How Did I Get Here? from Discover Economics
What are you going to be when you grow up? A doctor, an astronaut, an engineer, a footballer? Very few people have ever dreamt that one day they would be an economist. It’s a profession on few young people’s radars, is barely understood and, let’s face it, has an image problem. Most people picture economists, if they think about them at all, as “men in suits who are crunching numbers, talking about interest rates and making money”.This series of podcasts aim to challenge – and change – your image of economists. A series of conversations with economists who are working in a variety of different organisations, the podcasts will explore their personal journeys. What inspired them to choose to study economics? How did they get to their current position? What are they currently working on and what are some of the things that they love about economics?
How Did I Get Here? from Discover Economics
Ep 9: Tanya Wilson
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Two Bees Consulting Ltd
Tanya joined the Adam Smith Business School in August 2018. Previously she was an Early Career Fellow at the University of Stirling working on the Healthy Ageing in Scotland (HAGIS) project.
Tanya was awarded her PhD in 2015 from Royal Holloway University of London.
Tanya’s main research area is Family Economics, where she has investigated topics such as the impact of local labour market conditions on the incidence of domestic violence and the influence of education on the propensity for early motherhood, juvenile crime and marital sorting.
Tanya is a member of the School's Applied Economics research cluster.
Areas of expertise:
- Family Economics
- Labour Economics
- Applied Economics