Job market candidates

SFU Economics is pleased to introduce the following job market candidates for your consideration.

Mohamed Abubraidaa

mohamed_abubraidaa@sfu.ca
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Primary research interests: Macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy interaction
PhD Supervisor: Kenneth Kasa
Committee member: Lucas Herrenbrueck

Uzair Azmat

uaa4@sfu.ca
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Primary research interests: Real Estate Economics ,Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, Real Options, Religion
Thesis: Three Essays on Religion, Mortgage Markets, and Debt Aversion
PhD Supervisor: Kenneth Kasa

Hsin-Yuan (Jeff) Hsieh

jeff_hsieh@sfu.ca
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Primary research interests: Consumer demand, structural microeconomics, applied econometrics
Thesis: Essays on the Measurement of Household Consumption, Welfare and the Cost-of-Living
PhD Supervisor: Krishna Pendakur

Esmaeil Izadi

eizadi@sfu.ca  
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Primary research interests: Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics
Thesis: Three Essays in Political Economy of Development
PhD Supervisor: Chris Bidner

Finn (Zhifeng) Sun

zhifeng_sun@sfu.ca  
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Primary research interests: Applied Microeconomics, Development
Thesis: Three essays on Intergenerational Relationships and Social Mobility
PhD Supervisor: Chris Bidner

Hung Truong

hung_truong@sfu.ca  
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Primary research interests: Behavioral and experimental macroeconomics (lab and surveys), monetary policy and central bank communication, learning and expectations, computational economics
Thesis: Essays in central banking and macroeconomic expectations
PhD Supervisor: Isabelle Salle (uOttawa), Luba Petersen

Recent Placements

SFU Economics has had a 100% placement rate for our outgoing PhD graduates. Almost 200 graduates have gone on to teach in universities all over the world; serve as advisors or officials in provincial, state, and national governments; or are employed in a variety of roles in the private sector.

To see a full list of SFU econ PhD placements please click here

2024 - 2025

Matheus Thompson Bandeira Postdoctoral research with the Origins Project, University of Bologna, Italy  
Shayan Zarifian Senior Data Analyst, Later

2023 - 2024

Louis Huiqian Song Assistant Professor, Kyoto University's Institute of Economic Research (KIER) 
Stanislav Hetalo Senior Economist, Economic Research at the Conference Board of Canada 

2022 - 2023

Marieh Azizirad International Monetary Fund (Economist); Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick 
Liang Diao Postdoctoral Research Fellow, French National Institute for Research on Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) 
Minoru Higa Assistant Professor, School of Management at Universidad de los Andes
Wenqian Sun Economist, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Boxi Yang Senior Research Associate, Education & Skills Team at the Conference Board of Canada