Stephen Hill fulfills admirably the criterion for election - "outstanding contributions at the interface between technology and society".

A promising physical chemist, he qualified in business administration and taught industrial engineering. He moved into - the social sciences to add to his multidisciplinary experiences to be able the better to interpret and analyse the impact of technology within modern society.

He is a prodigious writer with nearly 240 publications including 22 books, monographs and major commissioned Reports. Hill is much in demand via UNESCO in the countries of Asia and has made major contributions to Australian departments like DITAC and DEET.