Christian Downie

Christian holds a Bachelor of Economics (social sciences) with first class honours from the University of Sydney. He has spent time teaching or researching at the Australian National University, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Chulalongkorn.

Between 2006 and 2008 Christian worked as a research fellow at the Australia Institute in Canberra, where he published widely on the economics and politics of climate change. He has appeared on television and radio discussing his research, and his opinion pieces have appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times.

Christian is currently a PhD scholar at the Australian National University where his research is focusing on the approach of key state actors to compliance during the international climate negotiations.