 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (June 2020) |
Helen Hughes | |
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| Born | 1 October 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 15 June 2013 (aged 84) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Awards | Distinguished Fellow, Economic Society of Australia (2004) Centenary Medal (2001) Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) La Trobe University (1994) Officer of the Order of Australia (1985) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne London School of Economics |
| Thesis | Effects of Technological Change on Labour in selected sections of the Iron and Steel Industries of Great Britain, the United States, and Germany, 1901 – 1939 (1954) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Centre for Independent Studies (2000–13) Australian National University (1983–93) World Bank (1969–83) Australian National University (1963–68) University of Queensland (1961–62) University of New South Wales (1959–60) |
| Notable students | Bill Hayden |
| Main interests | Development Economics |
| Notable works | The Australian Iron and Steel Industry, Lands of Shame |
Helen Dolly Hughes AO FASSA (1 October 1928 – 15 June 2013) was an Australian economist. She was Professor Emerita at the Australian National University, Canberra, and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney. Hughes has been described[1] as Australia's greatest female economist.