Dr George Wilkinson recently completed his PhD titled ‘A Scarcity of Large Non-Capital Cities: A national analysis of the drivers of settlement in Australia,’ which examined how institutions sculpt economic geography in Australia. George has expertise in strategy, organisational design, and change management. He has recently commenced a role as the Corporate Development Manager at the City of Karratha, following previous roles as a management consultant. George has a PhD in regional development, institutional economics and economic geography from UWA, holds a master of business administration from the University of Cape Town, a master of science from UWA and bachelor of arts from the University of California.