Staff Profile (MyImpact)
Dr Harry Pickard
Lecturer in Economics
- Email: harry.pickard@ncl.ac.uk
- Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/harrypickard/
- Address: Newcastle University Business School
Room 3.10
5 Barrack Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4SE
Harry joined Newcastle University in September 2021 as a Lecturer in Economics. Before joining Newcastle, he held a postdoctoral position at the University of Sheffield. He has a PhD and MSc in Economics from the University of Sheffield, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Greenwich.
He is currently the Degree Programme Director (DPD) for Joint Honour students.
Harry works in the field of political economy, with research interests in public opinion, political behaviour, migration and terrorism. He is also generally interested in applied econometrics and data science methods.
From June 2021 to November 2023, he will be a co-investigator on the ESRC funded project "The effect of terrorism on public attitudes and individual well-being in Great Britain" (£291,000). Project webpage here.
Harry is interested in supervising PhD students doing applied empirical work in a range of fields, especially political economy.
At Newcastle University, Harry currently teaches the following modules:
- Public Economics (3rd year UG)
- Applied Data Science (PGT)
Course material can be found on Canvas.
His office hours are Tuesday 14:00-15:00 & Wednesday 15:00-16:00. Appointments can be made via his Bookings Page.
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Articles
- Pickard H, Efthyvoulou G, Bove V. What’s left after right-wing extremism? The effects on political orientation. European Journal of Political Research 2023, 62(1), 338-351.
- Belmonte A, Pickard H. Safe at Last? LATE Effects of a Mass Immunization Campaign on Households’ Economic Insecurity. Review of Income and Wealth 2023. In Press.
- Efthyvoulou G, Bove V, Pickard H. Micromotives and macromoves: Political preferences and internal migration in England and Wales. Journal of Economic Geography 2023, Epub ahead of print.
- Bove V, Efthyvoulou G, Pickard H. Are the effects of terrorism short-lived?. British Journal of Political Science 2023. In Press.
- Pickard H, Bove V, Efthyvoulou G. You (Br)exit, I stay: The effect of the Brexit vote on internal migration. Political Geography 2022, 95, 102576.
- Hunt T, Pickard H. Harder, better, faster, stronger? Work intensity and ‘good work’ in the UK. Industrial Relations Journal 2022, 53(3), 189-206.
- Bove V, Efthyvoulou G, Pickard H. Government ideology and international migration. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2022, Epub ahead of print.
- Bove V, Efthyvoulou G, Pickard H. Did Terrorism Affect Voting in the Brexit Referendum?. British Journal of Political Science 2022, 52(3), 1133-1150.
- Pickard H. The Impact of Career Politicians: Evidence from US Governors. Kyklos 2021, 74(1), 103-125.
- Gray D, Pickard H, Munford L. Election Outcomes and Individual Subjective Wellbeing in Great Britain. Economica 2021, 88(351), 808-837.
- Pickard H. Explaining fiscal decentralization and the role of ethnic Diversity. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 2020, 67(5), 469-485.