Ian Lowe
Ian LoweAO(born 3 November 1942) is an Australian academic and writer focused onenvironmental issues. Aphysicsgraduate, he is an Emeritus Professor ofScience, Technology and Societyand former Head of the School of Science atGriffith University. He is also an adjunct professor atSunshine Coast UniversityandFlinders University. Lowe has authored or co-authored 10 books, 10 Open University books, more than 50 book chapters and over 500 other publications.
Recent articles by Ian Lowe
21 May 2023
Australia: The clever country?
In the 1980s, then Prime Minister Bob Hawke told us we should try to become the clever country. Instead, we have become the stupid country. We now have the trade pattern of a poor developing nation. It is obvious that the decade of Coalition government has moved us away from that goal, giving us instead a country that is less caring, less fair, less focussed on community and less able to respond to accelerating climate change.