Mr James Black
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Personal statement
James is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute and has worked at the Fraser of Allander Institute since 2016.
James' areas of expertise include the novel creation and use of economic data, economic statistics, National Accounts, economic policy and input output modelling. He applies these skills to several themes, with particular emphasis on the net zero economy and trade.
He is regarded as an expert in his research areas. He is a member of an informal OECD Expert Group on Subnational Supply-Use and Input-Output Tables, the Scottish Government Input-Output Expert Users Group and a researcher at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence and the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy.
He leads the Fraser of Allander Institute’s themes of climate change and trade and leads on input-output modelling, a cornerstone of economic modelling. He has been invited to speak on climate change governance at different Parliamentary Committees several times, joined the Scottish Government’s Trade Delegation to the EU and the UK-US Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade.
His current research focus is exploring the impact of trade on different groups in society to understand the “winners” and “losers” from trade, and improving measurement of the net zero economy to support the transition.
Prize And Awards
- Winner of SBS KE Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to KE
- Recipient
- 1/6/2023
Publications
- Improving Emissions Assessment of Scottish Government Spending Decisions and the Scottish Budget
- Black James, Spowage Mairi, Watts Rob
- (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.7488/era/2504
- Estimating the relationship between exports and the labour market in the UK
- Black James, Spowage Mairi, Cooper Ben, McGeoch Adam, Watts Robert
- (2021)
- Economic Impact of Scotland's Renewable Energy Sector
- Black James, Spowage Mairi
- Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary Vol 45 (2021)
- The use and misuse of regional data : perspectives, challenges and policy implications
- Davidson Sharada Nia, Black James, Connolly Kevin, Spowage Mairi
- ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2024 (2024)
- The use and misuse of regional data : perspectives, challenges and policy implications from across the UK
- Black James, Connolly Kevin, Davidson Sharada Nia, Spowage Mairi
- Regional Studies (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2464102
- Economic Opportunities in Scotland's Net Zero and Climate Adaption Economy
- Black James, Jones Aimee, Nyström Sofia, McGeoch Adam, O’Gorman Stefanie, Pritchard Adam, Spowage Mairi, Szewczak Wojciech
- (2024)
Professional Activities
- Scottish Parliament Finance and Public Administration Inquiry into effective Scottish Government decision-making
- Speaker
- 28/3/2023
- Scottish Government (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/6/2019
- UK Trade Policy Forum
- Participant
- 2/2/2024
- Scottish Trade Policy Forum
- Participant
- 10/5/2023
- Regional Modelling Workshop
- Speaker
- 26/4/2023
- Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy Academic Conference
- Participant
- 20/4/2023
Projects
- Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP)
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) McGregor, Peter (Co-investigator) Wooton, Ian (Co-investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Researcher) Maurya, Aditya (Researcher)
- 06-Jan-2022 - 05-Jan-2027
- Economic impact of Scotland’s renewable energy sector – 2023 update
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator)
- 04-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2023
- Evaluating the Impacts of Imports on the UK Economy
- Black, James (Principal Investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Co-investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 02-Jan-2027
- Economic Impact of Scotland's Renewable Energy Sector - 2025 & 2026 Updates
- Gillan, Brodie (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- UKEF Economic Impact IO Model Review
- Williamson, Jack (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 05-Jan-2023 - 04-Jan-2024
- Scotland's Net Zero and Climate Adaptation Economy - A SWOT Analysis
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator) McGeoch, Adam (Co-investigator)
- 25-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Contact
Mr
James
Black
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Email: james.black@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6079