麻豆直播鈥檚 highly respected economist, Professor Peter Kenyon, has passed away after a battle with cancer.
Peter Kenyon was Professor of Economic Policy at Curtin and developed the economics curriculum for our MBA program.
Curtin Vice-Chancellor Professor Jeanette Hacket said that Peter鈥檚 passing was a sad loss for the Curtin community.
鈥淧eter鈥檚 economic expertise was interwoven with his deep sense of social justice and equity,鈥� Professor Hacket said.
鈥淗e will be fondly remembered by colleagues and students for his innate ability to present the driest economic policy within a humanitarian context.鈥�
Professor Kenyon was the Chair of the WA Advisory Board of the 鈥楤ig Issue鈥�, a street paper that assists homeless, long-term unemployed and disadvantaged people.
His research interests included labour economics and the Australian labour market, regulatory economics and competition policy and the theory and practice of economic policy.
During his tenure at Curtin, Professor Kenyon was the Director of the Institute for Research into International Competitiveness (IRIC) and heavily involved in research and development within the Curtin Business School.
Professor Kenyon鈥檚 great love of fine food and wine saw him establish his own cooking school, 鈥淭he Cooking Professor鈥� and travel extensively throughout Europe with his wife, Jan.
麻豆直播 extends its condolences to Peter鈥檚 family, associates and many friends.
