Dr Susan Stone

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough 

Mae West

A bit about me

I am an economist with a keen interest in how things work - especially when trying to juggle competing interests like growth and sustainability. I undertake research and outreach on issues of importance to South Australians, notably that deal with the economy. I believe firmly in a few things including:

An education is a useful thing;

Prices are an imperfect mechanism to reflect value;

One needs to give back to the community.

Prior to joining UniSA Business I headed the Emerging Policy Issues Division at the OECD. That work focused on issues relating trade and the environment, the digital economy and subsidies. I also led the team that developed the OECD METRO model, a computable general equilibrium trade model. I spent two years at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) as Director, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division where I worked with governments to support trade, trade facilitation, foreign direct investment, SME development, technology and technology transfer, and innovation.

My curisoity has led me to opportunities across the globe including as a Senior Research Fellow at the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, a Research Manager at the Productivity Commission in Melbourne and a Senior Analyst at the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington DC. Way back in the beginning I worked as a Financial Valuation Analyst in the private sector. 

A dual United-States/Australian citizen, I received my PhD in International Economics and a Master’s Degree in Business and Finance, from Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Women in Economics (WEN) (https://esawen.org.au/) , Director of Outreach

Trade Experettes (https://www.tradeexperettes.org/) 

The Economics Society of Australia (https://esacentral.org.au/) 

American Economics Association (https://www.aeaweb.org/) 

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy Drexel University

• Master of Business Administration Drexel University

Work history

Head, Emerging Policy Issues,Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD), OECD, Paris, France

Director, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, UNESCAP, Bangkok Thailand

Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Development Division, TAD, OECD, Paris, France

Senior Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Research Manager, Productivity Commission, Melbourne, Australia

Senior Researcher, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Centre for Environmental Economics, Washington DC, USA               

Economist,Joint Warfare Analysis Centre, Dahlgren, Virginia, USA

Senior Business Analyst, Haas Business Valuation Services, Inc., Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA