Emeritus Professor Michael McLure undertakes research into the history of economics.  Michael was awarded the Premio Galileo Galilei in October 2020, by the Fondazione Premio Internazionale Galileo Galilei dei Rotary Club Italiani, for his contribution to the history of Italian economic thought.  He was also presented with the Austin Holmes Award in November 2021, by the WA Branch of the Economic Society of Australia, for his contribution to economics in Western Australia.   Michael retired from his position as Professor in the Economics Department on 31 December 2023: the date on which his appointment as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UWA and the conferral of the title of Emeritus Professor took effect.   

The history of economic and sociological ideas, especially in relation to the works of Vilfredo Pareto and the Lausanne economic tradition; and A. C. Pigou and the Cambridge economic tradition.  In pursuit of those interests Michael has visited the Centre Walras-Pareto at the University of Lausanne;  the Department of Economics at the Bocconi University; and various archives at the University of Cambridge.

Italian (intermediate level) and French (elementary level)