Peter Robertson

Peter is a Professor of Economics at the University of Western Australia. His research covers international trade, economic growth in Asia, Australian economic policy and international comparisons of real military spending.

Peter was educated an Otago (NZ), UNE (Australia), and SFU (Canada) and has held visiting positions at the University of British Columbia, Rutgers University and St Anthony’s College Oxford.

Peter has served as an expert panel member on the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts, and as a consultant to the Productivity Commission and Federal Government. He currently serves on the board of the National Centre for Social Impact located at UNSW, and the UWA Defense and Security Institute Committee.

As Dean of the UWA Business School, he also works closely with some of Australia’s most eminent business leaders.

Professor Robertson is also active in Australian and global policy debate, writing in the Australian Financial Review The Conversation and TV and radio media. He was a member of the Go8, Roadmap to Recovery report on COVID-19 responses.

Peter's Research has featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and The Sunday Times and his Military Purchasing Power data has been used annually by The Economist magazine since 2021.