Philip Lawn


Philip Lawn is a senior lecturer in environmental and ecological economics at The University of Adelaide, South Australia.
The main topics of his work are sustainable development and Genuine Progress Indicator studies.

Publications

Lawn has written and edited books and articles on the notions, benchmarks, and policy aspects of sustainable development, including:
Lawn began his teaching career as a Research Officer at the Southgate Institute for Health, Society, and Equity at Flinders University. He moved to The University of Adelaide in 2017/2018 to teach the course 'East Asian Economies'. This course also includes some South-East-Asian countries, and focuses on genuine progress of these countries.
Dr. Lawn founded The International Journal of Environment, Workplace, and Employment in 2004 and served as the founding editor of the journal until 2009. He is also a guest editor of the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development.
Lawn developed and advances the use of the Genuine Progress Indicator as a more indicative indicator of social well-being to Gross Domestic Product, and has developed a set of consistent indicators for most countries.
Lawn is also Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, and a member of the Wakefield Futures Group of Concerned Scientists.