Dr Riko Stevens

BCom (Auckland), BCom (Hons) (Auckland), MCom (Auckland), PhD (UWA)

Lecturer, Economics

Email: riko.stevens@nd.edu.au
Phone: 08 9433 0788

• Biography

  Riko Stevens is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the current Treasurer of the Economic Society of Australia (WA Branch). Riko holds a PhD in Economics from UWA as well as First Class B.Com (Hons) and M.Com degrees in Economics from the University of Auckland. His main research interest is the history of economic thought with a particular focus on the intersection of economics and finance. His PhD thesis on the treatment of speculation in the Marshallian tradition of economic thought was awarded the 2022 History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA) Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis.

• Teaching areas

  • Economics

• HDR and honours supervision

  • Economics

• Research interests and current projects

  Riko's main research interest is the history of economic thought with a particular focus on the intersection of economics and finance. In 2022, Riko completed a PhD thesis titled "The Theory of Speculation in the Marshallian Tradition: Marshall, Pigou, Lavington, and Keynes on the Microeconomics of Speculation" at the University of Western Australia, which received the 2022 Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis from the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia.

• Journal articles

  • Stevens, R. (2023). ‘The Theory of Speculation in the Marshallian Tradition: Marshall, Pigou, Lavington, and Keynes on the Microeconomics of Speculation’, History of Economics Review, 86(1): 65-70.
  • McLure, M., and Stevens, R. (2023). ‘The Speculator and Equilibrium: Pareto and Pigou.’ Revue Européenne des Sciences Sociales (European Journal of Social Sciences), 61(2): 207-234.
  • Lindsey, P. A., Miller, J. R. B., Petracca, L. S., Coad, L., Dickman, A. J., Fitzgerald, K. H., Flyman, M. V., Funston, P. J., Henschel, P., Kasiki, S., Knights, K., Loveridge, A. J., Macdonald, D. W., Mandisodza-Chikerema, R. L., Nazerali, S., Plumptre, A. J., Stevens, R., Van Zyl, H. W., and Hunter, L. T. B. (2018). ‘More Than $1 Billion Needed Annually to Secure Africa’s Protected Areas with Lions’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 15(45): E10788–E10796.

• Community and industry engagement

  • Treasurer, Economic Society of Australia (WA Branch)

• Grants

  • PhD Scholarship, Australian Government Research Training Program
  • Masters Scholarship in Economics, Kelliher Charitable Trust
  • Honours Scholarship in Economics, Kelliher Charitable Trust

• Awards and honours

  • 2022 Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis, History of Economic Thought Society of Australia
  • 2017 Prize for Best Masters Thesis, History of Economic Thought Society of Australia

• Professional affiliations

  • Treasurer, Economic Society of Australia (WA Branch)
  • Member, History of Economic Thought Society of Australia
  • Founding Member, Economic and Business History Research Network (UWA)
  • Founding Member, History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences Network (UWA)