Ms Allison Catalano
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Personal statement
Allison is an economist at the Fraser of Allander Institute. She joined the FAI in 2022 while working towards her MSc in Applied Economics. She also has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She previously undertook a fellowship in the Scottish Parliament centred on the employment of disabled people in Scotland.
Her research focuses on socioeconomic inequality, health, labour, and subnational data.
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Research Interests
Her research focuses on inequality in Scotland, with special focuses in employment, labour market policy, and health. Her past projects involve researching employability programmes, health inequality, environmental inequality, and poverty dynamics. She has also worked in trade modelling in Northern Ireland, and on projects related to subnational data availability and comparability.
Professional Activities
- Speaker
- 27/8/2026
- Contributor
- 1/7/2026
- Speaker
- 23/6/2026
- Speaker
- 13/5/2026
- Speaker
- 12/5/2026
- Speaker
- 13/3/2026
Projects
- Catalano, Allison (Principal Investigator) Gillan, Brodie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2027
- Catalano, Allison (Principal Investigator)
- 21-Jan-2025 - 26-Jan-2025
- Davidson, Sharada Nia (Co-investigator) Catalano, Allison (Research Co-investigator) Nguyen, Le Khanh Ngan (Research Co-investigator) Ang, Min Hui (Researcher) Hajiebrahimifarashah, Vahid (Researcher) Ibrahimy, Shafkat Muhammad (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Davidson, Sharada Nia (Principal Investigator) Nguyen, Le Khanh Ngan (Co-investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator) Ang, Min Hui (Researcher) Hajiebrahimifarashah, Vahid (Researcher) Ibrahimy, Shafkat Muhammad (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Sousa, Joao (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 22-Jan-2023
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator) Gillan, Brodie (Co-investigator)
- 13-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
Contact
Ms
Allison
Catalano
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Economics
Email: allison.catalano@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6079