Background
Batten, David was born on March 3, 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Frederick George and Georgina Sinclair Batten.
Batten, David was born on March 3, 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Frederick George and Georgina Sinclair Batten.
Bachelor in Engineering, University Melbourne, 1969. Master of Business Administration, Monash University, Melbourne, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Umea, Sweden, 1986.
Research scholar International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, 1983—1984. Associate professor University Umea, 1986—1987, professor infrastructure economics, 1988—1994. Professional fellow Institute Futures Studies, Stockholm, 1991—1995.
Adjunct professor economics Royal Institute of Technology, 1991—1995. Australian manager Temaplan Group-International Consultant Applied Systems Analysis, Melbourne, since 1995. Experimental scientist Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 1970—1981, senior research scientist, 1981—1986, adjunct research fellow and international analyst, since 2002.
Academy advisory council member University Wollongong, Australia, since 2008. Member of Regional Science Association (editor, councillor, secretary, founders medal award committee 1973-1996), American Economic Association and European Economic Association, International Society Industrial Ecology.
Married Jennifer Fay Wundersitz. 1 child Sofie Louise.