Journal of Sustainable Development IPN was founded by Antony Fisher in the UK as the International Institute for Economic Research (IIER) in 1971. Fisher went on to found the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in the US in 1981, and from this point the IIER traded as Atlas Foundation UK. The organisation underwent a further rebranding in 2001, when it changed its name to IPN. In the US, the Atlas Foundation also provides training and funding to start libertarian think tanks. Fisher founded the influential Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a classical liberal think tank based in London. The founding director of IPN, Julian Morris, was previously director of the IEA's Environment and Technology Programme. People Past notable trustees/directors John Blundell Past notable staff Julian Morris, executive director Roger Bate, director (left in 2003) Some of IPN's partners Institute of Public Policy Analysis, Nigeria Inter Region Economic Network, Kenya Free Market Foundation, South Africa Africa Resource Bank Action Research Community Health, India Institute of Public Affairs, Australia Making Our Economy Right, Bangladesh Association for Liberal Thinking (Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu), Turkey Timbro, Sweden Liberty Institute, India Centre for Civil Society, India Institute of Economic Affairs Montreal Economic Institute Centro de Divulgacion del Conocimiento Economico, Venezuela Libertad y Desarrollo, Chile Fundacion Libertad Democracia y Desarrollo, Bolivia Instituto de Libre Empresa, Peru The Lion Rock Institute, Hong Kong Instituto Liberdade, Brazil References External links last archive.org snapshot of IPN US web site Profile at LobbyWatch.org Profile at CarbonBrief.org Entry for IPN on the SourceWatch web site. George Monbiot, "Smoke in our eyes", The Guardian, 27 September 2006 George Monbiot, "Pundits who contest climate change should tell us who is paying them", The Guardian, 26 September 2006 Climate change denial Libertarian organisations based in the United Kingdom Libertarian think tanks Organizations disestablished in 2011 Think tanks established in 1971 Organizations of environmentalism skeptics and critics Political and economic think tanks based in the United Kingdom 1971 establishments in England