Positions held
| 2008 – present | Professor of Theoretical Economics Management School The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK. |
| 2019 – 2023 | Head of Economics Department Management School The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK. |
| 2011 – 2014 | Head of School (Dean) Management School The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK. |
| 2005 – 2009 | Professor Department of Economics Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. |
| Spring 2006 | Visiting Professor Department of Econometrics VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1997 – 2005 | Associate Professor Department of Economics Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. |
| Spring 1999 | Visiting Professor Center for Economic Research Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands |
| 1991 – 1997 | Assistant Professor Department of Economics Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. |
| 1990 – 1991 | Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Department of Econometrics Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands |
| 1986 – 1990 | Project Researcher The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) at Department of Econometrics Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. |
Professional preparation
- Ph.D. with distinction Cum Laude, 1990, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands. Dissertation: Core and Equilibria of Socially Structured Economies: The Modelling of Social Constraints in Economic Behaviour
- Master-equivalent degree in Theoretical Economics with distinction Cum Laude, 1986, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands