Abhinay Muthoo

Abhinay Muthoo is the Dean of Warwick in London. He is also the Co-Director of the Warwick Policy Lab and a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Warwick. He became the Dean of Warwick in London on 1 August 2016, after eight years as the Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick.

Education

He studied for a BSc in Economics at the London School of Economics which he obtained with First Class Honours, before proceeding to obtain his MPhil and PhD in Economics at the University of Cambridge, where he was supervised by David Canning and Partha Dasgupta, and his doctoral thesis were examined by Kenneth Binmore and Frank Hahn.

Academic career

Prior to his appointment as Professor at the University of Warwick, he was a Professor at the University of Essex and held positions at Harvard University, London School of Economics, Panthéon-Assas University, University of Bristol and the University of Cambridge. He was the Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Essex for seven years.

Research

Muthoo's research interests include art and science of negotiations, Conflict, Dispute Resolution, Game Theory, Bargaining, Law and Economics, Political Institutions, Political Economy, Coalition Formation, Foundations of Social Order, Family, International Development, International Relations, Public Policy, Higher Education, Economics and Literature, and Political Philosophy.

He authored the book Bargaining Theory with Applications.

He also publicly commented on capitalism, university leadership and immigration rules.