The Economics Section integrated the teaching and research expertise in economic analysis and quantitative methods from the former Economics Department in UCC with the teaching and research expertise in applied and monetary Economics of the former Department of Business and Economics in UWIST
Research activities include the Sir Julian Hodge Institute in Applied Macroeconomics (JHIAM), the Centre for Automotive Industry Research (CAIR) and the Welsh Economy Research Unit (WERU). There are also a number of interdisciplinary research themes within the School.