Ms Allison Catalano

Knowledge Exchange Fellow

Economics

Personal statement

Allison is an economist at the Fraser of Allander Institute. She joined the FAI in 2022 while working towards her MSc in Applied Economics. She also has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She previously undertook a fellowship in the Scottish Parliament centred on the employment of disabled people in Scotland.

Her research focuses on socioeconomic inequality, health, labour, and subnational data.

Publications

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Publications

Prevention Watch July 2026: Catalano Allison, Jack David, Thompson Spencer, McHardy Fiona, Catalano Allison; Prevention Watch Prevention Watch (2026)
Prevention Watch July 2026: Catalano Allison, Jack David, Thompson Spencer, McHardy Fiona, Catalano Allison; Prevention Watch Prevention Watch (2026)
Local authority labour market dashboard: Randolph Hannah L, Catalano Allison; (2026)
Rethinking Labour Market Statistics in Scotland: Randolph Hannah, Catalano Allison; (2026)
Employment and Education Among Young Adults in Scotland : Reflections following the Milburn Review: Catalano Allison, Jack David, McFadyen Chirsty; (2026)
Prevention Watch May 2026: Catalano Allison, Jack David, McFadyen Chirsty, McHardy Fiona, Catalano Allison; (2026)

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Research

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Research Interests

Her research focuses on inequality in Scotland, with special focuses in employment, labour market policy, and health. Her past projects involve researching employability programmes, health inequality, environmental inequality, and poverty dynamics. She has also worked in trade modelling in Northern Ireland, and on projects related to subnational data availability and comparability.

Professional Activities

'Working in a Policy Blind Spot' Lessons for the Social Policy Community: Contributor; 1/7/2026
The Labour Market in Scotland: Presentation to ERSA: Speaker; 23/6/2026
Conversation with John Grady's Staff: Speaker; 13/5/2026
Health and Socioeconomic Inequality in Scotland: An overview of SHERU’s work: Speaker; 12/5/2026
Health and Socioeconomic Inequality among Young Adult Men: Speaker; 13/3/2026
Podcast: Glasgow Parking Controls Explained: Contributor; 18/12/2025

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Projects

Open Kindergartens with Parenting Across Scotland: Catalano, Allison (Principal Investigator) Gillan, Brodie (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2027
Air Quality Modelling to UK Parliamentary Constituencies: Catalano, Allison (Principal Investigator); 21-Jan-2025 - 26-Jan-2025
Cultures of Collaborative Research in a Socially Progressive Technological University / R230557-203: Davidson, Sharada Nia (Co-investigator) Catalano, Allison (Research Co-investigator) Nguyen, Le Khanh Ngan (Research Co-investigator) Ang, Min Hui (Researcher) Hajiebrahimifarashah, Vahid (Researcher) Ibrahimy, Shafkat Muhammad (Researcher); 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
Applying Systems Thinking to Data Value Chains: An Exploratory Study with a Focus on Subnational Socioeconomic Data for Evidence-Based Policymaking: Davidson, Sharada Nia (Principal Investigator) Nguyen, Le Khanh Ngan (Co-investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator) Ang, Min Hui (Researcher) Hajiebrahimifarashah, Vahid (Researcher) Ibrahimy, Shafkat Muhammad (Researcher); 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
Valuing a levy on non-domestic rates for alcohol retailers in Scotland: Sousa, Joao (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 22-Jan-2023
Health Foundation - cohort analysis of socioeconomic drivers of drug deaths: Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator) Gillan, Brodie (Co-investigator); 13-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024