Personal statement
Alex Dickson is a Reader in the Department of Economics at the University of Strathclyde, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2008. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Keele in 2005 and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Manchester from 2005-2007.
Alex is a microeconomist, and has research interests in the fields of bilateral oligopoly and contests, where he exploits his understanding of aggregative games; in industrial organisation; and in behavioural economics.
He is very willing to supervise suitably qualified PhD students in his fields of interest.
Alex will also provide thoughtful and clear economic advice on a consultancy basis, particularly in the areas of Industrial Economics and Behavioural Economics.
Alex currently teaches classes on Behavioural Economics (hons); Industrial Organisation (SGPE MSc); and Microeconomics (MBA). He is also the Associate Dean (PGR) in Strathclyde Business School.
Expertise
Has expertise in:
- Applied Microeconomic Theory
- Game Theory
- Behavioural Economics
- Industrial Economics
I am very happy to supervise suitably qualified PhD students in these areas; please get in touch if you want to discuss a potential research project.
Qualifications
2002-2005: Ph.D. Economics, Keele University, UK.Thesis title: On strategic Marshallian analysis: Shapley and Shubik meet Mar-shall and Cournot. Funded by ESRC Ph.D. studentship award number PTA-030-2003-00278. Awarded with a commendation by the examiners. Supervisors:Prof. R. Hartley (Manchester) and Prof. T. Worrall (Keele). Examiners: Prof.S. Ghosal (Warwick) and Prof. R. Cornes (Nottingham).
2001-2002: MSc. Economics, University of Manchester, UK.Awarded with Distinction. Dissertation title: A study of alternative strategicmarket game mechanisms. Funded by University of Manchester scholarship.
1998-2001: BA Economics and Finance, Keele University, UK.Awarded with 1st class honours.
Teaching
I believe in teaching Economics in a rigorous yet accessible way. I have teaching interests in Microeconomics; Game Theory; Behavioural Economics and Industrial Economics.
I currently teach Behavioural Economics (hons); Industrial Organisation (SGPE MSc); and Microeconomics (MBA).
Research interests
My primary research interests are in Microeconomics, in particular in: game theoretic approaches to general and partial models of competitive behavior; aggregative games with applications to contests and strategic market games; endogenous timing in games and commitment; and behavioral economics and game theory. I have further broad interests in industrial organization, international trade and applied game theory in general.
Professional activities
- Workshop on Competition, Economic Regulation and Consumer Protection
- Participant
- 7/10/2019
- Strategic Interactions in General Equilibrium Workshop
- Participant
- 29/11/2018
- Economics Seminar at University of St Gallen
- Speaker
- 3/2018
- Contests: Theory and Evidence
- Participant
- 22/6/2017
- Workshop on Strategic Interactions in General Equilibrium
- Participant
- 24/11/2016
- Economics Seminar, University of Queensland
- Speaker
- 7/9/2016
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Projects
- KTP - Coolside Ltd t/a Trtl. Development of a platform to proactively determine and address ongoing counterfeiting and unauthorised product distribution
- Roper, Marc (Principal Investigator) Dickson, Alexander (Co-investigator) Wallace, William (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2025
- SGSSS Partnership Agreement | Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy
- Dickson, Alexander (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2023
- Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: The (neglected) role of attitudes and demography - Successful SBS Research Excellence Award
- Alfano, Marco (Principal Investigator) Dickson, Alexander (Co-investigator)
- Research Excellence Award
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2021
- Funding support for PhD studentship on seal-fishery bioeconomic modelling
- Cook, Robin (Principal Investigator) Dickson, Alexander (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2012 - 31-Jan-2015
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