Personal statement
Sharada Davidson is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Economics and Fraser of Allander Institute. Sharada has a strong track record of delivering policy oriented outputs covering a wide range of topics, for instance, relating to the global macroeconomy, central banking and economic measurement at the subnational level. She also has a strong interest in using time series methods to analyse emerging market and developing economies. She has worked as a Consultant for the European Central Bank and is a Research Associate with the ONS-funded Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence.
Further information about Sharada's research, teaching and client-based work can be found on her website
Teaching
Sharada is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and First Year Co-ordinator for the Undergraduate Programme in Economics. She is involved in a wide range of modules, teaching students econometrics and forecasting on the:
- BA (Hons) in Economics
- MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and Climate Change
- Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics at the University of Edinburgh
Research interests
Sharada's research agenda is centred around three overlapping themes:
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Developing Bayesian econometric methods to analyse the global macroeconomy.
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Analysing spillovers and interdependencies between countries and regions.
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Developing modelling techniques and frameworks to inform policymaking.
Professional activities
- The Nonlinear Effects of Shocks to Bank Capital Vulnerability in Euro Area Countries
- Invited speaker
- 31/5/2022
- Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Subnational Statistics
- Invited speaker
- 25/5/2022
- Building a Suite of Subnational Socioeconomic Indicators for the UK: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations
- Invited speaker
- 24/5/2022
- The Nonlinear Effects of Shocks to Bank Capital Vulnerability in Euro Area Countries
- Invited speaker
- 18/5/2022
- ESCoE Webinar: Building a Suite of Subnational Socioeconomic Indicators for the UK
- Invited speaker
- 24/2/2022
- ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2022
- Member of programme committee
- 2022
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Projects
- Northern Ireland Economic Data Innovation Fund
- Connolly, Kevin (Principal Investigator) Davidson, Sharada Nia (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators: A Scoping Study for the Development of a Suite of Subnational Indicators
- Davidson, Sharada Nia (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Kevin (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator) Crummey, Ciara (Researcher)
- 20-Jan-2021 - 19-Jan-2022
- Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators: A Framework for the Production of Supply and Use and Input Output Tables for the Four Nations
- Davidson, Sharada Nia (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Kevin (Principal Investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator)
- In this report, we develop a strategic framework for the production of Supply and Use Tables across the four UK nations.
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
- Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators: A Framework for Interregional Trade Data Collection and Estimation
- Davidson, Sharada Nia (Researcher) Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
- The Nonlinear Effects of Banks' Vulnerability to Capital Depletion in Euro Area Countries
- Davidson, Sharada Nia (Principal Investigator) Moccero, Diego (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 28-Jan-2023
- ESRC Studentship (Open Competition): Econometric Modelling in a Changing, Globalised World
- Davidson, Sharada Nia (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2020
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