Philip Lawn

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Philip Lawn is a professor at Torrens University, a former associate professor at Flinders University and is currently a visiting lecturer in environmental and ecological economics at The University of Adelaide, South Australia.[1]

The main topics of his work are sustainable development and Genuine Progress Indicator studies.

Publications[]

Lawn has written and edited books and articles on the notions, benchmarks, and policy aspects of sustainable development, including:

  • The Ecological Economics of Climate Change (Springer, 2016)
  • Sustainable Development Indicators in Ecological Economics (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006)
  • Frontier Issues in Ecological Economics (Edward Elgar, 2007)
  • Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific (Edward Elgar, 2008, co-edited with Matthew Clarke)
  • Environment and Employment: A Reconciliation.[1]

Career[]

Lawn began his teaching career as a lecturer in economics at Flinders University. He moved to The University of Adelaide in 2017/2018 to teach the courses 'East Asian Economies'. This course also includes some South-East-Asian countries, and focuses on genuine progress of these countries.[2]

Dr. Lawn founded The International Journal of Environment, Workplace, and Employment (Inderscience) in 2004 and served as the founding editor of the journal until 2009. He is also a guest editor of the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development.[3]

Lawn developed and advances the use of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) as a more indicative indicator of social well-being to Gross Domestic Product, and has developed a set of consistent indicators for most countries.[4]

Lawn is also Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, and a member of the Wakefield Futures Group of Concerned Scientists.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Philip, Lawn. "Philip Lawn". Center for Humans & Nature. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  2. ^ "East Asian Economies course page". University of Adelaide: MyUni. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  3. ^ "Philip Lawn". Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  4. ^ "Philip Lawn – Sustainable Prosperity Conference". Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  5. ^ "Macro n Cheese: Sustainability in a Modern Money Economy with Steven Hail & Phil Lawn". macroncheese.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.

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