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Phillip Toner is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. He earned his PhD in Political Economy from the same institution in 1997, awarded the prestigious History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Prize. Previously, he held a Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Western Sydney's Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies, securing $2.068 million in competitive research grants.
His research integrates industrial policy, technical innovation economics, vocational skills systems, and labor market dynamics, influencing OECD policies and Australian government frameworks. Key contributions include methodologies for tracking apprenticeship trends and analyses of vocational training quality.
Awards & Grants:
- 1999 History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Prize
- $2.068 million in competitive grants (University of Western Sydney)
- 2015 Workshop Grant: 'Industrial policies in the era of globalisation and financialisation' (Academy of Social Sciences)
He collaborates with international organizations (OECD, World Bank, ILO) and was a Visiting Researcher at Universität Bremen (2013).
