Leanne Ussher

Leanne Ussher is an accomplished economist and monetary theorist who currently serves as the Director at Bowralea Farm, a position she has held since April 2023.12 Her diverse background spans academia, research, and practical applications in economics and finance.

Professional Background

Dr. Ussher holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The New School for Social Research in New York.1 Her career has included several notable positions:

• Research Fellow at Wolfram (July 2019 - Present)
• Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany (January 2018 - December 2020)
• Researcher at ConsenSys (September 2018 - December 2018)
• Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston (September 2016 - August 2017)
• Assistant Professor at Queens College (September 2004 - August 2016)

Research and Expertise

Leanne Ussher's research focuses on various aspects of economics and finance:

• Microstructure of financial systems
• Systemic risk
• Agent-based modeling and bottom-up macroeconomics
• Network analysis of corporate finance and local currencies
• International monetary system redesign
• Blockchain and decentralized ledger applications

She is an Associate Editor of Frontiers Blockchain and has worked on projects at Copenhagen Business School, Wolfram Blockchain Labs, and Bard College.1

Additional Roles and Interests

Beyond her primary work, Dr. Ussher is involved in several other capacities:

• Co-founder of the New York City Computational Economics and Complexity Workshop
• Blockchain Research Fellow at Wolfram Research
• Advisor to the Economic Space Agency
• Economist with Open Farming

In her personal time, Leanne enjoys baking bread, composting, and gardening to support pollinators.1