The Department of Economics is delighted to congratulate Alison Andrew and Federica Romei on their promotions to RSIV Professorships in 2026.
These appointments recognise their outstanding contributions to economic research, their international academic standing and their continued commitment to research excellence and academic leadership within the Department.
Alison Andrew is a development and labour economist whose research examines questions of gender, marriage, education and inequality. Her work combines economic theory with empirical research to better understand the circumstances shaping people's lives and opportunities, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Alison's promotion follows an especially successful year, during which she was awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant worth €1.5 million. Her new research project will investigate how people in low- and middle-income countries support themselves in later life, exploring the relationship between family support, savings, employment and public pension systems.
Federica Romei specialises in monetary economics and international economics, with research exploring the interactions between monetary policy, international financial markets and economic stability.
Her work contributes to our understanding of how monetary and fiscal policies operate in an interconnected global economy, including the challenges of international policy coordination. Her research has previously received support through an ERC Starting Grant and UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee funding.
As RSIV Professors, Alison and Federica will continue to contribute to the Department's research leadership, supporting the development of future generations of economists and helping shape its academic community.
We are enormously pleased to see both colleagues receive this recognition. Their achievements reflect the strength and breadth of research taking place across the Department, and we look forward to their continued contributions to economics at Oxford and beyond.
Congratulations to Alison and Federica on this well-deserved achievement!
