Person
Upstill, Howard Garrett (Garrett) (1946 - )
- Born
- November 1946
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Economic advisor and Science historian
Summary
Garrett Upstill's career has been in policy development and applied economic research into scientific issues. He worked with environment departments of the Commonwealth of Australia and as Principal Adviser to the Office of Chief Executive, CSIRO, before becoming Lecturer in Technology Management and Innovation at the University of New South Wales, Canberra. Since 2017 he has been an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology working on the history of CSIRO's engagement with industry, innovation and policy development.
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Chronology
- 1969
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Melbourne
- 1971
- Education - MSc (organic chemistry), University of Melbourne
- 1971 - 1974
- Career position - Research chemist, Dunlop Australia
- 1973
- Education - BA (economics, philosophy), University of Melbourne
- 1974 - 1977
- Career position - Scientific Editor, Royal Society of Chemistry, London
- 1976
- Education - MSc (economics), University of London (Birbeck College)
- 1978 - 1982
- Career position - Administrator, Environment Directorate, OECD, Paris
- 1982 - 1989
- Career position - Economist, Commonwealth Department of Environment and Conservation, Canberra
- 1984 - 1987
- Career position - Economist, Commonwealth Department of Arts, Heritage and the Environment, Canberra
- 1985
- Career position - Consultant, United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya
- 1987 - 1989
- Career position - Economist, Commonwealth Department of Arts, Sport, Environment and Tourism, Canberra
- July 1989 - November 2001
- Career position - Principal Adviser, Office of Chief Executive, CSIRO
- 1995
- Career position - Branch Head (secondment) , Science and Technology Policy Branch, Department of Industry, Science and Technology, Canberra
- 2001
- Career position - Visiting Fellow, Graduate School of Management, Australian National University
- January 2002 - 2012
- Career position - Lecturer in Technology Management and Innovation, School of Business , University of New South Wales, Canberra
- 2012 - 2013
- Career position - Deputy Head, School of Business, of New South Wales, Canberra
- 2014
- Career position - Lecturer in Technology Management and Innovation, School of Business , University of New South Wales, Canberra
- January 2017 -
- Career position - Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
- 2018
- Education - GradCert Arts (history and philosophy of science), University of Melbourne
Related entries
Published resources
Conference Papers
- Blyth, Michael; Upstill, Garrett, 'Effective priority setting for public sector research: CSIRO's experience', in International Science and Technology Policy Seminar, Wellington, New Zealand 18-20 October, 1994 (Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1994)., https://eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS15631.pdf. Details
Journal Articles
- Spurling, Tom and Upstill, Garrett, 'Coronavirus lessons from past crises: how WWI and WWII spurred scientific innovation in Australia', The Conversation (2020), https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-lessons-from-past-crises-how-wwi-and-wwii-spurred-scientific-innovation-in-australia-136859. Details
- Upstill, Garrett, 'Promoting Australian industry: CSIRO 1949-79', Historical Records of Australian Science, 30 (2) (2019), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR18016. Details
- Upstill, Garrett, and Spurling, Thomas H., 'Adjusting to changing times: CSIRO since the 1970s', Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 9 (2007), 113-124. Details
- Upstill, Garrett, and Spurling, Thomas H., 'New Structures, New Strategies: CSIRO's Changing Role in Australian Innovation', Prometheus, 26 (2008), 141-152. Details
- Upstill, Garrett; and Spurling, Thomas H., 'Engaging with Australian indusry: CSIRO in the late twentieth century', Historical Records of Australian Science, 31 (1) (2020), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR19006. Details
- Upstill, Garrett; Spurling, Thomas H.; and Healy, Terence J., 'CSIR and Australian industry, 1926-49', Historical Records of Australian Science, 32 (1) (2021), 52-66. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR20012. Details
- Upstill, Garrett; Spurling, Thomas H.; Healy, Terence J.; and Simpson, Gregory W., 'Realignment and change: CSIRO and industry 2000-10', Historical Records of Australian Science, 34 (2) (2023), 109-22, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22017. Details
Reports
- Spurling, Tom; Upstill, Garrett; Jordan, Max, Research opportunities in the polymer and plastics industry: CSIRO Institute of Industrial Technologies August 1988 (Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1988), 57 pp, https://eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS15632.pdf. Details
- Upstill, Garrett, The CSIRO priorities method, 1990-1995 (Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1995), 12 pp. https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS15625.pdf. Details
- Upstill, Garrett; Steele, Jack; Wright, Jon, Biomaterials: Research directions for CSIRO (Canberra ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1990), 54 pp. https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS15701.pdf. Details
Resource Sections
- Healy, Terry; Upstill, Garrett; and Spurling Tom, 'Tom Spurling, interviewed by Terry Healy and Garrett Upstill, 26 April 2017 and 8 August 2017', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 26 April and 8 August 2017, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-tom-spurling/. Details
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Created: 28 January 2025