Mr Jim McFarlane from the UNE Business School has been offered a CRC Remote Economic Participation scholarship to join the Enduring Community Value from Mining (ECVM) team.

Mr McFarlane will complete his PhD on regional economic development, including the role played by wine tourism, in the central west region of New South Wales.

Mr McFarlane has also been offered the opportunity to undertake an intensive course in Ecological Economics at Oxford University staying at Adam Smith’s old college. As part of this visit, Mr McFarlane will be making a presentation on his input-output methodology, as well as presenting a paper (co-authored with Principal Research Leader (ECVM), Dr Boyd Blackwell, and Dr Stuart Mounter) on the precipitous problem of technological unemployment.

UNE Business School will be pleased to share news from Mr McFarlane on his return from this overseas visit.