Dr Kwok Tong Soo
Senior LecturerQualifications
BSc Economics (London) MSc Economics (LSE) PhD Economics (LSE) SFHEA
Research Interests
International trade; Economic geography; Urban economics; Applied economics.
Profile
Kwok Tong Soo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics. He has a BSc in Economics from the University of London External Programme, and a MSc and PhD in Economics from the LSE.
Kwok Tong's research interests cover several related fields. The first is international trade and the location of economic activity. The second area is systems of cities and how cities grow and change over time. The third area is the estimation of cost and demand in industries.
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Current Teaching
Current teaching includes Econ101 Principles of Economics A, Econ333 International Trade, and ECON336 Current Issues in Economics.
Professional Role
I am the Director of Teaching for the Department of Economics.
Additional Information
Kwok Tong is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, having completed the Certificate in Academic Practice (CAP) at Lancaster in 2007, and the Advancing Teaching: Lancaster Accreditation Scheme (ATLAS) at Lancaster in 2018.
PhD Supervision Interests
I would be happy to supervise PhDs in the general areas of international trade, economic geography, regional and urban economics, from an empirical and/or a theoretical perspective.
European Trade Study Group
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Aston Business School Research Seminar
Invited talk
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Sunway University Business School Research Seminar
Invited talk
Quantitative Economics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
European Trade Study Group
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations (Journal)
Editorial activity
The Work Foundation
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
European Trade Study Group
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Economics of Education Review (Journal)
Publication peer-review
The Annals of Regional Science (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Economics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Urban Affairs (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Cogent Economics and Finance (Journal)
Editorial activity
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
European Trade Study Group
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Scottish Journal of Political Economy (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Manchester School (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Urban Economics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Economic Review (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (Journal)
Publication peer-review
International Journal of China Studies (Journal)
Editorial activity
University of Birmingham
Visiting an external academic institution
Regional Studies (Journal)
Publication peer-review
European Journal of Operational Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Economic Journal (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Regional Science and Urban Economics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
University of Essex
Visiting an external academic institution
Papers in Regional Science (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Regional Science (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Urban Studies (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Education Economics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Economic Geography (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Sir Alex Cairncross Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)
- Economics Research Group
- Political Economy and International Trade