Rate My Professor Hilary Ingham

Professor Hilary Ingham serves as Head of the Department of Economics and Professor in Economics at Lancaster University Management School. Her academic career spans several decades in UK universities, beginning as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology from 1986 to 1995, followed by Senior Lecturer and subsequent promotion to Professor at Lancaster University. As an applied economist, she has extensive experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. In her role as Head of Department, she oversees the strategic direction of the Economics department, including curriculum development, student recruitment, research planning, and support for early-career researchers and PhD students. She has supervised PhD students across a broad range of applied economic topics and serves as an examiner and reviewer for academic journals and research proposals.

Her research interests encompass a wide range of applied economics and econometrics, focusing on flexible labour markets in Europe, including short-time working schemes such as furlough during the COVID-19 pandemic; labour market transitions; education, particularly the success of international aid in improving educational attainment as one of the key Sustainable Development Goals; the role of financial development in economic growth; foreign direct investment and growth; and productivity in emerging economies. She has published extensively, with 37 journal articles, 13 book chapters, 13 working papers, and 2 books. Key publications include 'COVID-19, The Great Recession and Economic Recovery: A Tale of Two Crises' (2022, Journal of Common Market Studies), 'Determinants of internationalisation by firms from Sub-Saharan Africa' (2022, Journal of Business Research), 'The Impact of Foreign Technology & Embodied R&D On Productivity in Internationally-Oriented & High Technology Industries in Egypt, 2006-2009' (2021, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade), 'A Future Jobs Market' (2026, Fifty Four Degrees), and books such as 'Women on the Polish Labor Market' (2001) and 'EU Expansion to the East: Prospects and Problems' (2002). She is also a Research Fellow at the Work Foundation and delivered an inaugural lecture on policy-related research in labour markets, education and development, financial development and growth, and emerging economies in the UK, Europe, and Africa.