Simon Feeny

Simon Feeny is a Professor of development economics in RMIT's School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and co-directs the University's Centre for International Development.

Professor Feeny has over 20 years’ experience in international development, with more than 100 academic publications. He has been awarded and led large research projects valued at almost $3 million for governments, international organisations and NGOs including the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, the Australian Government’s Department of Defence and the Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the New Zealand Government’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Fred Hollows Foundation, Oxfam Australia, Plan International, World Vision International, the Indigenous Land Corporation, the South Pacific Forum Secretariat, the APEC Study Centre, the ASEAN Secretariat and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia.

Professor Feeny is currently an Associate Editor for Australian Economic Papers and an editorial board member of Economies. He is a former Associate Editor for the Journal of International Development and is a regular reviewer for the Australian Research Council. Professor Feeny is also a member of the International Advisory Board, Centre for Economics and Governance, Amrita University, India.

Professor Feeny has undertaken work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, India, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, the UK, Vanuatu and Vietnam.

External awards
Australia’s Top Development Economist, The Australian newspaper, 2018
Summit Delegate, Australia 2020 Summit, Parliament House, Canberra, April 2008.
University of Oxford-Visiting Fellowships, August-September 2005 and March-May 2008 and February - June 2010.