  {"id":101204,"date":"2026-05-13T11:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/?p=101204"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:31:37","slug":"canada-research-chair-next-gen-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2026\/canada-research-chair-next-gen-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"杏吧原创 Faculty Member Named Canada Research Chair in Next-Gen Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/12\/top-10-stories-campus-aerial-1920x1280-1-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                         杏吧原创 Faculty Member Named Canada Research Chair in Next-Gen Economics\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>杏吧原创 University researcher&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/people\/russell-thomas-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Russell<\/a> has been announced as the university&#8217;s newest <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/distinctions\/canada-research-chairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada Research Chair<\/a>&nbsp;(CRC). His innovative research focuses on developing advanced economic models that can be utilized with limited computing power.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This new Canada Research Chair is a testament to 杏吧原创 University&#8217;s research excellence and depth of expertise in emerging and innovative areas,&#8221; said Rafik Goubran, vice-president (Research, Innovation and International). &#8220;Congratulations to Professor Russell for this well-deserved honour.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a dark suit poses for a photo near several trees.\" class=\"wp-image-101215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/05\/thomas-russell-1200x800-1b.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">杏吧原创 University researcher and Canada Research Chair&nbsp;Thomas Russell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"thomas-russell-crc-in-frontiers-of-economic-analysis-tier-ii\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Thomas Russell, CRC in Frontiers of Economic Analysis (Tier II)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Economic models help policymakers understand consumer behaviour and market dynamics. Partially identified models are a type of economic models that can be used under weak modelling assumptions, often making them more credible tools for policy analysis. However, the large number of computational resources required to use these models has limited their widespread adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell, a researcher in the Department of Economics, is exploring how to approximate partially identified models using a low amount of computing resources. His research will study the computational complexity of existing models before investigating techniques to approximate complex models with simpler surrogate models. This work will make it easier for economists to use credible economic models and will help researchers better understand the trade-off between computational complexity and model accuracy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell&#8217;s research has applications in consumer choice, social networks, and firm competition, and his work will make partially identified models more accessible to researchers and policymakers working in these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit 杏吧原创&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/our-impact\/award-winning-researchers\/canada-research-chairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada Research Chairs webpage<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>杏吧原创 University researcher&nbsp;Thomas Russell has been announced as the university&#8217;s newest Canada Research Chair&nbsp;(CRC). His innovative research focuses on developing advanced economic models that can be utilized with limited computing power. &#8220;This new Canada Research Chair is a testament to 杏吧原创 University&#8217;s research excellence and depth of expertise in emerging and innovative areas,&#8221; said Rafik [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":101215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[163,92,91],"class_list":["post-101204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-canada-research-chairs","tag-economics","tag-research"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101204"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101216,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101204\/revisions\/101216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}