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John Embery

Course Director

Initially reading for BA (Hons) Economics and Public Policy and MA Development Economics, John's early research focussed on the development of small island economies within the European Union policy frameworks and evaluated the efficacy of the frameworks for the needs of small island economies. Following these projects he then shifted his focus to researching the catalytic effect of stadia development on regional economic strategy in the Yorkshire region.

In recent years, John's work has concentrated on investigating collective choice in sports attendance, using a hybrid behavioural/social economics lens to examine the behaviour of sports fans in the attendance demand for large, professional sports events. Looking forward, he is currently working on behavioural game theory from an open-systems methodological approach and shall shorty commence with projects focussed on regional development and social institutions in small island economies.

Current Teaching

The UK Economy
Introduction to Economic Thought
Introductory Microeconomics
Behavioural Economics

Research Interests

John's current research interests seek to combine behavioural and social economics paradigms and apply heterodox methodology to the investigation of economic questions in two areas of focus. The first area of focus is to look at how small island economic development policies are framed in relation to the unique economic characteristics of small islands. This applies a framework of evaluation to determine the efficacy of the policy design of the UK and Scottish governments in relation to the sustainable economic development needs of small islands in the UK. The second area of focus is in the social economy of leisure retail in the Yorkshire region, specifically the policy frameworks driving the development of food and entertainment retail.