Ian Castles

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Ian Castles, AO is a Visiting Fellow at the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University, Canberra, he was the Australian Statistician (1986-94) and Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Finance (1979-86).

He has also been Executive Director and Vice President of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1995-2000) and President of the International Association of Official Statistics.

He is a contributor to Online Opinion, has appeard at events hosted by the Institute of Public Affairs and Centre for Independent Studies, and published papers with The Lavoisier Group, a global warming skeptic organisation. Ian Castles is know for his criticism of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, particularly its Special Report on Emissions Scenarios.

His current interests include research into the information requirements for public policy (especially at the international level) and the history of economic thought.

[edit] Publications

His publications include:

Ian Castles and David Henderson (2003) The IPCC emission scenarios: An economic-statistical critique, Energy & Environment, vol. 14: nos.2-3.
Ian Castles and David Henderson (2003) Economics, emissions scenarios and the work of the IPCC, Energy & Environment: vol. 14, no. 4.
Castles, Ian (2000) Reporting on Human Development: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics, In Facts and Fancies of Human Development. Castles, Ian (eds.). Canberra: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.