Professor Scott Baum obtained his Ph.D. From the Flinders University of South Australia in 1995. Trained in Sociology and Economics, Professor Baum has held both research and teaching positions at James Cook University, Queensland Institute of Technology, the University of Queensland and Griffith University. He has published widely in the area of social inequality, labor markets and more recently in the area of climate change and has attracted in excess of $11 million AUD in competitive grant funding. In his current position as Professor of Urban and Regional Analysis he has teaching responsibilities for Research Methodology and is currently Graduate Student Convener in the School of Environment. He has consulted for the Australian, Queensland and South Australian Governments as well as the United Kingdom Department for International Development and is an expect reviewer for the Australian Research Council, the research Council of Hong Kong and the Qatar Research Foundation.
<BR><BR>그는 1995년 호주 Flinders대학교에서 박사학위를 취득하고 사회학과 경제학도 공부하고, 호주 James Cook대학교, Queensland공과 대학교, Queensland대학교에서 연구와 강의를 하였다. 그는 사회불평등, 노동시장 분야에 논문을 , 최근에는 기후변화 분야에 논문을 발표하였다. 공개경쟁을 통해 1,100만 불의 연구비를 수령하였을 뿐만 아니라 현재 도시와 지역분석 교수로서 연구방법론을 강의하면서 환경학부에서 대학원생들을 지도하고 있다. 호주 Queensland 주정부, 남부호주 주정부, 영국 국제개발부 자문도 하고 있다. 호주연구협의회, 홍콩 연구협의화. Qatar연구재단에서 심사위원을 하고 있다.