Joaquin Vespignani

Associate Professor Joaquin Vespignani specializes in Applied Macroeconomics and Energy Economics. His research focuses on the economics of energy transition and energy commodity prices. He has widely published in (A and A* ABDC) internationally recognized peer-reviewed Journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Banking and Finance, Energy Economics, Economics Letters and The Canadian Journal of Economics amongst others.

His views and research have been featured in the Wall Street Journal (U.S.), The Economist (U.K.), The Guardian (U.K.), the Australian Financial Review and The Conversation (AU) amongst other media outlets. Vespignani also worked as Chief Economist for Australia and New Zealand for Barclays Capital from 2009-2012.

Current appointments:
- Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Tasmania
- Co-founder of Commodia – Cutting-Edge Forecast of Energy Commodity Prices

- Co-founder Program Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
- Research Associate at the Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Macroeconomic Expert Group (Energy Market and Macroeconomic Forecast), The Australian Treasury
- Australian Economic Expert Panel at the Economic Society of Australia
- Associate Editor (Macroeconomics), Economic Papers (Economic Society of Australia)

• Joaquin Vespignani & Russell Smyth,2024a. "Artificial Intelligence and Critical Minerals for Energy Transition," Nature Portfolio.
• Joaquin Vespignani & Russell Smyth,2024b. "Artificial Intelligence reduce the risk of critical minerals supply," Nat Commun15,7304.
• Richard Mawulawoe Ahadzie, Dan Daugaard, Moses Kangogo, Faisal Khan, and Joaquin Vespignani,2024. "COVID-19, Mobility Restriction Policies and Stock Market Volatility: A Cross-Country Empirical Study," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia.

• Fields: Applied Macroeconomics, Energy Economics
• Topics: Energy Transition, Critical Minerals, Energy Commodity Prices

• Associate Professor, TSBE, University of Tasmania (2018-2025)
• Macroeconomic Expert Panel, The Australian Treasury (2022-Present)
• Co-Founder and Program Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University (2021-Present)

Applicant's 200 Word Summary of the Case for Promotion to Level E

I am an internationally recognised economist who studies the macroeconomic impact of energy prices. My research agenda on energy transition in Australia and Tasmania aligned with CoBE and Utas strategies on sustainability and climate action. My place-based contributions have helped large corporations in Tasmania and Australia to develop economic resiliency in an era of macroeconomic shocks.

My recognition as a leader authority on macroeconomic policy and energy economics has led to the following high-impact appointments: Macroeconomic Economic Advisory Panel at the Australian Treasury, Expert Panel of the Economic Society of Australia, Co-founded Director of the research program at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (ANU) and Associate researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (U.S)

My outstanding research and teaching contributions have been recognised by the following awards and rankings:

Research and Teaching Recognitions:

Research

• Top 5 most-cited authors in Macroeconomic Policy Worldwide (Google Scholar, 2023)

• Top 5 most-downloaded economists in Economics and Finance in Australia (RePec), 2023

• Top 10% of most popular social scientists by all times (SSRN), 2023

• College Research Medal (UTAS, 2021)

• 2 Vice-chancellor Commendation for Outstanding Research Performance (Utas)

Teaching:

• 6-year average teaching satisfaction survey of 85.6%

• 3 VC Commendation for Teaching Excellence

• 2 Teaching Merit Awards