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KK Tang

Professor in Economics at University of Queensland

Major works

KK’s earlier research covered international trade and investment, development economics, and health inequality. His most recent work focuses on the inequality of opportunity and the economics of mental health. His work has been published in international, peer-reviewed journals, and he has been an awardee of several Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants.

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About me

KK (Kam Ki) Tang is a Professor in Economics at the University of Queensland, and a research associate of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the Australian National University (ANU). He received his Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1989, and a Master’s degree and a PhD in Economics from ANU in 1995 and 2000, respectively. After finishing his undergraduate study, he worked for a financial newspaper before pursuing postgraduate studies. He had also worked briefly as an economic consultant before joining UQ.

KK has been a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2018. He teaches courses on macroeconomics at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has received a number of School, Faculty and University teaching awards. He has also maintained a small research portfolio on the scholarship of teaching and learning.

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