residential Energy Expenditures and the Relevance of Changes inHousehold Circumstances, Energy Economics, 49: 440-450.
https://doi.org10.1016/j.eneco.2015.03.018- Longhi S. (2014) Cultural Diversity and Subjective Wellbeing, IZA Journal of Migration,
2014, 3:13. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-3-13- Longhi S., Taylor M. (2014) Employed and Unemployed Job Seekers and the Business
Cycle, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 76(4): 463-483.
https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12029 (Long version: ISER Working Paper 2013-02)- Fingleton B., Longhi S. (2013) The Effects of Agglomeration on Wages: Micro-Level
Evidence, Journal of Regional Science, 53(3): 443-463. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12020(Updated: December 2022)

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- Longhi S. (2013) Impact of Cultural Diversity on Wages, Evidence from Panel Data,
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 43(5): 797-807.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2013.07.004- Longhi S., Nicoletti C., Platt L. (2013) Explained and Unexplained Wage Gaps across theMain Ethno-religious Groups in Great Britain, Oxford Economic Papers, 65(2): 471-493.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gps025- Longhi S., Taylor M. (2013) Occupational Change and Mobility among Employed andUnemployed Job Seekers, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 60(1): 71-100.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12003- Markaki Y., Longhi S. (2013) What Determines Attitudes to Immigration in European
Countries? An Analysis at the Regional Level, Migration Studies, 1(3): 311-337.
https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnt015- Longhi S. (2012) Job Competition and the Wage Curve, Regional Studies, 46(5): 611-620.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.521145- Longhi S., Nicoletti C., Platt L. (2012) Interpreting Wage Gaps of Disabled Men: The rolesof productivity and of discrimination, Southern Economic Journal, 78(3): 931-953.
https://doi.org/10.4284/0038-4038-78.3.931- Longhi S., Brynin M. (2010) Occupational Change in Britain and Germany, Labour
Economics, 17(4): 655-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2010.02.001- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Poot J. (2010) Joint Impacts of Immigration on Wages andEmployment: Review and Meta-analysis, Journal of Geographical Systems, 12(4): 355-387.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10109-010-0111-y- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Poot J. (2010) Meta-analyses of Labour Market Impacts of
Immigration: Key Conclusions and Policy Implications, Environment and Planning C:
Government and Policy, 28(5): 819-833.
- Brynin M., Longhi S. (2009) Overqualification, Major or Minor Mismatch?, Economics of
Education Review, 28: 114-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.01.003- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Poot J. (2008) Meta-analysis of Empirical Evidence on the LabourMarket Impact of Immigration, Région et Développement, 27(1): 161-191.
- Patuelli R., Longhi S., Reggiani A., Nijkamp P. (2008) Neural Networks and Genetic
Algorithms as Forecasting Tools: A Case Study on German Regions, Environment andPlanning B: Planning and Design, 35(4): 701-722.
- Rouwendal J., Longhi S. (2008) The Effect of Consumers’ Expectations in a Booming
Housing Market: Space-time Patterns in the Netherlands, 1999-2000, Housing Studies,23(2): 291-317.
- Patuelli R., Longhi S., Reggiani A., Nijkamp P., Blien U. (2007) A Rank-Order Test on theStatistical Performance of Neural Network Models for Regional Labour Market Forecasts,
The Review of Regional Studies, 37(1): 64-81.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P. (2007) Forecasting Regional Labour Market Developments under
Spatial Autocorrelation, International Regional Science Review, 30(2): 100-119.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Poot J. (2006) Spatial Heterogeneity and the Wage Curve Revisited,
Journal of Regional Science, 46(4): 707-731.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Poot J. (2005) A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of
Immigration on Wages, Journal of Economic Surveys, 19(3): 451-477.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Reggiani A., Blien U. (2005) Developments in Regional LabourMarkets in Germany: a Comparative Analysis of the Forecasting Performance of Competing
Statistical Models, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 11(2): 175-196.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Reggiani A., Maierhofer E. (2005) A Neural Network Approach to
Forecast the Development of Regional Labour Markets in West Germany, International
Regional Science Review, 28(3): 330-346.

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- Longhi, S., Nijkamp, P. Traistaru, I. (2005). Economic Integration and Manufacturing
Location in EU Accession Countries. Journal of International Business and Economy 6(1):1-22.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Traistaru I. (2005) Is Sectoral Diversification a Solution to
Unemployment? Evidence from EU Regions, Kyklos 58(4): 591-610.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Traistaru I. (2004) Economic Integration and Regional Structural
Change in a Wider Europe: Evidence from New EU and Accession Countries, Journal for
Institutional Innovation, Development, and Transition, 8: 48-55.
- Patuelli, R., Longhi, S., Reggiani, A. Nijkamp, P. (2003) Multicriteria Analysis of Neural
Network Forecasting Models: An Application to German Regional Labour Markets, Studies
in Regional Science, 33(3): 205-229.
BOOK CHAPTERS- Longhi S. (2020) Panel Data Analysis, in The Sage Encyclopedia of Research Methods, ed.
by P.A. Atkinson, R. Williams and A. Cernat, Sage.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036823018- Longhi S. (2017) Panel Research Methods, in The International Encyclopedia ofCommunication Research Methods, ed. by J. Matthes, Wiley.
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118901731.iecrm0179- Longhi S., Nicoletti C., Platt L. (2012) Occupation and Pay across the Generations: The
Labour Market Experience of Four Ethno-religious Groups in Britain, in Social
Stratification: Trends and Processes, ed. by P. Lambert, R. Connelly, B. Blackburn, V.
Gayle, Ashgate: 151-165.
- Lynn, P., Longhi S. (2011) Environmental Attitudes and Behaviour: Who Cares About
Climate Change?, in Early Findings from the First Wave of the UK’s Household
Longitudinal Study, ed. by S.L. McFall, and C. Garrington, Colchester: Institute for Socialand Economic Research, University of Essex: 109-116.
- Brynin M., Longhi S. (2009) The Employment Effects of the Expansion of Higher
Education, in Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Educational Expansion in
Europe and the US, ed. by A. Hadjar and R. Becker, Haupt Verlag: 213-231.
- Brynin M., Longhi S., Martínez Pérez A. (2009) The Social Significance of Homogamy, in
Changing Relationships, ed. by J.F. Ermisch and M. Brynin, Routledge: 73-92.
- Brynin M., Martínez Pérez A., Longhi S. (2009) How Close Are Couples?, in Changing
Relationships, ed. by J.F. Ermisch and M. Brynin, Routledge: 93-108.
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P., Poot J. (2008) The Impact of Immigration on the Employment of
Natives in Regional Labour Markets: A Meta-Analysis, in Migration and Human Capital,
ed. by J. Poot, B. Waldorf, and L. van Wissen, Edward Elgar: 173-193. Also published as:
The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration
on Employment, Journal of Migration and Refugee Issues, 1(4) 131-152 (2005).
- Longhi S., Nijkamp P. (2007) Economic Integration and Labour Markets: Ways Forward,
in Regionalisation, Growth, and Economic Integration, ed. by G. Korres, Physica-Verlag:
3-23.
- Traistaru, I., Nijkamp, P., Longhi, S. (2003) Specialization of Regions and Concentrationof Industries in EU Accession Countries, in The Emerging Economic Geography in EU
Accession Countries, ed. by I. Traistaru, P. Nijkamp and L. Resmini, Ashgate 331-371.
BOOK REVIEWS- Decision-Making on Mega-Projects – Cost-benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation,edited by H. Priemus, B. Flyvbjerg, and B. van Wee. Growth and Change (2009), 40(2):380-383.

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- Structural Unemployment in Western Europe: Reasons and Remedies, edited by M.
Werding. Journal of Regional Science (2009), 49(2): 404-405.
WORK IN PROGRESS- Longhi S. ‘Intersectionality in Wage Gaps: Why There Seems to be No Double Wage
Penalty for Ethnic Minority Women’.
- Longhi S., ‘Why do Some Minorities Earn so Much More Than Others? An Analysis of
Ernings and Occupational Segregation of South Asians in the US and in the UK’. Presented
at the conference of the European Association of Labour Economists, September 2022.
- Longhi S., Jewell S. ‘How Can Universitites Train Graduates for Jobs that Constantly
Evolve?’, Employability Programme Development Report, August 2022
https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/epd/research/headline_874313_en.html- Longhi S., Nandi A., Bryan M., Connolly S., Gedikli C. ‘Do All Job Changes Increase
Wellbeing?’- Longhi S., Nandi A., Bryan M., Connolly S., Gedikli C. ‘Unhappiness in Unemployment:
Is it the Same for Everyone?’ Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series no. 2018007.
Citations at Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=FFFZs7AAAAAJ&hl=en
Downloadable papers also available from:
RePEc: https://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/plo52.htm
Research Gate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simonetta_Longhi
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTSCURRENT PROJECTS- September 2020 – August 2023: ‘Employability in Programme Development: Establishinga Labour Market to Higher Education Feedback Loop Drawing on Local Labour Market
Intelligence (EPD)’ funded by the European Commission Erasmus+ Programme (coapplicant; Principal Investigator: Kristinn Hermannsson; Total budget €433,771; Reading
budget €80,114); Grant no. 2020-1-UK01-KA203-079171.
Project website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/epd/;
funder website:
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-projectdetails/#project/2020-1-UK01-KA203-079171
COMPLETED PROJECTS- June 2015 – September 2018: ‘What Works Centre for Wellbeing’ funded by the Economic
and Social Research Council (ESRC) co-applicant; Principal Investigator: Kevin Daniels,
University of East Anglia; Grant no. ES/N003586/1.
- September 2015 – March 2016: ‘Causes of Gender, Disability and Ethnic Pay Gaps’ fundedby the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) (Principal Investigator; coapplicant: Malcolm Brynin; Budget: £51,295).
- October 2011 – January 2015: ‘Understanding the Impact of Recession on Labour Market
Behaviour in Britain’, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)(Named researcher; Principal Investigator: Mark Taylor).
- December 2013 – September 2014: ‘Poverty and Ethnicity: the Impact of Occupational
Segregation’ funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (co-applicant; Principal
Investigator: Malcolm Brynin; Grant no. 1103001K, £40,000).
- January 2013 – June 2014: ‘The Distribution and Dynamics of UK Citizens’ Environmental
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(ESRC) (Principal Investigator; co-applicants: Ben Anderson and Peter Lynn; Grant no.
ES/K002988/1, £167,677 FEC).
https://researchcatalogue.esrc.ac.uk/grants/ES.K002988.1/read
October 2009 – January 2014: ‘Migrant diversity and regional disparity in Europe’,(NORFACE-496, MIDI-REDIE) funded by the NORFACE Research Programme on
Migration in Europe (co-applicant and Principal Investigator for the University of Essex;
overall Principal Investigator: Peter Nijkamp; Total budget €2.26Millions; Essex budget€327,017).
September 2009 – May 2011: ‘Job Search in the UK 1990-2009’, funded by the Leverhulme
Trust (with Mark Taylor; £58,450; Grant no. F/00 213/O).
March 2009 – May 2009: ‘Decomposing pay gaps by ethno-religious groups and by
disability at the means and across the wage distribution’, funded by the National Equalities
Panel (with Lucinda Platt and Cheti Nicoletti; £10,500).
January 2008 – May 2008: ‘Pay gaps across population groups in Britain’, funded by the
Equality and Human Rights Commission (with Lucinda Platt; £25,000).
May 2005 – May 2007: ‘Work Organisation and Restructuring in the Knowledge Society’(WORKS), funded by the European Commission (Researcher).
May 2005 – September 2006: ‘Impact of graduate density on wages in the UK’, funded by
the Leverhulme Trust (Researcher; Principal Investigator: Malcolm Brynin).
January 2001 – March 2005: ‘Analysis and Forecasts of Regional Labour Market inGermany’, funded by the German Institute of Employment Research (IAB, Institut fürArbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung) (Researcher).
January 2001 – June 2002: ‘Impact of Integration with the EU on Eastern European
Countries’ (PHARE ACE P98-1117-R), funded by the European Commission (Researcher).

OTHER GRANTS- January 2022 – July 2022: Participatory Analysis Funds for the project: “What do
stakeholders need to know about anti-immigration attitudes?”; £4,500.
- June 2021 – August 2021: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP).
Research support provided by the University of Reading for the project “How do ethnic
wage gaps evolve over people's career?”; £1,320.
- June 2019 – July 2019: International Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme(International-UROP). Research support provided by the University of Reading for the
project “Why do ethnic and racial minorities segregate in low pay jobs?” (Principal
Investigator)- June 2018 – August 2018: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP).
Research support provided by the University of Reading for the project “Graduates and thelabour market: differences by gender and ethnicity” (Principal Investigator; co-applicant:Sarah Jewell); £1,320.
- February 2000 – May 2000: Study abroad grant University of Bologna (Italy) to visit theFaculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
- June 1998 – April 1999: EU Leonardo grant for a stage at the Institut National de laRecherche Agronomique (INRA) of Ivry s/Seine – Paris (France).

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OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIESNON-ACADEMIC REPORTS- Longhi S., Jewell S. (2022) How Can Universities Train Graduates for Jobs that Constantly
Evolve? Employability in Programme Development (EPD) report, August 2022.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_874330_smxx.pdf- Longhi S., Nandi A., Bryan M., Connolly S. Gedikli C. (2019) Do All Job Changes Increase
Wellbeing?, Technical Reports for the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, August 2019.
https://whatworkswellbeing.org/product/do-all-job-changes-increase-wellbeing-technicalreport/- Bryan M., Connolly S., Daniels K. Etuknwa A., Gedikli C., Juwe S., Longhi S., Nandi A.,
Ogbonnaya C., Tregaskis O., Vaughn O., Watson D.J. (2018) Wellbeing Across theWorking Life - Animated Infographic available at:https://worklifeapp.whatworkswellbeing.org/?mc_cid=481d55ad7d&mc_eid=ea21b1cfc1- Longhi S., Nandi A., Bryan M., Connolly S. Gedikli C. (2018) Education to Unemployment:
the Role of Wellbeing, Summary and Technical Reports for the What Works Centre for
Wellbeing, May 2018. https://whatworkswellbeing.org/product/education-to-employmentthe-role-of-wellbeing/- Longhi S., Nandi A., Bryan M., Connolly S. Gedikli C. (2017) Gender and Unemployment.
Analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey, Summary andTechnical Reports for the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, October 2017.
https://whatworkswellbeing.org/product/gender-and-unemployment-full-technical-report/- Longhi, S. (2017) The Disability Pay Gap, Equality and Human Rights Commission,
Research
Report107.
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publicationdownload/research-report-107-disability-pay-gap- Longhi, S. and Brynin, M. (2017) The Ethnicity Pay Gap, Equality and Human Rights
Commission, Research Report 108. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publicationdownload/research-report-108-ethnicity-pay-gap- Brynin M., Longhi S. (2015) The Effect of Occupation on Poverty among Minority Ethnic
Groups, Report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/effectoccupation-poverty-among-ethnic-minority-groups- Longhi, S. and Platt, L. (2008) Pay Gaps across Equalities Areas, Equality and Human
Rights Commission, Research Report 9.
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/research-report-9-paygaps-across-equalities-areas
NON-ACADEMIC TALKS, INTERVIEWS, BLOGS AND PODCASTS- December 2022: three short presentations on various aspects of diversity in the workplace
given at the first Workshop on Accommodating Diversity in the Workplace, organised by
the University of Reading.
- Changing Inequalities?, invited short talk at the Future of Ageing 2022: A vision for the
next 25 years Conference 2022 organised by the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK).
- November 2022: Changing Inequalities?, invited short talk at the Future of Ageing 2022: A
vision for the next 25 years Conference 2022 organised by the International Longevity
Centre (ILC-UK).
- January 2022: Analysing Ethnic Disparities in the Workforce, invited talk at the Race andWork Conference 2022 organised by Government Events.
- April 2021: IZA World of Labor Blog. Racial wage differentials in developed countries:
Simonetta Longhi in discussion with Dan Hamermesh.
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- January 2021: The Importance of Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting, invited talk at the Race andWork Conference 2021 organised by Government Events.
- July 2019: Participation to the programme “Roundtable” on Ethnic Inequalities by TRTWorld Media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWngnrUE7xs- May/June 2019: Are Ethnic Pay Gaps the Next Big Reporting Issue? Article for the Reward& Employee Benefits Association (REBA) magazine, REBA is a professional associationfor employers. https://reba.global/content/are-ethnic-pay-gaps-the-next-big-reporting-issue- May 2019: ESRC Blog: The Pay Gap for Ethnic Minorities
https://blog.esrc.ac.uk/2019/04/17/the-pay-gap-for-ethnic-minorities/- April/May 2019: Podcast: The Ethnicity Pay Gap http://www.smf.co.uk/ask-the-expert-theethnicity-pay-gap/- April 2019: Ask The Expert Series: The Ethnicity Pay Gap. Organised by the Social Market
Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council.
London.
http://www.smf.co.uk/events/ask-expert-simonetta-longhi/
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ypJdOkNErnGW- September 2018: Ethnic Inequalities in the UK. Discussion of issues related to socioeconomic inequalites of ethnic minorities in the UK and policy implications. Organised by
Sinobridge Consulting Group for a delegation of Chinese policy-makers visiting the UK.
London.
- April 2018: What is the Economic Impact of Immigration? Presentation to the public within
the Nottingham Talks – Immigration Workshop, Nottingham (UK).
- June 2016: How do Ethnic Minority Graduates Fare in the Labour Market? Presentation at
the Equality Challenge Unit Higher Education Race Action Group (HERAG) Think Tank
3: ‘Creating inclusive learning and teaching communities: reflection and practice’, London(UK).
- March 2016: Interview on BBC Radio 4 programme on employment outcomes of ethnic
minority graduates in the UK.
- February 2016: Ethnicity and Employment Workshop: On the Road to Equality? Jointly
organised with Joseph Rowntree Foundation, London (UK).
- June 2014: What Makes Us Act Green? New Findings on UK Environmental Behaviours
and Attitudes, London (UK).
https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/projects/thedistribution-and-dynamics-of-uk-citizens-environmental-attitudes-behaviours-and-actions- March 2014: Using Understanding Society Data to Analyse Energy Expenditures and theUptake of Domestic Energy Generation Technologies, talk at the Department for Energy
and Climate Change, London (UK).
- March 2014: Immigration, Attitudes, Experiences, Impact, London (UK).
- December 2013: What makes us act green?, London (UK).
- July 2009: Interview on BBC Essex about the British Household Panel Study conference I
organised in Colchester.
SUPERVISION AND EXAMINATION OF PHD STUDENTS
CURRENT STUDENTS
Reema Altheyab (Oct 2018-); Lillian Mookodi (Oct 2020-).
PAST STUDENTS
University of Reading: Adesola Sunmoni (viva 2022); Anisa Kosir Butt (viva 2021);
Nurjihan Binti Idris (viva 2020); Richa Saun (2018-2021).
University of Essex: Farzaneh Hemmati Torabi (2014-2016, viva 2020); Wouter Zwysen(Updated: December 2022)8(viva 2015); Yvonni Markaki (viva 2015); for Szilvia Altorjai (viva 2015); Lina Sanchez
Cespedes (viva 2014); Michail Veliziotis (viva 2012).
PHD INTERNAL EXAMINER
University of Reading: Jorge Campos Gonzalez (School of Agriculture Policy andDevelopment, viva 2022), Esra Karapinar Kocag (viva 2019), Neha Hui (viva 2017).
University of Essex: Beatriz Yadira Diaz Cuervo (viva 2016), FeiFei Bu (viva 2015), Hazel
Pettifor (viva 2013).
Independent chair (University of Reading): Abdulwahed Elsharie (viva 2021), Hafsa
Shoukat (viva 2023).
PHD EXTERNAL EXAMINERFranco Bonomi Bezzo (University of Essex, viva 2020), Armine Ghazaryan (University ofSouthampton, viva 2019), Silvia Palombi (University of Strathclyde, viva 2015), Martina
Bisello (University of Pisa, viva 2014).
OTHER
Supervisor for various undergraduate and post-graduate dissertations at the University ofReading and at the University of Essex.
External supervisor (correlatore) for three Master Theses submitted to the Univeristy of
Bologna.
TEACHING
CURRENT TEACHING- Since 2022/23: EC126 – Communicating Economics (undergraduate).
- Since 2016/17: EC120 – Introductory Quantitative Methods in Economics and Business 2(undergraduate).
- Since 2016/17: ECM185 – Economics of Social Policy (master).
- Reading convener of EC125NU-Introductory Quantitative Methods in Economics andBusiness, currently taught at the Reading Academy, at Nanjing University of Information
Science and Technology (China), since 2019/20.
PAST TEACHING
2017/18-2021/22: EC303 – Applied Econometrics (undergraduate).
2018/19-2021/22: Guest lecturer on “PO1INE: Inequality” (undergraduate).
2019/20: Guest lecturer on “EC111: Economics of Social Problems” (undergraduate).
2009/10-2014/15: EC969 – Applications of Data Analysis (master, University of Essex,
UK).
- November 2012, April 2013, and November 2013: Introduction to Understanding Society,the new UK Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS) using Stata, two-days training
course taught two/three times a year at the University of Essex, UK.
- April and November from 2009 to 2013: Introduction to the British Household Panel Survey(BHPS) using Stata, two-days training course taught two/three times a year at the Universityof Essex, UK.
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INVITED TEACHING- April 2019, 2020, 2021: MAN0261 – Statistics for Business (undergraduate, University ofTorino, Italy).
- September 2019, 2020, 2021: Preparatory course on statistics (University of Torino, Italy).
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- April 2012: Using the BHPS for Labour Market Analysis, two-days training course taught
at the Labour Market Economics Dept. of the HM Treasury, London, UK.
- May 2010: Introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and Panel Data
Analysis using Stata, two-days training course taught at the Economics Dept. of the
University of Leicester, UK.
- November 2009: Using the BHPS for Labour Market Analysis, two-days training course
taught at the Labour Market Economics Dept. of the HM Treasury, London, UK.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESCURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES – UNIVERSITY OF READING- Since Autumn 2022: member of the CoP (Community of Practice) steering group forparticipatory research.
- Since August 2022: Director of Employability for the Economics Department.
- Since Spring 2021: Member of the School of Politics, Economics and International
Relations (SPEIR) Race Equality Review Self-Assessment Team.
- Since Spring 2018: Member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and member of theAthena Swan self-assessment Team.
EXTERNAL ROLES- November 2022-April 2023: Member of the ADR UK Funding Panel (GUIE, LEO &ASHE).
- January 2021-August 2024: Member of the ESRC Grant Assessment Panel D.
- September 2019-August 2024: Undergraduate External Examiner for the University of
Newcastle (Academic years 2019/20 to 2023/24).
- March 2021-2023: Member of Insight Experts Group of the of the International Longevity
Centre (ILC–UK).
PAST ROLES- October 2018-August 2022: Economics Research Division Lead.
- Spring 2018-Spring 2022: Core member of the internal reading group deciding on REF
submissions.
- Autumn 2019-Autumn 2020: Member of the Learning Capture University Policy andGuidance Working Group (PGWG), University of Reading.
- September-October 2020: Member of the Panel of Experts for the UKRI COVID-19 call:Ethnic Minorities highlight notice.
- March 2017-September 2018: Undergraduate Exam Officer for the Department of
Economics, University of Reading.
- 2014-2016: Graduate Studies Admissions Director (Institute for Social and Economic
Research, University of Essex).
- 2013-2016: Academic Visitors Co-ordinator (Institute for Social and Economic Research,
University of Essex).
- Spring 2007 – Spring 2014: Management of the list of Research Associates and related webpages (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex).
- September 2006 – June 2010: Co-organiser of the External Seminar Series (Institute forSocial and Economic Research, University of Essex).
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS CO-ORGANISED- December 2022: Accommodating Diversity in the Worplace 1st workshop, University ofReading.

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- February 2016: Ethnicity and Employment Workshop: On the Road to Equality? Jointly
organised with Joseph Rowntree Foundation, London (UK).
- June 2014: What Makes Us Act Green? New Findings on UK Environmental Behaviours
and Attitudes, London (UK).
- March 2014: Immigration, Attitudes, Experiences, Impact, London (UK).
- December 2013: What makes us act green? Workshop on “The Distribution and Dynamics
of Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours”, London (UK).
- July 2013: 2013 Understanding Society and British Household Panel Survey Conference,
Colchester (UK).
- June/July 2011: 2011 British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society
Conference, Colchester (UK).
- July 2009: 2009 British Househld Panel Survey Conference (BHPS-2009), Colchester(UK).
- July 2007: Member of the local organising committee of the first conference of the Spatial
Economic Association, Cambridge (UK).
ADVISORY BOARDS- November 2016 – 2019: Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the International
Longevity Centre (ILC–UK).
- December 2013 – September 2014: Member of the Project Advisory Group for the project‘Poverty across ethnic groups through recession and austerity’ (Joseph Rowntree
Foundation).
RECENT REFEREEING ACTIVITIES FOR
American Political Science Review; British Journal of Industrial Relations; Bulletin of
Economic Research; Econometrics; Economics and Business Letters; Human Relations;
Economics of Education Review; Empirical Economics; Energy Economics; Energy Policy;
European Review of Agricultural Economics; European Sociological Review; International
Migration Review; IZA World of Labor; Journal of International Trade and Economic
Development; Journal of Economic Geography; Journal of Ethnics and Migration Studies;
Journal of Labor Research; Journal of Population Economics; Journal of Regional Science;
Nature (Energy); Papers in Regional Science; Population Research and Policy Review;
Regional Science and Urban Economics; Regional Studies; Review of Income and Wealth;
The Manchester School; Scottish Journal of Political Economy; Spatial Economic Analysis;
Urban Studies.
GRANT PROPOSAL EVALUATOR FOR
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Leverhulme Trust, Nuffield
Foundation, Social Science and Humanity Research Council of Canada, Swiss National
Science Foundation, T-AP (Trans-Atlantic Platform) Social Sciences and Humanities.

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