Welcome!

Hello! I am Shunsuke Ishii (石井俊輔 in Japanese), an MSc student in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Concurrently, I serve as a research assistant for ERATO KOJIMA Market Design Project.

In July 2025, I graduated from the University of Edinburgh with MA (Hons) in Economics with First Class Honours.

Fields of Interests: Macroeconomics, Labour Economics

Contact: s.ishii [at] lse.ac.uk

Research

(Current) MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Graduation expected in July 2026.
MA (Hons) in Economics with First Class Honours, the University of Edinburgh, September 2021 - July 2025
- Dissertation titled “Jobless Unemployed Workers and Temporary Layoff Workers on Search and Not on Search for a New Job in the US Labour Market”, supervised by Prof Jesper Bagger.
- 3rd-year undergraduate exchange at the University of British Columbia, September 2023 - April 2024.
- 2024-25 Undergraduate Prize from the School of Economics for obtaining the class top mark in a course Advanced Mathematical Economics.
- School Prize of Top Performers in Statistical Methods for Economics from the School of Economics for being one of the top three performance in a second-year compulsory course in introductory econometrics.

Scholarship for Degree Seeking Students Studying Abroad, Japan Student Services Organization, March 2025
- Scholarship for my master’s programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, funded by the Japanese government.
Scholarship and Tuition Support, Japan Student Services Organization, March 2021
- Scholarship for my four-year undergraduate studies at the University of Edinburgh, funded by the Japanese government.

English (fluent), Japanese (native), French (intermediate), Mandarin Chinese (intermediate, hold HSK 5)

Please have a look on my Japanese page.