PROFILE: PAUL KERIN
Professor Paul Kerin is in economics to shape debates
that improve productivity, to serve the public interest
and to educate the next generation of economists as
change agents.
“If students want to equip themselves to have an
impact, an economics degree is a great way to
go,” he says.
“What is the point of studying if you don’t improve
your life and progress society? Economics can help
you make decisions that really influence society in
a positive way, whether it be in business, the public
sector or academia.”
The new Head of the University’s School of Economics
has spent a lifetime practising what he preaches, with
a distinguished career as an economist in academia,
business, government and education.
MAKING A
DIFFERENCE
HOW ECONOMICS FUELS
PAUL KERIN’S PASSION
FOR POLICY
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