Mike Young (economist)

He holds a Research Chair in Water Economics and Management there and has been a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists since 2002.

In 2013–14, Young held the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University.

During this time, he established their Policy and Economic Research Unit with offices in Adelaide, Canberra and Perth.

[5] Mike Young is interested in exploring the idea that there may be a role for the development of a nuclear waste storage industry in Australia.

In 2015/16, he chaired the South Australian Royal Commission into the Nuclear Cycle's Social and Economic Modelling and Assessment Committee.