Dr Geethanjali Selvaretnam
- Senior Lecturer in Economics (Economics)
telephone:
0141 330 4496
email:
Geethanjali.Selvaretnam@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 241J, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-8388Biography
Geetha joined the University of Glasgow in September 2015 and is the Deputy Head of the Adam Smith Business School, with a focus on EDI and Sustainability. She has also served as the Director of Learning and Teaching of the Undergraduate Programmes. She studied at the University of Essex obtaining an MSc. in Financial and Business Economics and PhD in Economics under the supervision of Prof. V. Bhaskar. She also holds an MBA from the University of Colombo (Sri Lanka) and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). She has previously worked at the University of Essex, Royal Holloway and at the University of St Andrews. She has also worked at an accountancy firm and at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Research interests
Areas of expertise:
- Inner feedback and self-regulating learning
- Developing graduate skills, especially multicultural skills and group skills
- Development economics (particularly inequality, gender, education, aid)
- Religiosity
- Attitude to work
Teaching
Lecturer - 1st/2nd year UG modules:
- Introductory Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Introduction to Econometrics
- Statistics
Lecturer - 3rd/4th year UG modules:
- Development Economics
- Mathematical methods
- Public Finance
- Financial Economic Theory
- Contemporary Issues
- Inequality
- Government and the Economy
Lecturer - PG modules:
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Commercial Banking
- Economics of Development and Growth
- Neoclassical Finance
- Thinking Strategically
Tutorials:
- Introduction to Economics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Advanced Microeconomics
- Mathematical Methods in Economics
- Introduction to Econometric Methods
Additional information
Work in progress
- Measuring People’s Attitude to Work and its Effect on Labour supply and Economic Growth (with Jim Jin)
- Inequality in learning outcomes (with Vibhor Saxena)
- Is there a case for gender specific pedagogy: explaining the gender gaps in educational attainments
- Inner feedback generation (with Lovleen Kushwah)
- Effectiveness of developing group skills, opportunities to integrate and learning in an MCQ exam in 2A
- Effects of Mixed Groups on Multicultural Interaction and Student Experience (with Wenya Cheng). Invited for a revise and resubmit at Learning and Teaching: International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences
- Peer support for Dissertations in an Online Environment (with Lovleen Kushwah and Wenya Cheng). Invited to submit by the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
- Examinations without Invigilators – analysis of an informal exam style (with Wenya Cheng). Invited for revise and Resubmit to Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Additional information
- External examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes
- Was part of the team for which David Nicol received the Silver award by Reimagine Education for the work about inner feedback through comparisons
University of Glasgow SoTL blogs
- Honeychurch, S. and Selvaretnam, G. (2019): Removing Barriers from SoTL projects
- Selvaretnam, G and Clancey, K. (2020): Research Internship Schemes for Undergraduates
- Selvaretnam, G. and Clancey, K. (2021): Discovering Economics – Schools Outreach Programme (with Karen Clancey).
