Kevin O’ROURKE is Professor of Economics at New York University at Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining NYU Abu Dhabi, he was the Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a former Research Director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER). Among his present editorial duties he is Senior Editor of Economic Policy, an International Advisory Board member of the Scandinavian Economic History Review, a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied History and a Member of the Advisory Board of Capitalism: A Journal of History and Economics. 

His research lies at the intersection of economic history and international economics. He has published extensively on the history of globalization and deglobalization: his books include the prize-winning Globalization and History (co-authored with Jeffrey Williamson), and Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (co-authored with Ronald Findlay). He was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant in 2009 to study interwar trade and trade policy. His most recent book is Une Histoire Brève du Brexit (Odile Jacob, 2018), published in English as A Short History of Brexit: From Brentry to Backstop (Penguin, 2019).

Kevin O'ROURKE will present a paper at the next Departmental Seminar on the theme:

The Empire Project: Trade Policy in Interwar Canada (read abstract, PDF 55.42 KB )

More about Kevin O'ROURKE and his research

Date: MONDAY, October 17th - 2:45 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405

After the Fall break, the next Departmental Seminar will host Jean-Paul RENNE (Université de Lausanne) on November 7th.