Professor Carlos Cortinhas

About me:

Carlos Cortinhas finished his Economics PhD in June 2007. He studied at the University of Exeter, under the supervision of John Maloney, Malcolm Macmillen and Nigar Hashimzade. Before coming to Exeter, he completed his Masters at Kobe University, Japan, under the supervision of Shoji Nishijima. Aside from academia, Carlos has previously worked in banking (for the Industrial Bank of Japan, Tokyo) and in government institutions (for the Ministry for the Economy and Innovation, Portugal).

Carlos is a contributor to the CORE Econ Project (https://www.core-econ.org/), an Associate of the Economics Network (https://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/) and a member of the Steering Group of BCUR, the British Council of Undergraduate Research (https://www.bcur.org/).

Administrative responsibilities

• Economics Department Subject Lead (Pedagogy)
• Economics Department Advanced Teaching Practitioner (Teaching Quality)
• Member, Undergraduate Student Staff Liaison Committee
• Member, BSc Economics and Politics Board of Studies

Qualifications:

• BSc (Minho), MSc (Kobe), PhD (Exeter)
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy