Rate My Professor Frank Stilwell

Stilwell's research specializations encompass political economy, economic inequality, urban and regional development, critiques of economic rationalism, and alternative economic strategies emphasizing social justice and ecological sustainability. He is the author of twelve books, including Political Economy: The Contest of Economic Ideas (Oxford University Press, 2002; third edition 2012), The Political Economy of Inequality (Polity Press, 2019), Changing Track: A New Political Economic Direction for Australia (Pluto Press, 2000), Who Gets What?: Analysing Economic Inequality in Australia (with Kirrily Jordan, Cambridge University Press, 2007), Understanding Cities & Regions: Spatial Political Economy (Pluto Press, 1992), and Reshaping Australia: Urban Problems and Policies (Pluto Press, 1993). He co-edited volumes such as Handbook of Alternative Theories of Political Economy (Edward Elgar, 2022), Economics as a Social Science: Readings in Political Economy (with G. Argyrous, Pluto Press, 2003), and Beyond the Market: Alternatives to Economic Rationalism (Pluto Press, 1993). Highly cited publications include Political Economy (2004, 518 citations) and Regional Growth and Structural Adaptation (1969, 246 citations). Stilwell received the University of Sydney Award for Excellence in Teaching and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA). He serves as coordinating editor of the Journal of Australian Political Economy and on the editorial boards of Regional Studies and Australian Options; the Frank Stilwell Award in Political Economy is named in his honor.