In this episode, Justin speaks with 2011 John Monash Scholar and chess Grandmaster, Dr David Smerdon about his work in economics, love of chess and how he became Australia's 4th grandmaster.

Dr David Smerdon is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Queensland. He specialises in behavioural and development economics where his research investigates topics such as social norms, the impact of refugee integration and the relationship between inequality and trust. Outside of work - David is also a chess Grandmaster having won the 2009 Oceania Chess Champion and Australian Chess Player of the Year.

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