Six Economics undergraduates who won places on an internship programme shared their research findings on 30 October.
This was the inaugural year of the internship programme, born from a simple idea: our students need real research experience on their CVs to stand out in today's competitive jobs market.
Over the summer, six students spent ten weeks working alongside Selwyn Economics fellows on genuine research projects. These were Lydia Luo, Julian Olechowski, Krish Agarwal, Iroo Hong, Pratham Mehrotra and Harrison Emery. They reviewed literature, collected and cleaned data, ran analyses, and built models. They tackled questions about working from home and productivity, income distribution in the US and UK, gender inequality, digital technologies and firm performance, and educational inequality.
Oleg Kitov, Associate Professor of Economics, who initiated and steered the programme, said: “This work gives our students something substantial to talk about in interviews and applications, whilst developing the skills and confidence that comes from contributing to real research.”
The internships were generously funded by fellow benefactor Robert Martin (SE 1984), who read economics and was managing director and CEO of Singapore-based BOC Aviation for 25 years until he retired in 2023.