Ashutosh Sarker, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept

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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept

Email: asarker1@ualberta.ca
Address: 9-05 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2H4

Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept

Email: ashutosh.sarker@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Institutional Economics; Political Economy; Public Economics; Behavioral Economics; Neuroeconomics

About

As a resource economist, I have a broad spectrum of research experiences and skills at the convergence of institutional economics, behavioral economics, public economics, and common property resource management in both local and global contexts. My teaching portfolio includes microeconomics, macroeconomics, managerial economics, money and banking, resource economics, and energy economics.

My citizenship is Canadian.

Research

My research philosophy premises that the divides between disciplines are illusory and that transcending the divides is an essential step towards finding focused solutions to longstanding and new questions. By promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, breaking down silos, and expanding our research horizons, we can foster a more inclusive and comprehensive approach to scholarship. The research philosophy spurs me to reflect on research questions relevant to economics from the viewpoints of other disciplines, including public administration, political science, and neuroscience.

As a resource economist, I have obtained research and teaching experience at the University of Alberta in Canada, Monash University, Yokohama National University in Japan, the University of Queensland in Australia, and the University of British Columbia in Canada.

There are a series of articles I have published in peer-reviewed journals in the following areas: institutional economics, applied economics, energy economics, ecological economics, public policy, public administration, financial economics, experimental economics, and neuroeconomics.

My articles have appeared in 14 Scimago Q1-ranked journals including Journal of Institutional Economics, Ecological Economics, Energy Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Public Administration, Journal of Rural Studies, and Journal of Hydrology. I have presented papers at international conferences held in Canada, Australia, the United States, the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Brazil. On three occasions, I was invited by Nobel laureate in economics, Professor Elinor Ostrom, to give colloquium presentations at The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University in the United States.

In 2018, I visited Harvard University in the United States as the recipient of a visiting fellowship.

With my team members, I have secured more than 12 competitive research grants from various funding agencies. In addition, I have developed an innovative teaching method that takes into account modern technology, students' learning styles, and their social backgrounds.

By supervising honors and Ph.D. students, I have learned that supervision is an open, non-defensive, and dynamic process during which information exchange is essential to research planning, implementation, and reporting.

Teaching

Throughout my academic pursuits, I have learned that the goal of teaching is to motivate students to become active, reflective, and reactive learners who think critically and solve problems both independently and as part of a team.

In my teaching method, I utilize integrative approaches to engage students in innovative thinking through demonstration. This enhances students' critical thinking abilities as well as aids them in formulating and answering new research questions.

The courses I teach include microeconomics, macroeconomics, managerial economics, money and banking, resource economics, and energy economics.

Courses

ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics

How markets and governments determine which products are produced and how income is distributed in the Canadian economy. Not open to students with credit in ECON 204.

Fall Term 2023

ECON 281 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I

The theory of consumer behavior; theory of production and cost; price and output determination under competition, monopoly and other market structures. Prerequisite: ECON 101 or equivalent.

Fall Term 2023 Winter Term 2024

ECON 365 - Resource Economics

Issues in the production of exhaustible and renewable natural resources, including exploration, extraction, and taxation; scarcity and pricing; contemporary Canadian resource policy issues. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 281. Students may not receive credit for both ECON 365 and AREC 365.

Winter Term 2024

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