Summary

I am a Senior Lecturer in Macroeconomics and I serve as the Economics and Finance Departmental Director for Postgradaute Research at Portsmouth Business School. I have over a dozen years of experience teaching economics and related modules, across the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula. My main research focuses on how economic and financial relationships and decision-making change under alternative market conditions, especially in the wake of shocks, uncertainties, and crises.

Biography

Experience

Before coming to the University of Portsmouth, I held academic positions at the Universities of Keele and the West Indies. I also had a stint in banking supervision at the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, where I obtained practitioner experience in the areas of anti-money laundering, credit risk assessment, and financial stability analysis. 

Education

• PhD Economics | University of Keele
• PGCert Higher Education Teaching | University of Keele
• MPhil Agricultural Economics | University of the West Indies
• MSc Economics and Econometrics | University of Nottingham
• BSc Economics | University of the West Indies

Affiliations

• Centre for Blue Governance member
• Centre for Innovative and Sustainable Finance member
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Scholarly activities

I regularly review for a number of international scholarly journals in the fields of economics, finance, and other related disciplines. During my own PhD studies, I served as the Keele Business School PhD student representative and helped orgainse the Annual Social Sciences PGR Symposium at Keele University in 2017 and 2018. I continue to regularly organise and coordinate doctoral research events and training activities for PhD students, in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance; in the Centre for Innovative and Sustainable Finance; and across the wider university. I also served on the local organising committee for the 54th Annual Conference of the Money, Macro and Finance Society held in Portsmouth in September 2023. In the past, I also held the role of PhD Programme Lead for the Centre for Innovative and Sustainable Finance. 

Research interests

My research interests are in the areas of macro-finance; energy and environmental economics; and sustainable development. I have published articles in academic journals such as the Canadian Journal of Economics; Economics Letters; Energy Economics; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of Environmental Management; Finance Research Letters; The North American Journal of Economics and Finance; The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance; and Journal of Economic Issues. I have also written chapter and encyclopaedia entries for books in energy finance and energy economics. My work also features in The Conversation media outlet. 

I welcome PhD applications, in my areas of interest, from suitably qualified candidates.

Current PhD students:

• K Stoner - energy finance (co-supervised with Prof L Hunt and Dr N Blampied - Masaryk University).
• A Rahaman - debt sustainability (co-supervised with Dr G Magkonis).
• K Goseine - climate change and small states (co-supervised with Prof N Williams and Dr A Seenath - U. of Oxford).
• P Acciari – taxation and inequality (co-supervised with Dr F Alberti).
• C Kim - energy finance (co-supervised with Dr C Jones and Dr K Roberts).

Completed PhD Students:

• S Moonsammy - sustainability (co-supervised with Prof A Thorpe). Graduate destination: University of Guyana. 
• U Chewpreecha - energy and environmental economic policy (co-supervised with Dr G Magkonis). Graduate Destination: World Bank.

Visiting Scholar mentorship:

• N Blampied – macroeconomics – University of Genoa – completed (fall/winter 2022). Graduate destination: Masaryk University.

Teaching responsibilities

I currently contribute to the following modules:

• M30870 Advanced Economics (level 6 - UG; module coordinator; macroeconomics lecturer)
• M20444 International Economics (level 5 - UG; module coordinator and open economy macroeconomics lecturer)
• M30871 Economics Research Project (level 6 - UG; supervisor)
• M20472 MSc Research Methods and Dissertation (level 7 - PG; supervisor)
• M30887 Personal Development Planning for Economists (level 5 - UG; personal tutor)
• M30888 Personal Development Planning for Economists (level 6 - UG; personal tutor)

In the past, I have also coordinated and taught on the postgraduate module M25292 Economics, and I have guest lectured on M20461 Development Economics (level 6 - UG). I am BMC certified and I have provided Bloomberg terminal demonstrations on Open Days and Applicant Experience Days for both Keele and Portsmouth Business Schools.