Scott Baum

Scott Baum (s.baum@griffith.edu.au) is trained in economics and sociology and currently holds the position of deputy director in the Urban Research Program, Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia). His research focuses on understanding the economic and social outcomes of change across the settlement system. Most recently he has been involved in studying the impacts of local labor markets on the individual socio-economic outcomes. His most recent book, Fault Lines Exposed, was published by Monash University e-press in 2005. Professor Baum is co-editor of Knowledge-based urban development: planning and applications in the information era (2008) and Creative urban regions: harnessing urban technologies to support knowledge city initiatives (2008).

Publications

Youth Labor Underutilization in Australia Following the Global Financial Crisis
Youth Labor Underutilization in Australia Following the Global Financial Crisis
Scott Baum, Michael Flanagan, Bill Mitchell. © 2023. 15 pages.
In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, although the Australian economy remained largely buoyant in aggregate terms, outcomes across different groups were not evenly shared....
Design of a Food Waste Management Program in Reducing Urban Food Waste
Design of a Food Waste Management Program in Reducing Urban Food Waste
Olubunmi Racheal Ajayi, Scott R. Baum, Cordia Chu. © 2021. 19 pages.
Sustainable food systems can contribute to addressing food security, poverty alleviation, and economic growth. With 870 million people around the world being undernourished, and...
Determinants of Household Pro-Environmental Practices: An Application of Australian Survey Data
Determinants of Household Pro-Environmental Practices: An Application of Australian Survey Data
Scott Baum. © 2021. 15 pages.
The decision by individuals and households to undertake recycling and to adopt green technology is driven by a large array of factors. Understanding the role of these factors is...
Youth Labor Underutilization in Australia Following the Global Financial Crisis
Youth Labor Underutilization in Australia Following the Global Financial Crisis
Scott Baum, Michael Flanagan, Bill Mitchell. © 2020. 19 pages.
In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, although the Australian economy remained largely buoyant in aggregate terms, outcomes across different groups were not evenly shared....
Government-With-You: E-Government in Singapore
Government-With-You: E-Government in Singapore
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2015. 15 pages.
Singapore's e-government model is considered to be among the best in the world. Over the past decade, the Singapore government has constantly developed and re-invented its...
E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases
E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2014. 356 pages.
The application of e-government technologies has led to increased public participation and social inclusion, while allowing for greater government transparency. These...
Australia.gov.au: Development, Access, and Use of E-Government
Australia.gov.au: Development, Access, and Use of E-Government
Scott Baum. © 2014. 16 pages.
Australia.gov.au is the Australian Federal Government's online portal for information exchange, sharing and interaction between those who govern and the governed. Over the...
Government-With-You: E-Government in Singapore
Government-With-You: E-Government in Singapore
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2014. 14 pages.
Singapore's e-government model is considered to be among the best in the world. Over the past decade, the Singapore government has constantly developed and re-invented its...
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2013. 15 pages.
Singapore’s E-government model is considered to be among the best in the world. Over the past decade the Singapore government has constantly developed and re-developed its...
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2010. 16 pages.
Singapore’s E-government model is considered to be among the best in the world. Over the past decade the Singapore government has constantly developed and re-developed its...
Creative Urban Regions: Harnessing Urban Technologies to Support Knowledge City Initiatives
Creative Urban Regions: Harnessing Urban Technologies to Support Knowledge City Initiatives
Tan Yigitcanlar, Koray Velibeyoglu, Scott Baum. © 2008. 390 pages.
In a knowledge economy urban form and functions are primarily shaped by global market forces rather than urban planning. As the role of knowledge in wealth creation becomes a...
Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the Information Era
Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the Information Era
Tan Yigitcanlar, Koray Velibeyoglu, Scott Baum. © 2008. 372 pages.
In the globalizing world, knowledge and information (and the social and technological settings for their production and communication) are now seen as keys to economic...
E-Government in the Knowledge Society: The Case of Singapore
E-Government in the Knowledge Society: The Case of Singapore
Scott Baum, Tan Yigitcanlar, Arun Mahizhnan, Narayanan Andiappan. © 2008. 16 pages.
A key component of the knowledge society and the urban form that accompanies it is the increasing importance of information and communication technologies in daily life. It is...
Benchmarking Local E-Government
Benchmarking Local E-Government
Tan Yigitcanlar, Scott Baum. © 2008. 8 pages.
Increasingly, almost everything we do in our daily lives is being influenced by information and communications technologies (ICTs) including the Internet. The task of governance...
E-Government and the Digital Divide
E-Government and the Digital Divide
Tan Yigitcanlar, Scott Baum. © 2008. 8 pages.
Many governments world wide are attempting to increase accountability, transparency, and the quality of services by adopting information and communications technologies (ICTs) to...
E-Government and the Digital Divide
E-Government and the Digital Divide
Tan Yigitcanlar, Scott Baum. © 2008. 10 pages.
Many governments world wide are attempting to increase accountability, transparency, and the quality of services by adopting information and communications technologies (ICTs) to...
Creative Industries and the Urban Hierarchy: The Position of Lower Tier Cities in the Knowledge Economy
Creative Industries and the Urban Hierarchy: The Position of Lower Tier Cities in the Knowledge Economy
Scott Baum, Tan Yigitcanlar, Kevin O’Connor. © 2008. 16 pages.
As the 21st century progresses, the most successful economies and societies will be creative ones. Worldwide, governments are producing strategies to encourage the development of...
Benchmarking Local E-Government
Benchmarking Local E-Government
Tan Yigitcanlar, Scott Baum. © 2006. 6 pages.
Increasingly, almost everything we do in our daily lives is being influenced by information and communications technologies (ICTs) including the Internet. The task of governance...
E-Government and the Digital Divide
E-Government and the Digital Divide
Tan Yigitcanlar, Scott Baum. © 2006. 6 pages.
Many governments world wide are attempting to increase accountability, transparency, and the quality of services by adopting information and communications technologies (ICTs) to...