Staff profile

Dr Tim Thornton

Associate Lecturer

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

School of Economics

DWB414, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD (Economics), Master of Arts (Development Studies) Grad Dip Arts (Development Studies)

Membership of professional associations

Economic Society of Australia, History of Economic Thought Society Australia, Society of Heterodox Economists, Oxfam Australia

Area of study

Politics
Philosophy and Economics

Brief profile

Tim joined the School of Economics and Finance in 2007. Tim's research and teaching areas are in the area of political economy, heterodox economics, economic history, history of economic thought. Previously he lectured in Comparative Economics and Economic History at Monash University. Tim has also held positions with the National Centre for South Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute and the Australian APEC Study Centre. His recently finished PhD (March 2013) examined the evolution of the economics curriculum in Australian universities.

Teaching units

ECO1SGB Sustainability in Global Business 

Recent publications

Thornton, T (2013) The narrowing of the Australian economics curriculum: an analysis of the problem and a suggested solution. The Economic Record, Forthcoming.

Thornton, T (2012) Economic Pluralism and 'Economics' versus 'Political Economy' in Australian Universities. Conference Paper at the 2012 Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne 8-12 July

Thornton, T (2012) The Economics Curriculum in Australian Universities 1980 to 2011 Economic Papers Vol 30, No 1 March

Thornton, T. (2011), "The Philosophy, Politics and Economics Degree and Heterodox Economics" Conference Paper at the 2011 Society of Heterodox Economists Annual Conference Sydney 4-5 December.

Thornton, T. (2010), "What's in a name? Orthodox Economics, Heterodox Economics and Political Economy" Conference Paper at the 2010 Society of Heterodox Economists Annual Conference Sydney 5-6 December.

Thornton, T. (2003), “Policing the do-gooders: the right’s attack on NGOs”, Overland, 173, Summer, pp. 28-35.  

Thornton, T. (2002), “Australian NGOs as a danger to democracy?”, Overland, 168, Spring, pp. 58-67.

Thornton, T., Vicziany, M., Navaratnam, T.S.I. & Wong, K.N. (2001),“Australian business attitudes to Malaysia”, in Malaysian business in the new era, eds. C. Nyland, W. Smith, R. Smyth & M. Vicziany, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, pp. 29-49.