About
My name is Simon D. Halliday. I am an associate research professor and associate director in the Center for Economy and Society at the SNF Agora Institute and Johns Hopkins University. You can contact me at simon.halliday@jhu.edu.
I was previously an associate professor of economics education in the School of Economics at the University of Bristol, a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, an assistant professor of economics at Smith College, a lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a lecturer at the University of Cape Town.
My research interests include behavioral and experimental economics, applied microeconomics, economics education, economic development, and data science in economics. I am especially interested in social preferences, institutions, economic literacy, civic thought, and how we teach economics.
I am the co-author, with Samuel Bowles, of Microeconomics: Competition, Conflict, and Coordination, published by Oxford University Press in 2022. We will be rebuilding the book as an open web project.
Education
- Ph.D. Economics, University of Siena, 2012.
- M.A. Creative Writing, University of Cape Town, 2008.
- M.Comm. Economics, University of Cape Town, 2007.
- B.Com. Honours, Economics, University of Cape Town, 2004.
- B.Soc.Sci. Economics and English Literature, University of Cape Town, 2003.
Naming
I use my middle initial because there is a former rugby player named Simon Halliday, and you probably do not want to confuse us.