Professor Sheila Dow

Emeritus Professor

Economics University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Sheila Dow

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QUALIFICATIONS

Honorary Doctorate, University of Thessaly, 2023 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Glasgow, 1978-81. Thesis title: Money and Real EconomicDisparities between Nations and between Regions, supervised by Professor Tom Wilson. Ph.D. programme, McMaster University, 1977-8 M.A. in Economics, University of Manitoba, 1972-73 M.A. Hons. in Political Economy and Pure Mathematics, University of St Andrews, 1966-70

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, University of Victoria (www.uvic.ca/econ), 2012- .

Emeritus Professor in Economics, University of Stirling, 2010-.

Personal Chair in Economics, University of Stirling, 1996-2009

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Stirling 1989-96

Reader in Economics, University of Stirling 1988-96

Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge, 1987

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 1982-83

Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Stirling 1979-88

Part-time Tutor, Department of Political Economy, University of Glasgow 1978-79

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, McMaster University, 1977-78

Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba 1972-73

Research Asst, Dept. of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Summer 1969

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Special Advisor on Monetary Policy to the Treasury Select Committee (https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/treasury-committee/), 2001-10.

Economic Research Analyst, then Senior Economist, Department of Finance, Government of Manitoba, 1973-77

Overseas Department, Bank of England, 1970-72

OTHER ACADEMIC ROLES (SELECTION)

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences 2020-

Member of the Academic Council, Institute for New Economic Thinking (www.ineteconomics.org), 2018- .

Member of the SSRN Economics Advisory Board.

Foreign Member, Center on Capitalism and Society (https://capitalism.columbia.edu/), 2010- .

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences 2020-

Honorary Member, European Society for the History of Economic Thought, 2022-

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences 2020-

Honorary Member of the Italian Association for the History of Political Economy, 2020-23.

Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Independent Social Research Foundation (http://www.isrf.org/), 2018-20.

Co-editor, Economic Thought (http://et.worldeconomicsassociation.org/), 2012-17.

Executive Committee, European Society for the History of Economic Thought (http://www.eshet.net/), 2006-8.

Director, then Co-Convenor, Scottish Centre for Economic Methodology, 2005- .

Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Methodology (https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjec20), 2005-12.

Chair, International Network on Economic Method(http://www.econmethodology.org/), 2001-3.

Co-Chair, Post Keynesian Economics Study Group (http://www.econmethodology.org/ ), 1995-9.

Member, Council of the Royal Economic Society (http://www.res.org.uk), 1994-99.

Treasurer, Scottish Economic Society (www.scotecon.org/), 1988-93.

Economic methodology: open systems; pluralism

History of economic thought: David Hume; Adam Smith; the Scottish Political Economy Tradition; Keynes

Theory of money and banking and monetary policy: structural endogenous money theory; policy-making under uncertainty; banking in transition economies

Regional and international finance: the regional impact of monetary policy.