Professor Homagni Choudhury

I taught at both UG and PGT courses in Kingston between September 2017 and September 2021. As an honorary affiliate, I no longer teach in taught programs at Kingston.

I was also the KCEP lead from 2018 until 2020 and KCEP+ lead in 2021 for the Department of Economics and worked closely with the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre, Department of Enterprise Education, Careers and Employability Service, and the Development, Alumni Relations and Engagement team at Kingston to enhance the course provisions and student experience at the department of economics until September 2021.

I have acted as External Examiner to the UG Economics programs at several UK universities - Manchester Metropolitan University (2014-2018), University of Brighton (2017-2021), and University of West of England (2015-present).

I have also served as a panel member at several Internal Subject Review and Course Validation Panels for both existing and new courses, both within and outside the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences at Kingston University.

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PGCTHE)

I have successfully supervised several PGR (PhD, MPhil and Master's by Research) students at Kingston University (5) and, prior to Kingston, at Aberystwyth University (2) on a range of applied economics and business topics. I have also acted as an external examiner for a number of PhDs in UK universities and abroad, including the University of Aberdeen, University of Hull, University of Salford, amongst others.

Awards, Grants and Funding

• Global Challenges Research Fund (£14,300), PI (2020-21): Somali business responses to a downturn in market conditions
• CResCID Research Grant (£2,800), Co-I (2020-21): UK SME's response to a downturn in market conditions
• Global Challenges Research Fund, PI (£27,670) (2019-21): Indian MSMEs' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis
• Global Challenges Research Fund (£9,375), PI (2019-20): The impact of trade reforms on labour market outcomes: A study of India's formal manufacturing
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (£65,000), PI (2014): Value for Money - Assessing the Economic Impact of BBSRC investments between April 2008 and March 2013
• British Academy (£29,550), Researcher (2013-16): A cross-country examination of supply chain barriers on market access for small and medium firms in India and the UK   
•  Aberystwyth University Research Fund (£4,394), PI (2014-15): De Jure versus de facto labour reforms in India: Assessing the need for and the way ahead with de jure reforms to improve labour market outcomes in India: 
•  Young Scholar Grant (£4,790), PI (2014): Networking and mobility grant instituted by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and housed at ICRIER (New Delhi)

Specialisms

• Development Economics
• Applied Economics

Scholarly affiliations

• The Indian Econometric Society (Life-Member)

• Head of the Department of Economics, Sep 2017 - Sep 2021
• Co-Lead, Applied Economics Research Group, FBSS
• Course Director - UG Economics courses, Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
• Acting PGR Coordinator, Sep - Dec 2018
• PGR Coordinator, Jan 2020 - Sep 2021
• Member of the Faculty Realignment Group for the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Apr -Aug 2018
• Member of the Covid-19 University Campus Re-enablement Group (International), Jul – Oct 2020
• Interview Panel Member (Several Academic Staff Recruitment Rounds) - Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing and Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
• Member of the Faculty Recruitment Committee, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Sep 2018 - Sep 2021
• Member of the Faculty Education Committee, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Sep 2018 - Sep 2021
• Member of the Faculty Research Degrees Committee, Jan 2020 - Sep 2021