Professor Chris Fleming

Biography

I am a Professor of Economics and Dean (Research) at the Griffith Business School. Formerly the Director of the Griffith Institute for Tourism (2020-2021) and Director of Griffith University’s MBA program (2015-2020).

I teach, research, consult and provide public policy advice on the economic determinants of well-being and the sustainable management of the world around us. As an applied micro-economist, my research and consulting interests include natural resource and environmental economics, climate change economics, tourism economics, social and economic project/program evaluation, sustainable development, and the economic determinants of subjective wellbeing.

In collaboration with the Climate Action Beacon, I am involved in a number of ongoing research projects with a Pacific Island focus and am particularly interested in sustainable development pathways for Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and beyond.

I have previously been employed as a Senior Consultant for MainStream Economics and Policy, and Marsden Jacob Associates, as well as a Senior Advisor within the Sustainable Development Policy Group of the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the University of Otago, a Master of Applied Economics with first-class honours from Massey University, and a Ph.D. (Economics) from the University of Queensland.