Peter Lawrence

Biography

I hold a BA and MA from the University of Sussex and a PhD from Leeds. I have taught in Tanzania, Uganda, and Canada and have spent periods of research in Tanzania, Hungary, Spain and India.

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Research and scholarship

I have researched principally in development economics issues, including the transition economies, and also in unemployment in local labour markets. I am especially interested in the effects of liberalization on developing economies and have carried out research on the effects of liberalisation on African primary commodity export performance. I currently direct a £158,000 research project funded by the Department for International Development (DfID) on the effects of macro-financial policies on the behaviour of households and individuals in developing countries. I participated in the first phase of a £350,000 DfID-funded project based at the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, on the development of a water poverty index. I have started work with Arijit Mukherjee on price regulation and industrial protection in developing countries.

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Teaching

ECO-10016 : Markets, Hierarchies and Networking

Further information

Academic Qualifications:

• B.A.(II.1) Economics/Social Studies, Sussex, 1966.
• M.A. Development Economics/African Studies, Sussex, 1967.
• Ph.D. (University of Leeds), 1992.

Positions:

• Senior Lecturer in Economics, Keele University 1996 - present
• Deputy Head of Department (later Director of Undergraduate Studies) department of Economics, Keele University, 1992-2001
• Lecturer in Economics, University of Keele, 1974-96
• Temporary Lecturer in Economics, University of Keele, 1973-4.
• Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia, 1972-3.
• Lecturer in Economics, University of Dar es Salaam, 1970-72.
• Junior Research Fellow in African Economic Studies, University of Leeds, 1967-70
• Research Associate, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1968-9
• Assistant Master (part-time), Brighton Hove and Sussex Grammar School, 1966-1967

Visiting Appointments:

• External Tutor, MSc in Financial Economics, SOAS, University of London since 1994.
• Visiting Lecturer, MA Programme in Economic Policy and Planning, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Jan-March 1992 and Jan-Mar 1993 (funded by United Nations Development Programme and the European Commission).
• Research Associate, Centre for Development Studies, University of Leeds, from 1986.
• British Council Exchange Visitor, Institute of World Economy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, January to April 1984.
• Visiting Professor, ETEA, University of Cordoba, Spain, Sept.-Dec.1980
• Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba, Canada, July/August, 1989.
• British Academy Exchange Visitor, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, November, 1989.

Other:

• Founding and Managing Editor, Review of African Political Economy, 1974-93.
• Contributing Editor, Review of African Political Economy, 1993-