Chunbo Ma

World University Network (WUN) Research Development Fund, Facilitating international research collaboration between economists working on the integration of renewable generation into electricity markets, with University of Alberta, £9, 439+$A2, 500, 2017.

World University Network (WUN) Research Development Fund, Wind or Solar? The Political Economy of Fuel Competition between Renewables, with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, £10, 000+$A2, 500, 2017.

Ministry of Education of the PRC Key Grant, Studies of urban and rural land market in China, (Leading CI: Anlu Zhang), RMB800,000, 2014.

Vice-Chancellor’s Young Investigator Award, 2014, University of Western Australia, $A1, 500, 2014.

ATSE Australia-China Emerging Future Leaders Fellowship, 2013, Low Emission Coal Technology, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), 2013.

NSFC General Program Grant, Non-market valuation of environmental externalities in power generation sector and policy models of promoting energy saving and emission mitigation, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Leading CI: X.L. Zhao, North China Electric Power University), RMB570, 000, 2013.

Research Collaboration Award, University of Western Australia, Modelling Productivity Performance of China’s Coal-Fired Power Generation, (with North China Electric Power University), $A10, 000, 2013.

DECRA, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Reseach Council, Social Learning:The Diffusion of Residential Rooftop Photovoltaic Panels in Australia, $A407,154, 2013-2015.

ECR Fellowship Support Grant, University of Western Australia, Solar Panel Diffusion in Australia, A$30,000, 2013-2015.

Discovery Project, Australian Research Council, Energy Transitions: Past, Present and Future, David I. Stern, ANU; Chunbo Ma, UWA; Jack Pezzey, ANU and Astrid Kander, Lund U., $A240,000, 2012-2014.

Research Development Award, University of Western Australia, The Diffusion of Household Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems in Western Australia, with Michael Burton, AU$9,300, 2011.

Research Development Award, University of Western Australia, Preferences and Willingness-to-pay for Green Power in Western Australia, with Michael Burton, AU$20,700, 2010.

Research Collaboration Award, University of Western Australia, Who lives on the wrong side of the environmental track? – modeling the distribution of industrial pollution exposure among communities in China, AU$5,000, 2009.

Alcoa Foundation Fellowship, University of Michigan, Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and electric utility reforms in China, US$100,000, 2007-2009.

Center for the Applied Studies of Economics and the Environment (CASEE) Research Award, International Rivers Network, Sustainability of World Bank's energy portfolio and UNEP-DDP Compendium, US$5,000, 2006.

Chauncey Starr Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, doctoral research on China’s economic growth and energy consumption, US$60,000, 2005-2007.

Research Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US$30,000, 2003-2005.

Teaching Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US$12,000, 2002-2003.

ARC DECRA Research Fellow, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA, Australia,2013-2015

Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA, Australia, 2009-2014

Alcoa Foundation Sustainability Research Fellow, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, School of Natural Resource and Environment, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, US, 2007-2009

Research Consultant, International Rivers Network, US, 2006

Research Assistant, Department of Economics, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US, 2003-2005

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US, 2002-2003

Current Teaching

ECON 5003, Fundamental Microeconomics for Agriculture & Policy (Sem2)
ECON 5004, Microeconometric Models for Agriculture & Natural Resources (Sem1)

Past Teaching

ECON 1120, Environmental Economics (Sem 1)
ECON 1120, Environmental Economics (Sem 2)
ECON 3323, Business and the Environment
ECON 4410, Environmental and Resource Economics