Kevin O'Rourke

Kevin O'Rourke
Born (1963-03-25) 25 March 1963 (age 61)
NationalityIrish
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisAgricultural Change and Rural Depopulation: Ireland 1845–76 (1989)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Institutions

Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke, MRIA, FBA (born 25 March 1963) is an Irish economist and historian, who specialises in economic history and international economics. Since 2019, he has been Professor of Economics at New York University Abu Dhabi. He was Professor of Economics at Trinity College, Dublin from 2000 to 2011, and had previously taught at Columbia University and University College, Dublin. From 2011 to 2019, he was Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.