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Sheilagh Ogilvie
Professor of Economic History
Tel: 44-(0) 1223 335222
Email: Sheilagh.Ogilvie@econ.cam.ac.uk
Interests:Economic development and stagnation in Europe between 1500 and 1800; the causes of the growing divergence between different European economies in this period

Research Projects

    2008-2012: ESRC Research Project
        
    'Human Well-Being and the "Industrious Revolution": Consumption, Gender and Social Capital in a German Developing Economy, 1600-1900'
                Project Web Page 

    2005-2007: Leverhulme Trust Major Research Project

         'Economy, Gender, and Social Capital in the German Demographic Transition'      About the Project

          2001-2004: British Academy Research Readership Project
               'The Economic World of the Bohemian Serf, 1550-1750'      Project Publications


          1997-2000: Volkswagen Foundation Research Project

                 'Social Structures in Bohemia, 1500-1800'     Project Publications
                       Awarded the 'Central Europe and Anton Gindeley Prize 2004'
                             (outstanding research project in partnership with Central and Eastern European scholars)