Dr Alan Fernihough
Lecturer
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Particulars
Office Location: Riddel Hall Block 3, Room 0G-019
Research Interests
Primary fields: Economic History, Economic Growth, Demography
Secondary fields: Applied Econometrics, Trade, Macroeconomics
Research Statement
Alan Fernihough is a lecturer in Economics at Queen's University Management School, and a Research Associate at Queen's University Centre for Economic History. He is an economic historian with research interests in demography, economic growth, and trade.
Achievements and Distinctions
Alan Fernihough holds a MA and PhD in Economics from University College Dublin. Alan won the Denis Conniffe prize for best paper presented by a graduate student at the 2011 Irish Economics Association Annual Conference.
Willingness to take PhD. students
Yes
PhD projects
I believe that research in economic history can be advanced with better data and methods. In particular, I see a lot of opportunities in the digitization of historical documents and maps, and analyzing these data with cutting edge econometrics methods.
- Published
Representation of the People: Franchise Extension and The ‘Sinn Féin Election’ in Ireland, 1918
Research output: Working paper
- Published
THE ANATOMY OF A TRADE COLLAPSE: THE UK, 1929-33
Research output: Working paper
- Published
Human capital and the quantity–quality trade-off during the demographic transition
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Frequent Journals
Demography
ISSNs: 0070-3370
Additional searchable ISSN (Electronic): 1533-7790
Springer New York
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 3.11 SJR 2.345 SNIP 2.072
Journal
Economics and Human Biology
ISSNs: 1570-677X
Additional searchable ISSN (Electronic): 1873-6130
Elsevier
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 2.94 SJR 2.123 SNIP 1.583
Journal
Journal of Population Economics
ISSNs: 0933-1433
Additional searchable ISSN (Electronic): 1432-1475
Springer New York
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 1.8 SJR 1.574 SNIP 1.716
Journal
Journal of Economic Growth
ISSNs: 1381-4338
Additional searchable ISSN (Electronic): 1573-7020
Springer New York
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 5.27 SJR 5.529 SNIP 4.092
Journal
Explorations in Economic History
ISSNs: 0014-4983
Additional searchable ISSN (Electronic): 1090-2457
Academic Press Inc.
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 1.36 SJR 1.187 SNIP 1.344
Journal
Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting Seminar Series, Maynooth University
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Economic History Seminar: Paris School of Economics
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
ESRC Festival of Social Science
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Festival/Exhibition
Contribution to conference papers, events and activities
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