Sanjeev Goyal

Sanjeev Goyal is a Professor of Economics at NYUAD. He is on leave from the University of Cambridge for the year 2022-2023.

He was born and received his early education in India (BA, Delhi; MBA, IIM Ahmedabad). He did his doctoral work in the United States (PhD, Cornell). He has previously held appointments at Erasmus, London, and Essex.

Sanjeev Goyal pioneered and remains a leading international scholar in the study of networks. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. He was the founding Director of the Cambridge-INET Institute (2012-2014) and has been Chair of the Cambridge Economics Faculty (2014-2018).

In 2007 Princeton University Press Published his book "Connections: an introduction to the economics of networks". He is working on a new book titled "Principles of Networks" that will be published by MIT Press.

Education:

• Hindu College, Delhi University, Delhi. India
  B.A. in Economics (Honours) 1980-1983.
• Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. India.
  M.B.A 1983-1985.
• Cornell University, Ithaca. USA.
  M.A. in Economics 1989.
  Ph.D. in Economics 1986-1990.

Research Areas:

Economic theory. Networks. Conflict. Identity.

Appointments

• Erasmus University Netherlands 1990-2001. Assistant Professor 1990-1997. Professor of Mathematical Economics 1998 -2001.
• Queen Mary, University of London 2001-2003. Professor of Economics.
• University of Essex 2003-2006. Professor of Economics.
• University of Cambridge 2006- present: Reader in Economics 2006-2007. Professor of Economics 2007-2021. Arthur C. Pigou Professor of Economics 2022- present.
• Christ’s College, Cambridge. 2008-present. Professorial Fellow.
• Columbia University New York Spring 2020. Wesley Clair Mitchell Visiting Professor.
• New York University Abu Dhabi 2021-. Professor of Economics.

Courses Taught

• CCOL-UH 1109 Identity
• ECON-GH 5970 The Network Economy
• ECON-UH 3010 Economics of Imperfect Markets
• ECON-UH 3912 Economics of Networks