Qualifications
BCom (Hons); MCom

Professional experience
Ainsley Jolley is currently the Director of the Emerging Technologies and Asian Growth Project at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University. He is an economist who has occupied senior positions in many different spheres of Australian life. For example, he has been Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne, Economic Advisor to the Federal Treasurer, General Manager of Economic Affairs at the Victoria Chamber of Manufactures and Director of the Victorian Government's Regulation Review Unit. His areas of research expertise reflect this broad background, and include economic development (with particular reference to the Asia-Pacific region), immigration, industry policy environmental issues and the analysis of the performance of particular industries.

Publications

Research reports

Building on the Western Australian Boom: The Drivers and Shapers of China’s Economic Development in the 21st Century. Final Report to the Western Australian Technology Industry Advisory Council (TIAC). With Peter Sheehan, Bhajan Grewal, John Houghton, Enjiang Cheng, Fiona Sun, Jason Nielsen, Zhang Bo, Jim Lang and Peter Morris, 2007.

Climate Change, Industrial Structure and the Knowledge Economy: Key Issues for an Effective Response on Greenhouse Gases. Final Report, ARC Linkage Grant. With Peter Sheehan, Matthew Clarke and Sardar M.N. Islam, November 2006.

New Technologies, Industry Developments and Emission Trends in Advanced Countries, 2004, ARC Linkage Project Report, December.

Directions for Industry Policy in Western Australia within the Global Knowledge Economy, 2002, (with Sheehan, P., Houghton, J., Morris, P. and Johnston, R.), WA Technology and Industry Advisory Council (TIAC), Perth, March, 50 pp.

National Capability Statement on Australia’s Environment Industry, 2001, report prepared for Environment Australia, Canberra, (with J. Houghton).

Freight Modal Split, 2001, (with B. Rasmussen and K. Sweeny), report prepared by the CSES for the Australian Representative for the November 2001 meeting of the C19 Committee of PIARC, Mumbai, India, Victoria University, Melbourne.

Overseas Market Activities of the Building and Construction Industry 2000, report prepared for the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Canberra, (with J. Houghton and N. Pappas).

Sustainable Transport for APEC Megacities: Issues and Solutions, 2000, APEC Centre for Technology Foresight, Bangkok.

Developing the Aerospace Industry, 1999, Report to Department of Industry, Science and Technology (Canberra), Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne.

Exporting Education in Asia, 1997, Victoria University Press, Melbourne.

Book chapters

Jolley, A. 2006, ‘Australian agriculture in the knowledge economy’, in B. Grewal and M. Kumnick (eds), Engaging the New World: Responses to the Knowledge Economy, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.

'New Technology’ 2000, in State of Play Technical Papers, Sustainable Transport in Sustainable Cities Project, The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Sydney University, Sydney.

Journal articles

‘Sustainable Transport for Asia-Pacific Megacities’, 2001, (with G. Tegart), Foresight: The Journal of Future Studies, Strategic Thinking and Policy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 419-427.
‘Sustainable Development in Asia: the Current State and Policy Options’, 1996, (with Sardar Islam), Natural Resources Forum, vol. 20, no.4.