Sadly, Peter Senker died on 24 September 2024 at the age of 90.
Peter was a political economist who carried out research at the University of Sussex Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) between 1972 and 1995, and was an Honorary Senior Fellow there. Between 1995 and 2018, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of East London. His principal research interests were the relationships between society, the economy, technology and inequality, both in developed and developing economies. Recently he was evaluating policies designed to reduce environmental damage. Peter was a member of the Editorial Board of Prometheus: critical studies in innovation.