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Emeritus Professor of Economics at UQ; Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2001-); Head of The School of Economics, UQ (1999-2008); Member of the Social, Behavioural and Economic Panel of the ARC College of Experts (2005-2007); President of the International J.A. Schumpeter Society (2010-2012); Vice President of the ESA, Queensland Branch (2009-2011); Deputy Director of the ARC Centre for Complex Systems (2004-2008); Professorial Associate, ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, University of Manchester (1997-2006); Expert Panellist, appointed by the Federal Minister for Industry and Innovation, reviewing the National Innovation System (2008); Senior Research Associate, Centre for Policy Futures at UQ (2019); current research interests include: complex economic systems theory, modelling evolutionary economic growth, the diffusion of innovation with special reference to renewable energy; modelling the macro-economy as a complex adaptive system; applying self organisation theory to statistical and economic modelling in the presence of structural change; Currently, Co-editor of the Elements of Evolutionary Economics Book Series, published by Cambridge University Press, and Co-editor of the Economics Complexity and Evolution Book Series, published by Springer. Currently serving on the following editorial boards: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Journal of Bio-economics, Journal of Institutional Economics.

Susan has extensive experience in transport economics and policy. With Economics, Journalism and MBA qualifications, Susan focuses on how we design, fund and charge for our transport infrastructure and services so they best meet community needs and desires for safe, affordable and sustainable mobility. As Principal Transport Economist for RACQ, Susan strives to help all stakeholders work together to achieve good outcomes.

Dr. Safdar Khan is a senior economist at the City of Gold Coast Council\\\'s Economy, Planning, and Environment Directorate in Queensland, and an honorary senior research fellow at Bond Business School, Bond University Australia. He holds a Ph.D. in Behavioural Economics, an MPhil in Law, Finance, and Economic Growth, and a master\\\'s degree in applied economics. Safdar has extensive expertise in teaching, research, and public policy creation. His research interests include family economics, intrahousehold decision-making, women\\\'s empowerment and its role in children\\\'s well-being, economic-impact modeling and forecasting, strategies and strategic decision-making, energy and environmental economics, resource economics, and public policy analysis. He often publishes in high-quality peer-reviewed journals and contributes to specialized research reports and book chapters, such as Sustainable Development Asia-Pacific Perspectives, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.