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Biography

Before coming to King's, David taught economic history at the University of Groningen and the LSE. He studied economics and econometrics at the University of Essex and the LSE and did a PhD in historical sociology at the University of Surrey.

Research subject area

Economic history

Office hours

Tuesday: 14.30 - 15.30

Friday: 11.15 - 12.15

You can book here.

Research

David’s research focuses on the quantitative analysis of processes of socio-economic change, like the evolution of markets or transformations of the occupational structure, over the very long-run. He has a specific expertise on European history but has also researched world history.

Teaching

  • Economic history
  • Economics
  • Research methods

PhD Supervision

David will consider PhD supervision of any student planning to do research in economic history, especially if the student intends to use quantitative methods. PhDs in the neighbouring fields of historical sociology and comparative politics can be considered, too.