Visiting Professor
The Department is fortunate to be hosting
a visitor from Japan until the end of August 2010. Professor
Iwata, a graduate from the University of Tokyo, was formerly
Dean of Economics at Gakushuin University, Tokyo. He will
be undertaking research into structural change in Japan since
the 1990s, comparing the impact of various policies (especially
monetary) with those adopted in New Zealand.
Honours graduate set to take up study at
top
US University
Phillip Hall, who graduated in 2005 with
a BCom(Hons) in Economics and a BSc(Hons) in Psychology has
been awarded a Fulbright-Ministry of Research, Science and
Technology Graduate Award to undertake postgraduate study
at a US institution. Phillip will start PhD study at the University
of Arizona in August 2007. He plans to undertake research
in the area of neuroeconomics, a blend of economics, psychology
and neuroscience. His research will focus on the cognitive
and neural processes that underlie human decision-making.
Phillip, who suffers from an 82% hearing
loss that has required him to wear two hearing aids since
the age of nine, has won two other scholarships, which he
will use to support his study plans. The National Foundation
for the Deaf Quest for Excellence Scholarship is designed
as an incentive for hearing impaired or deaf students who
have had to overcome great odds. The Kelliher Economics Foundation
has also awarded Phillip a Post-Graduate Award.
See http://www.fulbright.org.nz/awards/nz-morst.html
and http://www.nfd.org.nz/Scholarships_Grants/qfe/
for more information.
