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Research overview

Department of Economics

UCalgary Arts

is the home of Critical and Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Science scholarship at UCalgary.

Faculty of Arts Researchers are award-winning artists, scholars, distinguished members and officers. Our scholarship encompasses a wide spectrum of disciplines and specializations. We work across and within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Arts is one of the key contributors to transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary, through projects and initiatives that engage scholars and communities across Alberta, Canada, and beyond.

Our Research Stories

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UCalgary to lead national research partnership to improve Canada’s productivity

Federal government invests $6 million over 15 years in Canada’s Productivity Initiative led by economics professor Trevor Tombe

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UCalgary to house national energy modelling hub

The Energy Modelling Hub brings together hundreds of Canadian energy modellers to advance evidence-based energy policy decision making.

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UCalgary Launches New Regulatory & Competition Policy Program (RPCR)

Where Economic Analysis Guides Policy: RPCR supports informed decision-making through research, dialogue, and real-world engagement.

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Dr. Frank Anton Distinguished Lecture in Economics

The Dr. Frank Anton Distinguished Lecture Series brings some of the world’s top economists to Calgary to lecture on an important public policy topic to a mixed audience of undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty, and alumni.

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