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Particulars
Appointments:
Reader in Economic History, Department of Economics
Research Associate, Centre for Economic History (QUCEH)
Associate Fellow, Institute of Irish Studies
Leadership roles:
Co-Director, Centre for Economic History (QUCEH)
Director of Outreach, Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH)
Professional service:
Associate, The Economics Network
Co-Editor, Business History
Editorial board member, Economics Observatory
Editor, QUCEH Working Paper Series
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Research Focus
Chris Colvin's research spans the field of economic history, including topics in business history, financial history and demographic history.
His recent publications are about monetary policymaking during the Great Depression, the origins of cooperative banks, and population dynamics following the Great Irish Famine and the Spanish flu pandemic.
He is currently working on explaining the decline in use of the Irish language in the nineteenth century, the financing of innovative firms in Britain in the early twentieth century, and business termination decisions in the Netherlands across the twentieth century.
Besides his disciplinary research, Chris is also interested in pedagogical scholarship. He explores ways of integrating historical perspectives into economics teaching and continual professional development courses.
Research Interests
- Economics: banking and financial institutions; cooperative enterprises; business failure; patent system design; government policymaking processes; economics of religion; demographic change; anthropometrics
- History: economic history; business history; financial history; demographic history; famines; pandemics; measurement
- Geographic expertise: the Netherlands in the interwar period; post-Famine Ireland
- Pedagogical expertise: curriculum and syllabus design; research-led teaching practices
Achievements
Chris holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Bristol, and an MSc and PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching at Queen's University Belfast. He is an Associate of the Economics Network, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Before joining Queen's in 2012, Chris was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. He has spent time as a visiting fellow at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of California at Davis, and Utrecht University. In 2019 he was a Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam.
Teaching
Current teaching duties:
- ECO3020 Economic History (level-3 undergraduate economics module)
Current PhD students:
- Paudie McKee, as assistant supervisor (supporting Daniel Borbely and David Jordan)
- Malte Hinrichs, as co-supervisor (with Alan Fernihough)
- Yibin Liu, as co-supervisor (with John Turner)
- Kyle Richmond, as primary supervisor (second supervisors: Stephen Billington and Graham Brownlow)
- Pallavi Singh, as second supervisor (primary supervisor: Michael Aldous)
Other
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An Economist's Guide to Economic History Without economic history, economics runs the risk of being too abstract or parochial, of failing to notice precedents, trends and cycles, of overlooking the long-run and thus misunderstanding ‘how we got here’. This edited volume demonstrates the power of historical thinking in economic research with a collection of 50 short chapters that guide economics lecturers and their students through the field of economic history. |
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- HC Economic History and Conditions
- HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
- HG Finance
- DH Netherlands (The Low Countries)
- LB2361 Curriculum
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R6773QMS: Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH)
Turner, J. (PI) & Colvin, C. (CoI)
08/09/2022 → …
Project: Research
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R7873MAE: Research Fellowship at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW)
Colvin, C. (PI)
23/01/2019 → 30/06/2019
Project: Research
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R8302MAE: What Can Prison Inmates Tell Us About Ireland in the Nineteenth Century?
Colvin, C. (PI)
01/08/2012 → 31/01/2023
Project: Research
Research output
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Mind your language: explaining the retreat of the Irish language frontier
Fernihough, A., Colvin, C. L. & McLaughlin, E., 31 Jul 2024, Queen's University Belfast, 47 p. (QUCEH Working Paper Series; no. 24-07).Research output: Working paper
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Age structure and age heaping: solving Ireland’s post-Famine digit preference puzzle
Colvin, C. L., Henderson, S. & McLaughlin, E., 03 Sept 2024, (Early online date) In: European Review of Economic History. 21 p., heae012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile11 Downloads (Pure) -
What can we learn from historical pandemics? A systematic review of the literature
Doran, A., Colvin, C. L. & McLaughlin, E., 01 Feb 2024, In: Social Science & Medicine. 342, 19 p., 116534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review
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Going Dutch: monetary policy in the Netherlands during the interwar gold standard, 1925–1936
Fliers, P. T. & Colvin, C. L., 01 Aug 2022, In: Financial History Review. 29, 2, p. 121-151Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Death, Demography and the Denominator: Age-Adjusted Influenza-18 Mortality in Ireland
Colvin, C. L. & McLaughlin, E., May 2021, In: Economics and Human Biology. 41, p. 100984 22 p., 100984.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)118 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Cohort component population estimates for Ireland, 1911-1920
Colvin, C. (Creator), McLaughlin, E. (Creator) & Richmond, K. (Creator), UK Data Service, 22 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-854673, https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/854673/
Dataset
Prizes
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Associate of the Economics Network
Colvin, C. (Recipient), Sept 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Colvin, C. (Recipient), Dec 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
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NIAS-KNAW Individual Fellowship
Colvin, C. (Recipient), 15 Mar 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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The Economics Network Best New Lecturer Award
Colvin, C. (Recipient), 05 Sept 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Arthur H. Cole Grant-in-Aid of Research
Colvin, C. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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CPD Workshop for Northern Ireland Civil Service Economist Profession
Colvin, C. (Contributor), Jordan, D. (Contributor), Dorman, A. (Contributor) & Brownlow, G. (Advisor)
19 Nov 2024Activity: Consultancy types › CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)
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Your vote matters? Elections in the past, present and future
Dorman, A. (Host), Fernihough, A. (Speaker), Colvin, C. (Speaker) & Yaremko, V. (Speaker)
07 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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European Policy for Intellectual Property Annual Conference 2024
Colvin, C. (Presenter), Billington, S. (Advisor) & Coyle, C. (Advisor)
11 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Business History (Journal)
Colvin, C. (Editor)
Aug 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Colvin, C. (Visiting researcher)
22 Jul 2024 → 02 Aug 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Press/Media
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Op-ed about age heaping in historical censuses
McLaughlin, E., Colvin, C. & Henderson, S.
18/10/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Op-ed about war, famine and Ukraine
McLaughlin, E., Colvin, C. & Blum, M.
31/03/2022 → 08/06/2022
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Podcast interview about economic history
15/12/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Op-ed about Covid-19 mortality statistics in Ireland
Colvin, C. & McLaughlin, E.
16/09/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Non-technical summary of research on the Spanish flu
Colvin, C. & McLaughlin, E.
19/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment