We're excited to announce the launch of Jonh Conroy's book, Edward Kelvin Fisk: Pioneer development economist of The Australian National University.
In 1960, John Crawford hired Fred Fisk, then working in Malaysia, to the ANU. Fisk’s subsequent work on subsistence affluence, first in PNG and then in Fiji and other Pacific island economies, had a deep and lasting impact both in the region, and internationally.
A new book Edward Kelvin Fisk: Pioneer development economist of The Australian National University by Dr John Conroy who has worked for extended periods in both PNG and Indonesia, propounds for a new generation the work of Fred Fisk, bringing to life its theoretical foundations, its numerous applications and its cross-disciplinary linkages.
Join us on Monday April 14 at 5pm the Hedley Building Foyer for the launch of John Conroy’s book by Professor Emeritus Hal Hill and Professor Jane Golley
Event Speakers
Dr John Conroy
John Conroy has been an economist and development practitioner, with extended periods working in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. He has held university posts in Australia, PNG, Indonesia and the United States, most recently as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU (2010-18).