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Mark Dean

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Dr Mark Dean was Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Carmichael Centre within the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from The University of Adelaide where his research critically analysed the political economy of manufacturing deindustrialisation in Australia.

Mark’s research experience and interests include industrial transformation, industry policy, innovation and technological change, economic history, economic geography, trade union leadership, industrial relations, and gender studies.

Research by Mark Dean

Industrial Policy-Making After COVID-19: Manufacturing, Innovation and Sustainability

As Treasurer during the 1980s, Paul Keating lamented that Australian governments had for decades been allowing the country’s sophisticated industrial

By Al Rainnie, Dan Nahum, Jim Stanford, Mark Dean, Mark Dean Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow

Post-COVID-19 policy responses to climate change: beyond capitalism?

A sustainable social, political and environmental response to the ‘twin crises’ of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change will require

By Al Rainnie, Mark Dean

Rebuilding vehicle manufacturing in Australia

Global automotive manufacturing is rapidly transitioning to the production of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in line with technological advancements and the

By Mark Dean

Budget Analysis 2022-23

The Commonwealth Government has tabled its budget for the 2022-23 financial year. As the nation emerges from two years of

By Greg Jericho, Mark Dean, Eliza Littleton, Fiona Macdonald, Dan Nahum, Alison Pennington, Lily Raynes, Jim Stanford

Educating for care

This report from the Carmichael Centre argues that Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services should be treated as a strategic industry of national

By Mark Dean