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

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)
Prevention Watch May 2026: Catalano Allison, Jack David, McFadyen Chirsty, McHardy Fiona, Catalano Allison; (2026)
Understanding local labour markets across Scotland: Gillan Brodie, Randolph Hannah L, Catalano Allison, Spowage Mairi, Congreve Emma, Grant Sam; (2026)
The Scottish Election : What do the party manifestos say about preventing poor health outcomes?: Catalano Allison, Smith Kat, McFadyen Chirsty; (2026)
Men and health inequalities in Scotland : reflections from stakeholder engagement sessions: Thompson Spencer, 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

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
International Journal of Population Data Science (Journal): Peer reviewer; 12/2025
Interview about the labour market on BBC Scotland: Contributor; 11/11/2025

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Projects

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
JOINT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AGREEMENT FOR A SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP: McFadyen, Chirsty (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator); 05-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2023