Nicholas O'Neill (PhD '22) has been shortlisted for the International Economic History Association’s triennial dissertation prize at the 2025 World Economic History Conference

Nicholas O'Neill's 2022 dissertation, "The Political Economy of Taste: The State and the Porcelain Industry in France, 1682-1815," has been shortlisted for the International Economic History Association's triennial dissertation prize at the 2025 World Economic History Conference. The prize is awarded to a dissertation covering any aspect of economic history defended anywhere in the world from 2021-2024.

The World Economic History Congress will dedicate three sessions on Monday, 28 July, 2025 for the PhD Dissertation Competition. The sessions and prizes are divided according to the dissertations' main time focus - before the 19th century, the long 19th century, or the 20th and 21st centuries.