The University of Western Australia

Professor Benedict White

Head of School
School of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Contact details

Address

School of Agricultural and Resource Economics
The University of Western Australia (M089)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 3409

Fax

6488 1098

Email

benedict.white@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room G022B, Agriculture North West Wing, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BSc(Agric) Lond., PhD Newcastle(UK)

Biography

Graduated in agriculture from London University in 1981 followed by a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1989. I held lecturing positions at Newcastle University for 20 years first as a lecture and in 1999 as a senior lecturer. Moving to UWA in 2001 to a senior lectureship and in 2007 became Head of School.

Key research

Research interests are in environmental and agricultural economics with a particular interest in environmental contracts and incentives for farmers to provide environmental public goods.

Funding received

Dr BenWhite 2006, 'Agricultural Land Retirement as an Environmental Policy', LAND & WATER AUSTRALIA, Funds Applied For: $81,413.00, Funds Approved: $81,413.00. RFCD:

Dr Ben White 2006, 'A Bioeconimic Analysis of the Duration of Conservation Contracts', LAND & WATER AUSTRALIA, Funds Applied For: $81,413.00, Funds Approved: $81,413.00. RFCD:

Dr Ben White, Adjp Robert G Chambers 2005, 'DP0557837 - Designing Better Landowner Contracts to Protect Australia's Environment', AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL: DISCOVERY PROJECTS, Funds Applied For: $69,757.00, Funds Approved: $69,757.00. RFCD:

Dr Ben White 2004, 'Measuring Farm Revenue Risk.', UWA RESEARCH GRANTS SCHEME, Funds Applied For: $11,500.00, Funds Approved: $7,000.00. RFCD:

Teaching

Current teaching included Natural Resource Economics 3 ECON3311 and Natural Resoruce Economics 2 ECON2211.

Current external positions

Recent involvement in the Auction for Landscape Recovery project which inolved using auctions as a mechanism to increase landholder involement in conservation. I am also involved in the Institute for Agriculture.

Useful links

http://www.are.uwa.edu.au/white_cv

Current projects

Opportunities for Postgrads and Honours Students: I am interested in supervising students in agricultural economics and environmental economics. With a particular interest in environmental incentive programs and environmental conservation contracts.

Research profile

Research profile and publications