PhD in Applied Economics

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . A Ph.D. in Applied Economics at the University of Saskatchean will give you the skills to conduct research for businesses, governments, think tanks, and other research organizations, as well as to train the next generation of applied economics professionals as an academic. Shape the future of economic decision-making. You’ll collaborate across disciplines to tackle global challenges, influence policy, and drive sustainable solutions that make a real-world impact. You will have a wide variety of focus research areas to choose from, each with a multidisciplinary component that spans across academic units. It is not necessary to find a potential supervisor before you begin an application. However, the list below may be helpful to learn about the research interests of our faculty. Ecosystem goods and services; Natural resource and environmental policy; Land conservation; Wildlife and biodiversity conservation Applied econometrics; Earnings inequality; Economics of Education; Labour Economics; Socioeconomic status and education Genomics and agricultural innovation; Agricultural and environmental policy; Grain marketing and transportation Entrepreneurship; Community-based Entrepreneurship; Minority Entrepreneurs; Poverty Alleviation; Institutions; Africa; Canada; Strategic Management & Innovation Aboriginal; Arctic; Indigenous; Saskatchewan; forecasting; indigenous; microeconomics