Welcome to the School of Economics

The teaching of economics in the University began in 1901, with the first professor appointed in 1929. A separate Department of Economics was established in 1946. Former Professors in the School include Leslie Melville, Edward Shann, Brian Tew, Peter Karmel, Eric Russell, Frank Jarrett, Geoffrey Harcourt, Cliff Walsh and Jonathan Pincus.

The School of Economics is located in the Faculty of the Professions, which also includes the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, the School of Education, the Business School and the Law School. The current Executive Dean of the Faculty is Professor Pascale Quester.

News

Brian Copeland presenting the Joseph Fisher Lecture, 28 Monday September

The Joseph Fisher Lecture has been presented since 1904 and is one of Australia's most prestigious public lectures.  Funds for the lectures, together with a medal for the top accounting student each year, were kindly provided by a 1,000 endownment to the University by prominent Adelaide businessman Joseph Fisher in 1903. The lectures are mostly on economic issues and reflect Fisher's interests in liberal markets and non-interventionist government.

Professor Brian Copeland is fro the University of British Colombia whose research interests include International Trade and Environmental Economics, for further information about Professor Copeland click here.

Geoffrey Harcourt Visiting Professor (August to December 2009)

The School is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Thomas Lubik as the School's first G C Harcourt Visiting Professor.

Dr Thomas Lubik is currently employed at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as a senior economist in the Research Department. He has published his work in numerous academic journals, including the American Economic Review and the Journal of Monetary Economics.  Dr Lubik is an associate editor of the Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control and a frequent visitor to international central banks, most recently the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Before joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in 2006, Dr Lubik served as an assistant professor of international macroeconomics at Johns Hopkins University.

The School of Economics will be organising events associated with Dr Lubik's visit such as inhouse and public seminars, please visit our website for updates.

Reprint - Global wine markets, 1961 to 2003: a statistical compendium

By Glyn Wittwer and Kym Anderson

The University of Adelaide Press in conjunction with Professor Kym Anderson has organised to reprint this publication. A PDF is available for download at the University Press website www.adelaide.edu.au/press, three other publications have been reprinted with an updated set of the Joseph Fisher Lecture Series pending.

GTAP Research Fellow 2009-2012

Congratulations to Dr Ernesto Valenzuela who has received the award of "GTAP Research Fellow 2009-2012", a recognition given to only 5 people every year. Dr Valenzuela was awarded this distinction at the Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis for hard work in his respective fields. The GTAP website is (http://www.gtap.org)