Steven Bond-Smith Economist, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Summary

Current positions

2026 to present
Associate Director, UHERO, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2026 to present
Associate Professor with tenure, UHERO, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2025 to present
Productivity Fellow, The Productivity Institute, United Kingdom
2022 to present
Co-editor, Spatial Economic Analysis
2021 to present
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
2020 to present
Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University

Previously

2021 to 2026
Assistant Professor, tenure track, UHERO, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2016 to 2021
Research Fellow, then Senior Research Fellow, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and Department of Economics, Curtin University, Australia
2014 to 2016
Economist, Australian Energy Market Commission
2009 to 2012
Economist, Covec, Auckland
2005 to 2009
Policy and regulatory roles in New Zealand government, telecommunications and consulting

Education

2015
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Committee: Jacques Poot (chair), Philip McCann, Les Oxley
2009
Master of Management Studies in Economics, 1st Class Honours, University of Waikato, New Zealand
2006
Bachelor of Management Studies with Honours in Economics, 1st Class Honours, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Selected service and appointments

  • Board Member, Oʻahu Workforce Development Board, 2026 to present
  • Tourism and Gaming Working Group, State of Hawaiʻi, 2025 to present
  • Hawaiʻi State Planning Act Phase 2 Task Force, 2025 to present
  • Shadow Joint Analysis Development Panel, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, 2024 to present
  • Editorial Board, Reaching Regions, 2023 to present
  • Best Referee Award, Spatial Economic Analysis, Regional Studies Association, 2020

By the numbers

  • 18 journal articles and other peer-reviewed publications, published or forthcoming
  • 16 journal editorials as co-editor of Spatial Economic Analysis
  • 18 research reports for governments, agencies and foundations
  • Grant funding as principal investigator or co-investigator across Hawaiʻi, the United Kingdom, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand