Rate My Professor Dodo Thampapillai

Dr. Dodo J. Thampapillai is an Honorary Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University, where he previously held a Personal Chair in Environmental Economics. With over 50 years of teaching experience in economics and environmental economics, he has contributed to rethinking the teaching and practice of economics. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow in the Executive Education unit at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, following a professorship there. In Australia, his career includes academic positions at the University of New England, University of Wollongong, and the Australian National University. Additionally, he has served as Visiting Professor at Simon Fraser University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel.

His research focuses on environmental economics, environmental macroeconomics, economics of sustainable development, and public policy management, especially national meteorological and hydrological services. Recognized in 2005 by UNESCAP as one of the Eminent Environmental Economists and as a member of the UNEP Expert Group in Environmental Economics, he has consulted for Australian and Singaporean government agencies, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and UNDP. Notable publications include Environmental Economics: Concepts, Methods, and Policies (co-authored with M. Ruth; editions in 1991, 2002, 2013, 2019, and forthcoming 2024), and as editor of A Primer on Public Policy and Management with a Focus on National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (2022, World Meteorological Organization). Recent articles feature "A Knetsch proposition and a due process for the evaluation of mining projects in ecologically sensitive areas: an illustration through two Australian case studies" (2024, with I.A. Lodhi, Singapore Economic Review) and "Environmental macroeconomics: a neglected theme in environmental economics - leave alone economics" (2023, with Y. Chen, Singapore Economic Review). He has presented invited lectures on environmental macroeconomics, governance, and climate issues.