Staff Profile

Harry joined Newcastle University in September 2021 as a Lecturer in Economics. Before joining Newcastle, he held a postdoctoral position at the Unviersity 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. 

I am currently the Degree Programme Director (DPD) for Joint Honour students.

Research interests

• Political economy
• Public economics
• Applied econometrics & machine learning

Semester 1

ECO3014 - Public Economics

Semester 2

NBS563 - Causal inference and applied microeconometrics [Machine Learning for the Applied Econometrician section]

• 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.
  • 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.