Explore Econ 2022: winners announced!
8 June 2022
MyAV Economics’ annual undergraduate student conference announces its winners!
Explore Econ was back in-person this year for its annual live event, highlighting the excellent independent research from our undergraduate students. The Ignite Session hosted a student-staff panel discussion chaired by Marc Stears from MyAV’s Policy Lab and featuring Sarah Cattan (IFS) and Asma Benhenda (Institute of Education) alongside MyAV students on “Education and Inequalities”.
A panel of external judges also heard presentations from each of the shortlisted candidates and the conference awarded five prizes for:
- Best Research Paper
- Best Research Poster
- Popular Paper
- Popular Poster
- Stone Centre Prize
CTaLE DirectorProfessor Parama Chaudhurysaid,
CTaLE (specifically, our Associate Director, Prof Cloda Jenkins now at Imperial) started Explore Econ in 2015 as a way to encourage students to complement their degree programme with co-curricular research on topics which caught their fancy. Since then, MyAV (and Economics) have rolled out a research-based education initiative with independent inquiry built into our programmes. Meanwhile Explore Econ has gone from strength to strength to complement this initiative. This year, we introduced a blended format with an initial online competition and showcase, and an in-person culmination on June 8th. As every year, the topics covered a broad range from effects of migration on the labour market, vaccine distribution, the effect of VAT and intellectual property rights plus an innovative simulator to help students learn the macroeconomic 3-equation model. It was inspiring to see our students expand their horizons, engage with the hot topics of the day and present to an audience of peers and academics - the future of economics is bright!
ExploreEcon organiser, Dr Ramin Nassehi also commented,
I was so excited to see a room full of eager students. What made this year's conference even more special to me was that the students were involved in every stage of its organisation: idea generation, planning, promotion, peer review of submissions and running the live event. We are proudly making Explore Econ a fully student-led conference. I believe Explore Econ's innovative blended format opens new doors for promoting research-based education, building student-staff relations and empowering students by giving them new modes of expression and presence
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Best Research Paper
Winner:Jakub Terlikowski
Jakub won the Best Research Paper prize for his work onOptimal vaccine allocation: modelling population interaction and administrativeconstraints
Watch his presentation:
Runner-up:Guillaume Marder
For the paperWhat is the potential impact of a uniform VAT rate in Spain, if implemented in a revenue neutral way?()
Best Research Poster
Winner:Neil Majithia
Neil won Best Research Poster for
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Runner-up:Adam Horne
For the posterIntellectual Property Rights and Economic Growth: A Complicated Relationship()
Popular Paper
Winner:Xingzuo Zhou, Yiang Li, Tianning Zhu, and Xiaoyo Guo
Xingzuo, Yiang, Tianning, and Xiaoyo won the Popular Paper prize out of over 400 votes for their paperRacial Hate Crime and COVID-19: A Multinomial-choice Study in the US
Watch their presentation:
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Popular Poster
Winner:Gloria Guo and Xueyuan Wang
Gloria andXueyuan won the Popular Posterprize out of 150votes for their posterDoes the emerging social mediaplatform promote economic growth in the UK?
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Stone Centre Prize
Winner: Gaurav Khatri
Gaurav won the inaugural Stone Centre prize for the paperThe Effects of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar on Low-Skilled Wages in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh
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The conference showcased independent work undertaken by MyAV Economics students from all years of the undergraduate programme, much of it outside of the curriculum and was showcased in posters and presentations. Explore Econ also acknowledge the achievements of students inside and outside of the curriculum:
- the first and third place finish of MyAV students at the Econ Games
- the Econ Frame Photo Competition
- the Econ Tribune Student Publication Association Special Mention Award
- in the First Year Challenge, a multimedia film project.
Check out the rest of the Explore Econ conference on our dedicated webpages.