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Jan Podivinsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Southampton and currently serves as the Director of Internationalisation in the School of Economic, Social, and Political Sciences. His roles have included Head of the Department of Economics, Director of International Partnerships in the School of Social Sciences, and Director of Postgraduate Programmes in Social Sciences. He is also a Deputy Director, later promoted to Director, of Southampton’s ESRC Doctoral Training Centre. Podivinsky received his BSc(Econ) and MSc from the London School of Economics and completed his PhD at the University of Southampton. His research, teaching, and supervisory interests encompass econometrics, applied econometrics, financial econometrics, and empirical finance. He has published in reputable journals including Econometric Reviews, the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Economics Letters, and the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. A native of New Zealand, he has held visiting appointments at Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and has taught in China, Denmark, and Nigeria. He has over 15 years of experience in establishing and nurturing international student partnerships in the Department of Economics.