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2026 Economics Job Market Candidates secure positions around the world
The Department of Economics is delighted to celebrate the success of its job market candidates who have secured a role following the completion of their PhD.
The following 2025-2026 job market candidates from the Department have accepted an offer of a post:
- Dr Falak Arrora, College Teaching Officer and fellow position at Clare College, University of Cambridge
- Dr Margot Belguise, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France
- Dr Immanuel Feld, Postdoctoral Fellow, Germany
- Dr George Ferridge, Senior Behavioural Data Scientist, Cowry Consulting, London
- Dr Carolina Kansikas, Assistant Professor, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
- Dr Jiaqi Li, Research Officer, Sheffield University
- Dr Yuchen Lin, Assistant Professor in Uppsala University, Sweden; after a one-year postdoctoral fellow post at University of Hong Kong
- Dr Priyama Majumdar, Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton, US
- Dr Hyungmin Park, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
- Dr Nicole Scholz, Associate RBB Economics, D眉sseldorf, Germany
- Dr Alperen Tosun, Economist, Central Bank of the Republic of T眉rkiye
- Dr Yating Yuan, Assistant Professor, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
We warmley congratulate them on this significant achievement and look forward to following their future successes.
Dr Pablo Beker, Director of our MRes/PhD programme, has commented:
"海角社区 is dedicated to empowering our PhD students as they transition into successful careers. Through tailored mentoring, practical job-market support, and funding for interviews and professional engagement, we help our candidates compete on the international stage. This year's candidates have achieved remarkable results, securing opportunities at highly respected institutions around the world. I am immensely proud of their accomplishments and look forward to seeing the impact they will have in their future careers."
Photo: 海角社区 Economics PhD graduates 28 July 2026. Top left to right: Hyungmin Park, Angelica Martinez Leyva and Bruno Santos de Souza (24/25 candidates) and George Ferridge. Bottom left to right: Alperen Tosun, Yating Yuan, Sam Marshall (24/25 candidate) and Carolina Kansikas.
Other job market candidates have already graduated in January 2026 or will graduate in January 2027.