David Pannell

Professor, BSc(Agric) BEc PhD W.Aust.

Professor, Faculty of Science, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5420-9908

Phone+61 8 6488 4735
Emaildavid.pannell@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M087), 35 Stirling Highway, Room G004, Agriculture North West Wing, Crawley campus
6009 Perth
Australia

4196 Citations
32 h-Index

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Personal profile

Biography

David Pannell is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia; Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy; ARC Federation Fellow (2007-2012); Distinguished Fellow and past president of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society; Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia; and a Director of Natural Decisions Pty Ltd. He was a Director on the Board of Land and Water Australia 2002-05. His research includes the economics of land and water conservation; environmental policy; farmer adoption of new practices; risk; and economics of farming systems. His research has been published in seven books and 200 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. He collaborates with a wide variety of environmental and natural resource management organisations to help them improve their planning and prioritisation.

Roles and responsibilities

Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy

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

Current projects

Centres
Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy
Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions
NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub
NESP Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC

Projects
INFFER project (Investment Framework for Environmental Resources)
Rural Practice Change (Research on adoption of innovations and new practices in agriculture)
Integrated assessment of prescribed burning
The economics of conservation agriculture
Water Sensitive Cities: economic modelling and analysis
ADOPT (Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool)
Resources for Agri-Environment Schemes

Teaching overview

Environmental Economics 1 (ECON1120)
International Agriculture: Research and Development (AGRI5545)
International Fieldwork in Agribusiness (AGRI2299)
Environmental Policy and Planning (GEOG3303)

Keywords

Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Natural resource economics
Natural resource management
Ecological economics
Adoption of agricultural innovations
Bioeconomic modelling
Economics of threatened species management
Economics of bushfires and natural hazards
Dryland salinity economics and policy
Risk management
Sustainable farming systems
Farming system economics
Economics of weed management
Agricultural economics

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Research Output 1992 2019

4196 Citations
32 h-Index
153 Article
46 Chapter
35 Conference paper
7 Other output
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Adoption of agricultural management for Great Barrier Reef water quality improvement in heterogeneous farming communities

van Grieken, M. E., Roebeling, P. C., Bohnet, I. C., Whitten, S. M., Webster, A. J., Poggio, M. & Pannell, D., 1 Mar 2019, In : Agricultural Systems. 170, p. 1-8 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

agricultural management

Great Barrier Reef

farming systems

water quality

coastal water

How flat is flat? Measuring payoff functions and the implications for site-specific crop management

Pannell, D., Gandorfer, M. & Weersink, A., 1 Jul 2019, In : Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 162, p. 459-465 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

precision agriculture

Crops

management systems

crop

field crops

2 Citations (Scopus)

How shark conservation in the Maldives affects demand for dive tourism

Zimmerhackel, J. S., Rogers, A. A., Meekan, M. G., Ali, K., Pannell, D. J. & Kragt, M. E., 1 Dec 2018, In : Tourism Management. 69, p. 263-271 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Maldives

shark

Conservation

tourism

conservation

6 Citations (Scopus)

Opportunities and Challenges for Big Data in Agricultural and Environmental Analysis

Weersink, A., Fraser, E., Pannell, D., Duncan, E. & Rotz, S., 5 Oct 2018, In : Annual Review of Resource Economics. 10, p. 19-37 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Agriculture

Environmental analysis

Farmers

Animals

Health

1 Citation (Scopus)

Policy-oriented environmental research: What is it worth?

Pannell, D. J., Alston, J. M., Jeffrey, S., Buckley, Y. M., Vesk, P., Rhodes, J. R., McDonald-Madden, E., Nally, S., Goucher, G. & Thamo, T., 1 Aug 2018, In : Environmental Science and Policy. 86, p. 64-71 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

environmental research

funding

research policy

economic model

economic theory