Dr Thomas Longden is a Senior Research Fellow at the Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University. Thomas holds a PhD in environmental economics from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

His work on energy and technological change has been published in leading international journals (including Nature Energy, Climatic Change, Energy, Energy Economics, Health Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Energy Policy).

Thomas was a Contributing Author on the AR5 WGIII Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report titled Mitigation of Climate Change.

Before joining WSU, Thomas was based at the Australian National University, the University of Technology Sydney, Macquarie University, the University of Sydney and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) in Milan, Italy.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Senior research fellow, Urban Transformations Research Centre (UTRC), Western Sydney University
  • 2019–2023
    Fellow, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
  • 2016–2019
    Senior research fellow, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE), University of Technology Sydney
  • 2014–2016
    Senior research fellow, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University
  • 2014–2015
    Research fellow, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney
  • 2010–2014
    Senior research fellow, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milan, Italy
  • 2007–2009
    Lecturer, School of Economics, University of New South Wales

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