Abhinay Muthoo

Abhinay Muthoo (born 30 October 1963 in India)^[1] is the Dean of Warwick in London, a role which will enhance the University of Warwick's presence in the capital. He is also the Co-Director of the Warwick Policy Lab and a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Warwick. He became the Dean of Warwick in London on 1st August 2016, after eight years as the Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick.

Education

He studied for a BSc in Economics at the London School of Economics which he obtained with First Class Honours, before proceeding to obtain his MPhil and PhD in Economics at the University of Cambridge, where he was supervised by David Canning and Partha Dasgupta, and his doctoral thesis were examined by Kenneth Binmore and Frank Hahn.

Academic career

Prior to his appointment as Professor at the University of Warwick, he was a Professor at the University of Essex and held positions at Harvard University, London School of Economics, Panthéon-Assas University, University of Bristol and the University of Cambridge.^[1] He was the Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Essex for seven years.

Research

Muthoo is most well known for his work on Bargaining theory and its applications.^[2] Besides this, he has a variety of other research interests which include Political Institutions, Political Economy, Conflict, Dispute Resolution, Negotiations, Coalition Formation, Foundations of Social Order, Family, International Development, International Relations, Public Policy, Game Theory, Economics and Law, Higher Education, Economics and Literature, and Political Philosophy.^[3]

He also publicly commented on capitalims,^[4] university leadership^[5] and immigration rules.^[6]

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