Greg Rawlings

Gregory Rawlings joined the Centre in July 2002 after completing a PhD in the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU. His PhD examined the complex relationships between urbanisation, land tenure change, wage labour and offshore finance in Vanuatu. In the early 1970s the British colonial authorities transformed Vanuatu into a tax haven.

Since joining the Centre, Gregory has extended this interest in tax havens that first emerged in Vanuatu. His research has examined the world-views, perspectives and self-reported practices of actors involved in the offshore financial services industry, including lawyers, accountants, fund managers, insurers, trustees, corporate executives and regulators. This has involved multi-sited fieldwork in Australia, Samoa, Andorra, Guernsey and Singapore.

This has been complemented by other research initiatives in the Centre. These include analysis of qualitative responses to CTSI surveys, and interviews with tax managers in large corporations and Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) about the networks of influence in tax compliance. In doing so Gregory has written about the relationship between tax, citizenship, democracy and globalisation (see his recent article in the Australian Journal of Social Issues). He has also carried out archival research with the Westpac Banking Corporation and in the National Archives of Australia to investigate the British decision to establish a tax haven in Vanuatu.

CV

Greg Rawling's CV as at August 2006

Most recent contact details

Greg.Rawlings@anu.edu.au 

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