Kenneth Clements has been at the University of Western Australia since 1981 as a Professor of Economics and Emeritus Professor. He has a PhD from the University of Chicago, and has expertise in international finance, monetary economics and applied microeconomics. His research has been supported by a series of grants from BHP and the Australian Research Council, and has been published in the , among others. Cambridge University Press published two of Ken’s books, (with Xueyan Zhao) and . He is Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society; Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia; received the from the WA Branch of the Economic Society of Australia; and was awarded a for from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
Haiyan Liu is a Senior Economic Forecaster at the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) in West Australia (WA). Her work involves modelling for land-use forecasting and the integration of land-use and transport models. Before joining DPLH, Haiyan held the positions of Analyst in the Energy Markets Division at the WA Economic Regulation Authority and Transport Modeller at the WA Department of Transport. She has experience in monitoring the wholesale electricity market and the economic evaluation of infrastructure projects. With a background in electrical engineering, Haiyan worked at the East China Architectural Design and Research Institute on major projects before moving to Australia. She graduated from the University of Western Australia (PhD and Masters) and Tongji University (Bachelors). Her research interest is the application of economic modelling to inform policy and other decision making and has published in
Marc Jim Mariano is a Senior Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia). His work involves the development of state-of-the-art computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, and their application in economic impact assessment of industry projects and government policies at the regional, state and national levels. Before joining CSIRO, Marc was an Associate Director at KPMG where he provided advisory services to private and public clients based on advanced economic modelling. He has taught at the University of the Philippines and was a research economist at the Philippine Rice Research Institute. Marc has published a number of journal articles. His research interests include economywide modelling, climate change analysis, circular economy, energy transitions, consumer demand models and household distributional analysis. Marc graduated from Monash University (PhD), University of New England (Masters) and University of the Philippines Los Banos (Bachelors). He has received several scholarships including the from AusAID, the , from Monash University. Marc was awarded the from the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society and was recognised as an at the Philippine Rice Research Institute.
Eliyathamby Antony Selvanathan (Selva) is the Director of the Economics Policy Analysis Program (EPAP) and Professor of Econometrics at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He has also taught previously at the University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Murdoch University (Australia) and the University of Western Australia. Selva was educated at the University of Jaffna, University of Bucharest (Romania), Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia. He is one of the authors of the best-selling textbook in Australasia, , published by Cengage, currently in the 8th edition. His interests include applied econometrics, tourism economics, consumer demand models and stochastic index numbers. He has published nine research monographs and well over 100 articles in journals such as . Selva has received several research and teaching awards, including the , and theDistinguished.
Saroja Selvanathan is a Professor of Econometrics at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the . She has also taught previously at the University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Murdoch University (Australia) and the University of Western Australia. Saroja was educated at the University of Jaffna, Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia. Her research interests include consumer demand, time series analysis, tourism economics and applied econometrics. She has published seven research monographs and over 100 journal articles plus book chapters. Saroja’s publications have appeared in journals such as . She is a co-author of the Australian best-selling textbook, , published by Cengage, currently in the 8th edition. Saroja has received several university-wide research and awards, including the , and , STARDS group.
George Verikios is Integrated Assessment Modelling Lead at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia) and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Griffith University. He is an expert in economic modelling and has built, overseen and contributed to the development of many global and national economic models, and their application to the evaluation of diverse topics such as the economics of climate change, pandemic outbreaks, the circular economy, tax policy, trade liberalisation and income distribution. George has consulting, research and training experience in the university, public and private sectors. He has published over 30 articles in journals such as and.
