CMSS Roles & Membership

Co-Directors: Simona Fabrizi (Department of Economics, UOA) and Steven Galbraith (Department of Mathematics, UOA)

Management Group: Simona Fabrizi and Steffen Lippert (both Department of Economics, UOA) and Steven Galbraith (Department of Mathematics, UOA)

Website Editor: Simona Fabrizi (Department of Economics, UOA)

Seminar Coordinators: Simona Fabrizi and Steffen Lippert (Department of Economics, UOA) and Matthew Ryan (School of Economics, AUT)

 

ALL MEMBERS

Job Market Candidates (2025)

    • Xinyan Zhang (PhD in Economics, S. Fabrizi and S. Lippert, UOA, Completed March 2025). Thesis titled: “Three essays on ambiguity, adaptability, costly efforts for partnership under the New Normal’
    • Doriani Lingga (PhD in Economics, S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert and R. MacCulloch, UOA, PhD submission planned by July 2025) – Recipient of the Seamus Hogan Research Prize for the best Public Policy Paper written by a student and David Teece Prize in Industrial Organisation and Firm Behaviour, both awarded for her essay 2 titled “The News Media Bargaining Code: A Two-sided Market Framework”. Visit https://sites.google.com/view/doriani-lingga for more info about Doriani’s research and achievements. Thesis titled: “Essays on Optimal Taxation in a Digital World of Two-Sided Markets

Current research students

    • Max Wilson (PhD, C. Duley and P. Gai, since 1 March 2025)
    • Michael Demetrius (PhD, S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert and M. Russell, UOA, since 1 Dec 2024)
    • Yuanyuan Li (PhD, S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert and P. Gai, UOA, since 1 Dec 2024)
    • Joshua Greenwood (PhD, C. Duley and P. Gai, UOA, since 1 Dec 2023)
    • Xinyi (Cecilia) Zhao (PhD, C. Duley and P. Gai, UOA, since 1 Dec 2023)
    • Yueyan (Jojo) Zhou (PhD, G. Meggiorini, R. MacCulloch and D. Bandyopadhyay, since 1 Sept 2023)
    • Yibin Li (PhD, S. Fabrizi, J. Hillas and S. Lippert, UOA, since May 2023)
    • Yunjie Shi (PhD, S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert and R. MacCulloch, UOA, since Oct 2022)
    • Doriani Lingga (PhD, S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert and R. MacCulloch, UOA, since Aug 2021)

Former research students (in reverse chronological order)

    • Xinyan Zhang (PhD, S. Fabrizi and S. Lippert, UOA, 2025)
    • Christian Newey (Master, S. Fabrizi and M. Ryan, UOA, 2025)
    • Scarlett Buissink (Summer Research Scholar, S. Fabrizi and A. Slinko, UOA 2024/2025)
    • Rae Rho (PhD, S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert and B. Sharp, UOA, 2024). Senior Economist at the New Zealand Commerce Commission
    • Danny Kwon (PhD, S. Fabrizi and S. Lippert, UOA, 2024). Economist at Ernst & Young
    • Michael Demetrius (Master, S. Fabrizi, UOA, 2024)
    • Herbert Wu (Master, S. Fabrizi and A. Pan, UOA, 2024)
    • Maggie Zhang (Master, S. Fabrizi and Lydia Cheung, UOA, 2023)
    • James Brown (Honours, S. Fabrizi, UOA, 2023)
    • Chanelle Duley (PhD, P. Gai and S. Lippert, UOA, 2023). Lecturer in Economics, UOA.
    • Stan Wang (PhD, T. Pfeiffer and S. Schmeier, Massey University; J. Nijsse, AUT, 2022)
    • Pansye Elkashef (PhD, T. Pfeiffer, and J. Matthewson, Massey University; A. Chaudhuri, UOA, 2021)
    • Adrian Ortiz-Cervantes (PhD, Dion O’Neale, UOA, 2022). Senior Analyst at the Financial Market Authority
    • Michael Gordon (PhD, T. Pfeiffer and A. Smith, Massey University)
    • Demival Vasques Filho (PhD, D. O’Neale, UOA, 2020). Research Associate, Leibniz Institute of European History
    • Yen Ling Tan (Honours, S. Fabrizi, UOA, 2019). Started her PhD in Economics at the University of Virginia (2020 intake) with full scholarship
    • Rae Rho (Master of Arts (Economics, UOA, 2019), S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert, 2019)
    • Jenny Long (PhD, Q. Atkinson, UOA, 2015)
    • Songbao Mo (Honours, A. Slinko, UOA)
    • Isabella McAllister (PhD, Patrick Girard, UOA)
    • Sergey Ozernikov (PhD, A. Slinko, UOA)
    • Zhu Rui (PhD, J. Seligman, UOA)
    • Catriona Sissions (PhD, D. O’Neale, UOA)
    • Ziheng Wei (PhD, J. Liu, UOA)
    • Shaun White (PhD, P. Girard, UOA)
    • Liang Zhen (PhD, J. Seligman, UOA)
    • Yan Kolezhitskiy (Honours, A. Slinko, UOA)
    • Samin Aref (PhD, M. Wilson, UOA, 2019, now at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany)
    • Jiangheng (Leo) Lin (Honours, S. Fabrizi, 2018). Started his PhD in Economics at Washington University in St Louis (2019 intake) with full scholarship
    • Antonia Chen (PhD, M. Ryan and E. Sbai, UOA, 2018)
    • Nina Anchugina (PhD, M. Ryan and S. Galbraith, UOA, 2017)
    • Anastasia Moskvina (PhD, J. Liu, 2017, AUT)
    • Addison (Siwen) Pan (PhD, S. Fabrizi, T. Pfeiffer and M. Ryan, 2016, Massey University)
    • Ali Hameed (PhD, A. Slinko, UOA, 2013)
    • Reyhaneh Reyhani (PhD, M. Wilson, UOA, 2013, then working in the USA)
    • Tatiana Gvozdeva (PhD, A. Slinko, UOA, 2012, then a postdoc in Singapore)
    • Egor Ianovski (BSc(Hons), M. Wilson, UOA, 2012, then PhD 2016, University of Oxford)
    • John C. McCabe Dansted (MSc, A. Slinko, UOA, 2006, then PhD, University of Western Australia)