Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Stephen Bell

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Stephen Bell is Professor of political economy in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. Prior to joining UQ in 1999, he held positions at Griffith University, the University of New England, and the University of Tasmania, as well as a visiting position at the ANU and at the Copenhagen Business School. He served as Head of the School of Government at the University of Tasmania and has been Head of School at UQ. His main teaching and research interests focus on questions of governance and institutional development with special reference to the politics of economic policy and the political economy of monetary policy and banking. He is the author or editor of nine books and has published widely in leading national and international journals. Stephen is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

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