James Giesecke

James Giesecke is a Professor at the Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS) at Victoria University. Prior to this, he was Professor and Director of CoPS at Victoria University (Jan. 2014 – Jan. 2024); and Professor and Deputy Director (2012-14), Assoc Prof (2006-12), and Senior Research Fellow (2002-06) at CoPS at Monash University. His research is in the development of large-scale multi-regional and national computable general equilibrium models, and the application of these models to the analysis of the determinants of economic growth and structural change, forecasting, and policy analysis. He has published over sixty papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited books on these topics and has over thirty years of experience applying economic models to diverse domestic and international public policy questions through contract research engagements with a wide range of government departments both in Australia and overseas.