John Spoehr is Director of the Australian Industrial Tranformation Institute at Flinders University where he is a Professor. He has over 20 years experience as a social and economic analyst focusing on employment and industry policy, inequality and social justice.
John is playing a leading role in the establishment of the Stretton Centre - a partnership with the City of Playford, Renewal SA and the SA Government, The Centre was recently awarded a major grant by the Australian Government Suburban Jobs Program.
John has an extensive track-record analysing the impact and implications of policy and programs and advising government, industry, unions and NGOs on strategy and policy. He is a regular media commentator on social and economic issues and columnist for The Adelaide Review.
His major publications include 'The Engaging State - South Australia's engagement with the Asia Pacific Region' with Purnendra Jain, 'State of South Australia - from crisis to prosperity?' and 'Power Politics - the electricity crisis and you'. His latest edited book is 'State of South Australia - turbulent times', published by Wakefield Press.
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–presentAssociate Professor, The University of Adelaide, Australian Institute for Social Research
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University of SA, PhD
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