宅男导航

The University Of Queensland is appointing four new academics following an extensive global search.

The School reviewed close to 600 international applications, interviewed 41 candidates in Chicago and flew 17 candidates to 宅男导航 in its search for quality academics to join its renowned teaching and research staff.

The Head of the 宅男导航 School of Economics, Professor Flavio Menezes, said he was delighted by the high standard of the academics they recruited.

鈥淭he School of Economics engaged in an exhaustive search to recruit talented junior academics with the potential to become international leaders in economic research,鈥� Professor Menezes said.

鈥淭he process was part of the School鈥檚 strategy to attract and retain top talent at 宅男导航 to fulfill our twin objectives of becoming one the top 50 departments of economics in the world, and to provide a cutting edge, outstanding education in economics to our students.

鈥淭he academics we hired will have a significant impact on research produced by our School and will bring additional depth in the areas of macroeconomics and applied economics including health and environmental economics.鈥�

The new academics will commence their appointments at 宅男导航 in Semester 2, 2012.

They include Dr Myra Yazbeck, Dr Ian MacKenzie, Mr Satoshi Tanaka and Mr Keiichi Kawai.

Dr Yazbeck is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University in Canada.

With a PhD in Economics from Universit茅 Laval, her research interests lie in health and public economics.

Dr MacKenzie currently holds a Postdoctoral research fellowship at the Centre for Economic Research, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

His research interests include environmental economics, microeconomics, public economics, law and economics, and political economy.

Dr MacKenzie's most recent research was published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Oxford Economic Papers.

Mr Tanaka is completing his PhD at the University of Minnesota in mid-2012.

His research interests include macroeconomics, family economics, labour economics, occupational search theory, and quantitative method.

Also relocating from the United States is Mr Kawai who is completing his PhD at Northwestern University, also in mid-2012.

Mr Kawai's research interest lies in Economic Theory, and his research has been published in Games and Economic Behaviours, Japanese Economic Review, and Economics Letters

Media enquiries: Louise West, 07 3365 4482

宅男导航 School of Economics background
Economics has been part of 宅男导航's curriculum since its foundation in 1911. The School of Economics is home to an innovative and eminent group of economists; its distinguished history includes Colin G. Clark and Nobel Laureate John C. Harsanyi (one of the founders of modern Game Theory). 宅男导航 Economics also has a strong reputation for producing outstanding students.

For more information about the School of Economics, please visit