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Ruth Fincher


Ruth Fincher is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne. She is a Board member of the International Social Science Council and a past Vice President of the International Geographical Union. Emeritus Professor John Nieuwenhuysen AM is an Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Professor in Economics at Monash University and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. He was Director of the Monash Institute for Study of Global Movements, and has held posts at the University of Melbourne, the University of Pittsburgh, the International Labor Office, Geneva; the British Department of Industry and Trade; and the University of Natal. He has also chaired four major Victorian State Government inquiries, three of which have been translated into legislation. Emeritus Professor Nieuwenhuysen was CEDA Research Director from 1982-1989 and CEDA Chief Executive from 1996-2002.

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