The University of Western Australia

W/Prof David Pannell

Winthrop Professor/ARC Federation Fellow
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 4735

Fax

6488 1098

Email

David.Pannell@uwa.edu.au

Personal homepage

http://www.davidpannell.net

Location

Room G035, Agriculture North West Wing, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BSc(Agric) BEc PhD W.Aust.

Biography

David Pannell is Winthrop Professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia, Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, and an ARC Federation Fellow. He has been a prominent commentator on environmental policy within Australia, arguing for policies that better reflect scientific, economic and social realities. He was President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in 2000, a member of the WA Government’s Salinity Taskforce in 2001, and a director on the Board of Land and Water Australia 2002-05. His research includes the economics of environmental conservation; environmental policy; farmer adoption of land conservation practices; risk management; and economics of farming systems. His research has been published in five books and 150 journal articles and book chapters, and has been recognised with awards from the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK, including the 2009 ARC Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Research.

Key research

Environmental, resource and agricultural economics

Management of natural resources and the environment

Environmental policy

Adoption and diffusion of innovations

Bioeconomic modelling

Risk and uncertainty

Evaluation and prioritisation of research

Mathematical programming techniques

Economics of interated weed management

Dryland salinity

Publications

7 books and monographs and 160 journal articles and book chapters.
200 other reports, conference papers, extension articles, etc.
For complete list, see personal web page at http://www.davidpannell.net

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy

Honours and awards

2011. Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
2009. ARC Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research
2009. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Quality of Research Discovery Award
2009. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Quality of Communication Award
2007. Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship
2007. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Best article in Connections: Farm, Food and Resource Issues
2004. National Dryland Salinity Program, "W.E. Wood Award" for excellence in salinity R&D
2003. American Agricultural Economics Association, Outstanding Journal Article in the Review of Agricultural Economics for 2002
2001. Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, outstanding journal article award for 2000
1997. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Best Article in the Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics during 1996
1994. University of Western Australia "Excellence in Teaching" award
1992. Australian Agricultural Economics Society PhD Thesis Prize, for 1990-1991
1990. Agricultural Economics Society (Britain) Prize Article Competition

Current projects

INFFER project, http://www.inffer.org
Rural Practice Change, http://www.ruralpracticechange.org/
Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, http://ceep.uwa.edu.au
Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions, http://ceed.edu.au/
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, http://www.groundwater.com.au/
Future Farm Industries CRC, http://www.futurefarmcrc.com.au/
Valuation of the Swan River, http://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/projects/swan-river

Research profile

Research profile and publications