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Formal Name: David Throsby Personal Title: Professor Position: Professor Organisational Unit: Department of Economics Qualifications: BScAgrSyd., MScAgrSyd., PhD Lond., FASSA Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-8588 Fax: (+61-2) 9850-8324 Email: dthrosby@efs.mq.edu.au Location: E4A 438 Websites: |
Profile
David Throsby holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Sydney, and a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has been Professor of Economics at Macquarie University in Sydney since 1974. He has been a consultant to the World Bank, the OECD, FAO and UNESCO, as well as many government organisations and private firms. In 1990-1992 he chaired three of the Prime Minister's Working Groups on Ecologically Sustainable Development. In 2008 Professor Throsby was selected to take part in the Prime Minister's Australia 2020 Summit as a participant on the Towards a Creative Australia panel.
David Throsby is listed in Who's Who in Australia and Who's Who in Economics (3rd edn.). He was elected a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1988.
Committee/Board Membership
Professor Throsby is currently Chair, NSW Arts Advisory Council and member of the Experts Committee for drafting the UN Convention on Cultural Diversity (2003-04) UNESCO. He has held numerous positions on Boards and Committees, including President of the NSW Branches of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society and the Economic Society of Australia, President of the Association for Cultural Economics International, and Foundation Chair of the National Association for the Visual Arts. He has served on the Boards of the Australian Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Copyright Agency Limited and VISCOPY.
He is also currently a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Cultural Economics, the International Journal of Cultural Policy, Poetics, and the Pacific Economic Bulletin.
Student Ph.D. Supervision
Recent completions:
2007, Stephen Boyle, "Ownership, Efficiency and Identity: the Transition and Development of Australia's Symphony Orchestras from Government Departments to Corporate Entities"
2007, Vinita Deodhar, "Economic Valuation of Heritage Policy Programs"
2004, Niramon Sutummakid, "Economic Growth, Soil Pollution and Soil Quality in Central Thailand"
2004, Zulfiqar Bashir, "The Effects of Economic Reform on Agriculture and Agricultural Trade in India and Pakistan"
Current:
Onur Ates, "Investment Appraisal in the Cultural Sector: Accounting for Economic and Cultural Value"
Jan Zwar, "Cultural Policy and Literary Non-Fiction in Australia"
