Fiona Dempster

Dr, BSc PhD W.Aust.

Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7989-3483

Emailfiona.dempster@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M089), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

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Personal profile

Biography

I graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) in 2004. I worked for 3 years for the Department of Planning, in the coastal planning team, before returning to UWA to undertake a PhD in environmental economics. After completing my doctorate in 2011 I have specialised in developing decision tools for natural hazard mitigation and environmental management, non-market valuation of environmental resources and adoption of agricultural management practices. I am based in the northern agricultural region, with strong links to the farming community.

Roles and responsibilities

My current position is Research Fellow, on projects funded by the Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions.

Future research

I am keenly interested in valuing agricultural extension and understanding the adoption drivers for agricultural research.

I have a number of projects suitable for Honours research students and research scholarships may be available for talented students.

Funding overview

Florec, V, Hailu, A, Pannell, D, Rogers, A, Gibson, F 2017, 'Economics of natural hazards (2017-20)', Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. $545,000.

Burton, M, Rogers, A, Gibson, F 2015, 'MB Hub - Project B1 - Road testing decision support tools via case study applications', University of Tasmania ex National Environmental Science Program NESP. $49,000.

Ansell, D, Gibson, F and Salt, D 2014, ‘Improving return on investment in agri-environmental schemes’, ARC Centre for Excellence in Environmental Decisions and NERP Environmental Decisions Hub Student/Post-doctoral Working Groups & Workshop Grant. $19,600.

Gibson, F and Rogers, A 2013, ‘Decision science: explaining successes and missed opportunities for use in conservation policy’, ARC Centre for Excellence in Environmental Decisions and NERP Environmental Decisions Hub Student/Post-doctoral Working Groups & Workshop Grant. $15,423.

Previous positions

President and Councillor, WA Branch, Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Research

My research aim is to provide better advice to decision makers on effective policy design, adoption and the factors driving community values of such policies. Currently I’m working on:
Identifying and estimating the value of health, social and environmental impacts from natural disasters.
Modelling trade-offs between environmental, social and economic outcomes from fire management strategies.
Estimating the value to farmers from agricultural extension.
Understanding how decision makers use research to design agri-environment policy and the design features of successful agri-environment schemes.