Neil is an Associate Professor in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. He specialises in progressive economics approaches to environmental economics and policy and in ecological economics, an interdisciplinary field emphasising the interdependence of economic, social and ecological values. His research on the economics of biodiversity conservation, policy to combat climate change, and heterodox environmental economics is published in Ecological Economics, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Journal of Australian Political Economy, and Wildlife Research.

Neil’s applied research involves the use of cost benefit analysis and other economic analysis tools to promote sustainability and environmental and social values. He has completed research grants with local Councils, social housing providers and environmental organisations, and has three current research grants: an ARC Linkage grant on articulating value in cooperative housing; a TfNSW/Metro grant on the wider economic benefits of transport projects; and a DPE grant to develop the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan Research Implementation Strategy. Neil’s applied work on transitioning economies and at the Maldhan Ngurr Ngurra Lithgow Transformation Hub has been recognised with an appointment to the NSW Governments Regional Expert Panel for the Central West.

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