Sam Rawlings
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+44 (0) 118 378 8231
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Associate Professor
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Research Division Lead, Global Development
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Module convenor: EC319
Areas of interest
Applied microeconomics, with a focus on economics of the household, gender, social norms, and health and human capital attainment.
My current research focuses on:
• The role of gender norms in determining a wide range of behaviours
• Fertility and/or breastfeeding behaviour
• Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) - causes and consequences
• Child human capital and health
• Environmental shocks and health/human capital
I belong to the following research groups in the university:
Development Economics Cluster Global Development Research Division
Postgraduate supervision
I am interested in supervising microeconomic research on economics of the household, gender, female empowerment, IPV, child health, human capital attainment or wider topics in applied development microeconomics.
Background
I joined the Department of Economics at the University of Reading in 2011, having previously completed my undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD studies at the University of Bristol. My PhD focused on determinants and consequences of poor child health in low income countries.