Roger E. Backhouse

Curriculum Vitae



1. Degrees

1972 B.Sc. in Social Science (Economics and Economic History), University of Bristol. First class honours.

1977 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Birmingham. Thesis title Money and capital accumulation: a Keynesian model of economic growth, submitted 1976; degree awarded 1977. Awarded Ashley Prize for the best dissertation in Faculty of Commerce and Social Science. Key chapters published as articles in Oxford Economic Papers and Review of Political Economy (see publications list).



2. Full time positions held

1996-present Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics, University of Birmingham

1992-6 Reader in the History of Economic Thought, University of Birmingham

1989-92 Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Birmingham

1980-89 Lecturer in Economics, University of Birmingham

1977-79 Lecturer in Economics, University of Keele

1975-77 Temporary Lecturer in Economics, University College London



3. Part time positions held

2009-present Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam

2007 Invited Professor, University of Paris I (Sorbonne-Pantheon)

2005 and more recent years Invited Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cachan

1999–present Visiting Professor, University of Oporto

1992–2006 Visiting Lecturer, University of Buckingham

1987-89 Visiting Lecturer, University of Bristol

1977-8 Visiting Lecturer, University College London



4. External Research Positions and research grants

2011-2014 Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship – an Intellectual Biography of Paul A. Samuelson

2007-2009 Leverhulme Research Networks Grant – the History of Postwar Social Science

2006-7 Ludwig Lachmann Research Fellow, LSE

1998–2000 British Academy Research Readership



5. Editorships

Member of Editorial/Advisory Boards of History of Political Economy, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, History of Economic Thought and Policy, Journal of Economic Methodology, Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics.

Associate Editor, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2008).

1999-2008 Associate Editor, Journal of the History of Economic Thought

1996-2005 Editor, Journal of Economic Methodology

1989-2000 Book Review Editor, Economic Journal

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