The Bank of Canada has awarded two Department of Economics professors its Fellowship Award. Professors Michelle Alexopoulos and Diego Restuccia are recognized for their expertise and research into the national bank’s core functions: monetary policy, financial systems, currency, fund management, and retail payments supervision. The award has an annual value of $95,000 for a five-year renewable term. Both professors also received the award in 2019.

“It is always an honour for the Department of Economics to see our faculty recognized for their outstanding achievements in research and their contributions to Economics and its institutions,” said Professor Ettore Damiano, Department Chair. “Both Michelle and Diego are deserving of this recognition from the Bank of Canada and we are all thrilled to have two more reasons to celebrate them and the continuation of their work.”

Professor Alexopoulos is current President of the Canadian Economics Association. where her term of service has emphasized equity and inclusion through mentoring and networking programs. Her research examines the effects of technological evolution and disruption on the economy and labour markets and, among other methodologies, includes the innovative use of library classification systems for data mining and text analysis. [Read more…]