Staff profile

Mr Tim Thornton

Associate Lecturer, Coordinator PPE Degree

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

School of Economics

DWB414, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

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

Economics

Brief Profile

Tim joined the School of Economics and Finance in 2007. 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. Tim is currently finalising a PhD that examines the evolution of the economics curriculum.

Teaching Units

  • ECO4CAE/ECO3CAE Competing Approaches in Contemporary Economics
  • ECO4GDE/ECO3GDE Growth and Decline in the Global Economy
  • ECO1PPA, ECO2PPA, ECO3PPA Microeconomics
  • ECO1PPB, ECO2PPB, ECO3PPB Macroeconomics

 

Recent Publications

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.