Adriana Brenis Castro
Department of Economics
PhD Student
- Profile
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I am a Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Sheffield. I am also Associate Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. My research interests are in International Trade, Labour Economics, and Innovation. Before joining UOS, I was an Economic Advisor and Analyst at various Peruvian public institutions such as the Ministry of Production, the National Institute of Statistic and Informatics, and The Central Bank of Peru.
- Qualifications
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Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, The University of Sheffield (2022-2023).
M.Sc. Business, Finance, and Economics, The University of Sheffield (2017-2018) with distinction.
B.Sc. Economics, National Agrarian La Molina University (2009-2013) with distinction.
- Research interests
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Research Interests: International trade, Labour economics, and Innovation.
Work in Progress: "South-South offshoring: The Peruvian Case"; "R\&D outsourcing", and "Trade and Gender Differences in the Informal Sector".
- Research group
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Supervisors:
- Grants
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Department of Economics Ph.D scholarship, University of Sheffield (2019).
Peruvian Government Masters’ scholarship (2017).
- Teaching interests
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Microeconomics, Business and Finance, International Trade, Mathematical Methods.
- Teaching activities
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ECN118 Mathematical Methods for Economics 1.
ECN130 Economic Analysis and Policy.
ECN607 Public Policy Evaluation.
ECN601 Applied Microeconometrics.
ECN6540 Econometric Methods.
- Professional activities
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Associate Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University (2022-present).
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Sheffield (2021-Present).
Research Assistant, The University of Sheffield (2019-present).
Director of the Strategic Business Development Centre, National Agrarian La Molina University, Peru (Jan-Aug 2019).
Economic Adviser and Business Incubator Manager, National Agrarian La Molina University, Peru (2016-2017).
Economic Analyst, Ministry of Production, Peru (2015-2016).
Economic Analyst, National Institute of Statistic and Informatics, Peru (March-July 2015).
Graduate Intern, Central Reserve Bank of Peru (2014-2015).
Intern, Peruvian Corporation Airports and Commercial Aviation (2013-2014).