Clement Allan Tisdell (18 November 1939 – 14 July 2022 ) was an Australian economist and Emeritus Professor at the

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. He was best known for his work in

environmental A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

and ecological economics.

Personal life

Tisdell was born in Taree,

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on 18 November 1939. He died on 14 July 2022 in Brisbane, Queensland.

Academic background

Clem Tisdell obtained his bachelor's degree in Commerce (majoring in Economics) from the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...

in 1961 and his doctorate in Economics from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...

in 1964. During his professorship he has occupied various academic offices: acting head of the Department of Economics at the

, dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Newcastle, deputy director of the School of Marine Sciences and head of the Department of the School of Economics at the

Academic interests

While Clem Tisdell was commonly recognised as an ecological economist, his research interests were diverse. His contribution to the literature on the environment, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development notwithstanding, his research and writing encompassed various areas that included poverty, trade and globalisation, economic development,

welfare economics Welfare economics is a branch of economics that uses microeconomic techniques to evaluate well-being (welfare) at the aggregate (economy-wide) level. Attempting to apply the principles of welfare economics gives rise to the field of public ec ...

, tourism,

natural resources Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest and cultural value. ...

, the economics and socioeconomics of China and India, socioeconomic gender issues, economic theory (e.g., bounded rationality and economic evolution) and the history of economic thought. Clem Tisdell was among the top three most prolific economists in Australia. Apart from academic articles, he authored microeconomics textbooks and monographs on the economics of environmental conservation. Under the RePEc project (Research Papers in Economics), Tisdell was ranked among the top 5% of all registered economic authors. In terms of the 'number of distinct works' produced, RePEc ranked him No. 11 globally.RePEc. 2010. Top 5% Authors, as of January 2010: Number of Distinct Works

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References

Selected publications

; Books * * * ; Journal articles * * ::See also:

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (born Nicolae Georgescu, 4 February 1906 – 30 October 1994) was a Romanian mathematician, statistician and economist. He is best known today for his 1971 ''The Entropy Law and the Economic Process'', in which he argu ...

, Herman Daly,

Robert Solow Robert Merton Solow, GCIH (; born August 23, 1924) is an American economist whose work on the theory of economic growth culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him. He is currently Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics at the ...

and Joseph Stiglitz. * * * * * * ::Also available online as: ; Papers * Tisdell, Clem (2005). Elephants and polity in ancient India as exemplified by Kautilya's Arthasastra (Science of Polity). Working papers in ''Economics, Ecology and the Environment'', No. 120. School of Economics, University of Queensland: Brisbane, Queensland. *Tisdell, Clem (2009). The production of biofuels: welfare and environmental consequences for Asia. Working papers in ''Economics, Ecology and the Environment'', No. 159. School of Economics, University of Queensland: Brisbane, Queensland.

External links

Clem Tisdell's homepage at the University of Queensland's webpage (contains CV and list of working papers, books and journal articles)

Clem Tisdell's publications that are available at the University of Queensland Library collection (listed in reverse chronological order)

Clem Tisdell's ''Economics, Ecology and Environment Working Paper'' series (downloadable)

(Interview with Clem Tisdell by Wildlife Tourism Australia)
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