Faculty members in the School of Economics are active in research, and have published in journals such as Econometrica, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Theory, Econometric Theory, Review of Economic Studies, International Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of International Economics, Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Journal of the American Statistical Association, and Biometrics.

The School has implemented a Research Collaboration Programme to inculcate a vibrant research environment and to promote global collaboration with research scholars of leading universities around the world. Through this programme, researchers are invited and supported by the School for short-term visits of about one to four weeks for joint research with the School's faculty.

Through the Distinguished Lecture Series, eminent scholars are invited to deliver lectures to the academic faculty and general public. Nobel Laureate Lawrence Klein from the University of Pennsylvania, Ronald McKinnon from Stanford University, Peter Phillips from Yale University, Nobel Laureate Edmund S Phelps from Columbia University and Nobel Laureate Robert Engle from New York University are among the speakers invited to deliver lectures under the Series.

The School has a Working Paper Series that publishes the preliminary research findings of the faculty. Many of these papers are subsequently published in scholarly journals.

To promote the dissemination of research findings, the School also holds a regular seminar series in economics and statistics, featuring presentations by in-house faculty and regional and international speakers. Co-hosting with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the IMF Singapore Training Institute, the School also organizes a Macroeconomics and Finance Policy seminar series throughout the year.