Role
Alexandra is a Senior Lecturer in Economics. She holds a MSc and PhD in Economics. Her primary areas of teaching are Microeconomics and Environmental & Resource Economics. She is also the Assistant Course Leader for first year students in the Economics suite.
Career overview
Alexandra has previously worked as a Lecturer in Economics at Birmingham City University.
Research areas
Alexandra’s research areas of interests are labour economics, ecological economics and feminist economics. Her current research interests are centred on the relationship between working hours and pro-environmental behaviour. In addition to her interest in work-time reduction, she research the intersection between decolonisation and decarbonisation.
External activity
Alexandra sits on the Steering Committee of Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ), a network of economists that aim to promote inclusiveness in economics, both in terms of academic content and in its institutional structures.
She is part of the Board of Directors and the Coordination Team for the European Work-Time Network, which coordinate progressive work-time efforts of academics, trade unions, political parties, and civil society actors across Europe.
She is a founding member of the East Midlands Network for Economics Education (EMNEE), which unites the regional universities in a network to to enhance teaching and learning in economics in the East Midlands through sharing best practices and innovations.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
Alexandra engages with the UN sustainable development goals in her teaching as well as her research. Key goals include:
