Australian Economist & Honorary Professor (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement), University College London (UCL), London, UK 

Dr Steve Keen is an Australian economist, Honorary Professor at University College London (UCL) and Distinguished Research Fellow at UCL's Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security. He was previously Head of the School of Economics, History and Politics at Kingston University, London, and Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney. Dr Keen is known for modelling Hyman Minsky's financial instability hypothesis, his critiques of mainstream economics and of economic estimates of climate damage, and for developing the Minsky modelling software. His books include Debunking Economics (2001), Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? (2017) and The New Economics: A Manifesto (2021). He holds a BA and LLB from the University of Sydney and a Master's in Commerce and a PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales.