Kevin O'Rourke

Kevin O'Rourke
MRIA FBA
Nationality Irish
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis "Agricultural Change and Rural Depopulation: Ireland 1845–76" (1989)
Academic work
Discipline Economics
Institutions

Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke, MRIA, FBA is an Irish economist and historian, who specialises in economic history and international economics. Since 2011, he has been Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was Professor of Economics at Trinity College, Dublin from 2000 to 2011, and had previously taught at Columbia University and University College, Dublin.

Early life and education

From 1980 to 1984, O'Rourke studied economics and maths at Trinity College, Dublin, and was elected a Scholar of the College in 1982.[1] He graduated in 1984 with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Dubl) degree.[1][2] From 1984 to 1989, he attended Harvard University, where he undertook postgraduate studies in economics.[1] He was awarded a Master of Arts (MA) degree in June 1986 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in June 1989.[3] His dissertation was titled "Agricultural Change and Rural Depopulation: Ireland 1845–76".[3]

Academic career

From 1989 to 1992, O'Rourke was an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.[2][3] In 1992, he returned to University College, Dublin as a college lecturer in its Department of Economics.[3] He was promoted to statutory lecturer in 1997.[2] For the spring of 1999, he was a visiting associate professor in the Department of Economics, Harvard University.[1] In 2000, he moved to Trinity College, Dublin where he had been appointed Professor of Economics.[1] In Spring 2005, he was a visiting professor to Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).[3][4]

In 2011, O'Rourke joined the University of Oxford as Chichele Professor of Economic History.[3][5] With this appointment, he was also elected a University Academic Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.[2] In January 2014, he additionally became research director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a European charity.[6]

Honours

In 2009, O'Rourke was elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA).[7] In 2013, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[8][9]

Selected works

  • O'Rourke, Kevin H.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. (1999). Globalization and history: the evolution of a nineteenth-century Atlantic economy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 0262150492.
  • Findlay, Ronald; O'Rourke, Kevin H. (2009). Power and plenty: trade, war, and the world economy in the second millennium. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691143277.
  • Broadberry, Stephen; O'Rourke, Kevin H., eds. (2010). The Cambridge economic history of modern Europe. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521882028.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kevin H. O'Rourke" (PDF). Department of Economics. Trinity College Dublin. 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Professor Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke". People. All Souls Oxford, Oxford. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "CV" (PDF). All Souls College, Oxford. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kevin O'Rourke". Staff. Trinity College, Dublin. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Professor Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke". Faculty of History. University of Oxford. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke appointed CEPR Research Director". Centre for Economic Policy Research. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj". Membership. Royal Irish Academy. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "O'ROURKE, Professor Kevin". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Elections to the Fellowship 2013". British Academy. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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