Personal profile

Academic Biography

Dr Zhang He is an Principle Lecturer in Tessside Univeristy International Business School. Zhang is an international macro-economist with emphasis on applied econometrics.

Zhang joined Teesside University in 2013 and was awared a PhD in Economics at University of Bradford in 2014. Zhang has a wide range of experiences in teaching economics in both economics and non-economics degrees.

Membership of Professional Associations:

  • The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Royal Economic Society 

Summary of Research Interests

Zhang's current research interests centres on

  • the synchronisation of EMU business cycles
  • effectiveness of ECB monetary policy
  • fiscal policy/government debts and long-term interest rates of government bonds in the Eurozone
  • enterprise activities and economic growth

PhD and Research Opportunities

Zhang is interested in economics focused/related PhD researches; especially, in the area of Macroeconomics and European Monetary Union.

Learning and Teaching Interests and Activities

The main teaching interests of Dr Zhang He are macroeconomics, international economics, and the economics of European Monetary Union.