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Dr Judy Stephenson
Associate Professor in Economics and Finance of the Built Environment
The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction
Faculty of the Built Environment
- Joined UCL
- 1st Dec 2017
Research summary
I am an economic historian of early modern London, its construction industry and associated markets. I research construction, labour markets, institutions, firms, finance and industries in London between about 1600 and 1850. I am known for my work on London and English wages between 1650 and 1800,(http://www.ehs.org.uk/app/journal/article/10.1111/ehr.12491/abstract), and I have published on contracts and wages, and the boundaries of the firm before 1800. My work has been quoted in the Financial Times and The Economist.
https://www.ft.com/content/cf12eeb0-7231-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287
https://www.ft.com/content/928258fc-8ed3-11e6-8df8-d3778b55a923
https://www.ft.com/content/cf12eeb0-7231-11e8-b6ad-3823e4384287
My first monograph is published by Palgrave 2020. https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319575070
I am currently working on papers on internal labour markets in London construction the 1670s; financing of the reconstruction of London after the Great Fire; female building contractors before 1800; literacy in the services industries in London 1550-1700; and an international comparison of seasonality in the early modern building trades.
My latest blogpost for EHSlongrun is here https://ehsthelongrun.net/2020/04/21/demand-slumps-and-wages-history-says-prepare-to-bargain/
I am current writing a book on wages before industrialisation; and researching a planned economic history of London from 1660 - 1815.
Teaching summary
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
I am Departmental Tutor and Director of Teaching & Learning at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction.
I teach construction economics and finance, and economic history.
- BCPM0001 which is the core economics course for our MSc students.
- BCPM0003 'Booms and Slumps' which analyses cyclical changes in the real estate and construction industries in the long run context of finance and construction demand.
- I teach undergraduate Economics II BCPM0068 which focuses and prepares students for project valuations and the market for projects.
Education
- University College London
- Other Postgraduate qualification (including professional), ATQ03 - Recognised by the HEA as a Fellow | 2019
Biography
I did my PhD in the Dept. of Economic History at LSE 2012-15 where I also taught economic history and financial history 2012- 16. I then spent a year as IHR EHS Tawney Fellow with the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk) where I am still an associate. From 2016-2019 I was the first David Richards Junior Research Fellow at Wadham College Oxford (http://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk) before joining UCL Bartlett as Lecturer in Economics and Finance of the Built Environment.
I am a member of the Economic History Society and I am responsible for developing new material for schools and young people for the Society.
Before I became an economic historian I worked in advertising and communications for 15 years at Top 10 advertising and communication agencies in London on global brands. I live in South London with my two children.