Education

PhD in Economics \hfill 10/2023–present
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Dissertation title: Renewable Energy in the Industrial Revolution

MSc Economics \hfill 09/2020–08/2022
University of Mannheim, Germany
Thesis: Engines of Growth? The Role of the Steam Engine for Long-Run
Economic Development in Germany

Visiting Student \hfill 02/2021–06/2021
NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

BSc Economics \hfill 09/2017–08/2020
University of Mannheim, Germany
Thesis: The Long-Term Effects of Colonialism on Income Inequality

Visiting Student \hfill 08/2019–12/2019
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Academic Affiliations

Research Student, Centre for Economics, Policy and History \hfill 10/2023–present

Research Student, Centre for Economic History, Queen’s University Belfast \hfill 10/2023–present

Working Papers

“Water mills and human capital accumulation in industrialising Prussia”
Revise and Resubmit at Explorations in Economic History

“Leapfrogging or path dependence? Water mills and long-run growth in the Scottish Industrial Revolution”
Work in progress

Teaching Experience

Queen’s University Belfast
ECO1013 – Principles of Economics, Teaching Assistant \hfill 09/2024–present

University of Mannheim
Macroeconomics A, Teaching Assistant \hfill 02/2020–08/2020
Principles of Economics, Teaching Assistant \hfill 09/2018–12/2018

Honours and Awards

Graduated in top 20% of MSc Economics cohort, University of Mannheim \hfill 2022

Graduated in top 10% of BSc Economics cohort, University of Mannheim \hfill 2020

Dean’s List, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology \hfill 2019

Research Grants and Funding

Economic History Society Young Scholar Conference Bursary \hfill 01/2025

CEPH Studentship, Irish Higher Education Authority, full funding for PhD studies \hfill 10/2023

PROMOS Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service, full funding for HKUST \hfill 06/2019

Professional Membership

Economic History Society (UK)

European Historical Economics Society

Irish Economic Association

Academic Presentations

2026

Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics Workshop, Maynooth University \hfill 01/2026

Department of Economics Seminar Series, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh \hfill 01/2026

2025

European Historical Economics Society Conference, University of Hohenheim \hfill 09/2025

CEPH Workshop in Quantitative Economic History, Queen’s University Belfast \hfill 06/2025

Queen’s Postgraduate Research Conference, Queen’s University Belfast \hfill 06/2025

Economic History Society Conference, University of Strathclyde \hfill 04/2025

Centre for Economic History PhD Discussion Group, Queen’s University Belfast \hfill 02/2025

2024

Economic History Society Residential Training, University of Warwick \hfill 11/2024

Financial, Economic and Business History Summer School, University of Groningen \hfill 06/2024

Centre for Economic History Seminar Series, Queen’s University Belfast \hfill 04/2024

Centre for Economic History PhD Discussion Group, Queen’s University Belfast \hfill 03/2024

Professional Development

Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop, The Economics Network \hfill 01/2025

Workshop for Teaching Assistants, University of Mannheim \hfill 09/2018

Industry Experience

KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Junior Consultant, Global Transfer Pricing (Mannheim, Germany) \hfill 04/2023–09/2023

Technical Skills

Software: R, Stata, Matlab, Quarto, LaTeX, QGIS

Languages: German (native), English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate), Latin (reading)

References

Chris Colvin (PhD Supervisor)
Queen’s University Belfast
\href{mailto:chris.colvin@qub.ac.uk}{chris.colvin@qub.ac.uk} $\cdot$ \href{https://chriscolvin.org}{Website}

Arcangelo Dimico (Teaching Reference)
Queen’s University Belfast
\href{mailto:a.dimico@qub.ac.uk}{a.dimico@qub.ac.uk} $\cdot$ \href{https://sites.google.com/site/arcangelodimico}{Website}

Alexander Donges (MSc & BSc Advisor)
University of Mannheim
\href{mailto:donges@uni-mannheim.de}{donges@uni-mannheim.de} $\cdot$ \href{https://sites.google.com/view/alexanderdonges/}{Website}

Alan Fernihough (PhD Supervisor)
Queen’s University Belfast
\href{mailto:a.fernihough@qub.ac.uk}{a.fernihough@qub.ac.uk} $\cdot$ \href{https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/alan-fernihough}{Website}

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