Economics isn’t optional to study right now: it’s vital to future human well-being in a post COVID-19 world. The skills students learn at Essex will be in high demand from employers in the coming years.

Essex has a unique strength in public policy measures to stimulate and manage the economy, including the behavioural techniques to get messages across. Students could combine study of health economics with public economics and development economics to get a broad view of how one can respond to a threat such as Covid-19, balancing home and global needs.