Professor Ron Ayres has been teaching in the university sector since 1968, firstly at the University of Coventry and subsequently at the University of Greenwich. He was the Director of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Social Sciences for several years and is now Head of Economics. Professor Ayres has considerable experience as an external examiner and external specialist advisor to other universities. He is a member of the Royal Economic Society’s Conference of Heads of University Departments of Economics, is joint editor of Greenwich Papers in Political Economy and a founder member of the Greenwich Local Economy Unit.

Professor Ayres is an active researcher and the author or editor /co-author of a number of books and many articles in refereed journals. Professor Ayres is currently researching educational attainment in Tamil Nadu, economic and social exclusion in South Africa and a number of issues related to the economic restructuring in the local economy of Greenwich including: database construction and analysis of small businesses; and the dynamics of local the local economy and firm performance.

Recent publications related to the research theme:

“The Economics of Privatisation and Regulation: The Brazilian Experience 1990-94', Review of Political Economy, Vol.8, No.1, 1996.

“Capitalism, Industrialisation and Development in Latin America: the Dependency Paradigm Revisited', Capital and Class, Vol. 64, 1997.

“Demand theory Reconsidered: Reflections of the Demand for Tourism in Cyprus', Tourism Economics, Vol.4, No.4, 1998;

“Database Collection for Research in the Local Economy of Greenwich', paper presented to the ISBA Annual Conference, University of Durham, November, 1998.

Export Growth and Diversification in a Small State: Cyprus and the EU', Ekonomia, Vol.3, No.1, Summer 1999.

“Creating a Database of businesses in Greenwich”, paper presented to the Greenwich Local Economy Unit, June 1999.

“Tourism as a Passport to Development in Small States: Reflections on Cyprus', International Journal of Social Economics, Issue No. 2, 2000.

“Firm size and performance: a comparison of new and existing firms', paper presented to the Greenwich Local Economy Unit, January 2000.

' Education, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods in Tamil Nadu: inequalities, opportunities and constraints', Review of Political Economy, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2003.