Peter Drysdale is Emeritus Professor of Economics in the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.
15 Facts About Peter Drysdale
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Peter Drysdale was executive director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre until 2002.
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Peter Drysdale's expertise encompasses work on the Japanese economy and economic policy as well as Chinese trade and transformation.
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Peter Drysdale's academic focus includes developments in Asia Pacific economic integration, and relations between East Asia, Europe, India, and APEC.
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Peter Drysdale is the author of many books and papers and his work has had considerable policy influence in Australia, East Asia and the Pacific.
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Peter Drysdale's path-breaking study The Economics of International Pluralism: Economic Policy in East Asia and the Pacific laid the intellectual foundations for the establishment of APEC.
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Peter Drysdale was born in Grafton, New South Wales and graduated from Armidale High School in 1955.
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Peter Drysdale attended the University of New England where he completed a BA majoring in economics and taught for two years.
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Peter Drysdale was brought by Sir John Crawford to the Australian National University where he received his PhD in 1967 under the supervision of Max Corden.
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Peter Drysdale has been PhD supervisor to more than 70 students at the ANU, including Ross Garnaut, Huang Yiping and Paul Sheard.
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Peter Drysdale was appointed a member in 1985 and promoted to officer in 2016 of the Order of Australia.
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In 1995, Peter Drysdale received the Weary Dunlop medal for contributions to Australia's relations with Asia.
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Peter Drysdale is only the second Australian to be honoured in this way, the other being Sir John Charles Hoad.
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Peter Drysdale was again honoured by Australia in 2003 when he was awarded the Centenary Medal for his work on the East Asian and Pacific economies.
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Peter Drysdale's published work on the Asia Pacific economy, international economic relations, foreign investment, Japanese economy and economic policy include:.