Personal profile
Biography
Associate Professor James Fogarty is a highly experienced microeconomist. His personal research focus includes: water use economics, in both urban and agricultural settings; alcohol markets, externalities, and alcohol policy; consumer food demand; and horticulture sector economics, with a particular focus on the wine grape sector. As an active Master and PhD supervisor, each year he supervises research projects covering a vast array of topics in the broad fields of Environmental Economics and Management, and Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness.
Within the university James is known as a passionate educator and he has received several University Excellence in Teaching Awards. He also contributes to industry skills training through courses available on the Commonwealth Microcredential Marketplace; High School student engagement via a UWA+ starter course; and he maintains an open source applied statistics for Agriculture and Environmental Science teaching website. Since joining UWA James has held in a number of senior leadership positions, including serving a term as Head of School. He has also actively contributed to university governance through membership of Academic Board, Academic Council, and the UWA Senate. James currently serves as custodian of the teaching and research vineyard at the UWA Field Station
James's economics expertise is regularly sought out by government departments and the private sector, and he provides advice and private sector services through UWA Consulting.
Roles and responsibilities
Custodian, UWA Teaching and Research Vineyard
Co-Editor Journal of Wine Economics
Executive Board Member American Association of Wine Economists
Current projects
Zero Net Emissions Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre
WaterSmart Dams – making dams work again
Developing capability, awareness, and preparedness for autonomy in the tertiary education sector (GRDC)
Teaching overview
SCIE1104 - Science, Society and Data Analysis (S1, S2)
SCIE4040 - Data analysis with R of Agricultural and Environmental Science (S1, S2)
SCIE4401 - Data use in Sciences (S1, S2)
SCIE4402 - Data Management and Analysis in the Natural Sciences (S1, S2)
SCIE4422 - Research Methods in Agricultural and Environmental Science (S1, S2)
ECON5410 - Valuing Environmental and Natural Resources (S1, S2)
Microcredentials
AGRIM101 - Agriculture, Economics and Nature: Towards 2050 (T4)
SCIEM504 – Using R: Environmental and Agriculture Applications (S1, S2)
Research
- Alcohol demand
- Taxation theory
- Food consumption and health
- Food safety standards
- Academic assessment methods
- Meta analysis
- Local government efficiency
Research expertise keywords
- Agricultural economics
- Alcohol demand and taxation
- Consumer demand questions
- Water economics
- Meta-analysis
- Local government issues
- Food economics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Estimating non-market values of protecting groundwater in a constrained environment
Lan, L., Iftekhar, M. S., Schilizzi, S. & Fogarty, J., Apr 2024, In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 68, 2, p. 288-314 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Smallholder Inclusion Through Cooperative Contract Farming of Cavendish Banana Farmers in Davao del Norte, Philippines: A Meta-Frontier Analysis
Sarmiento, J. M., Rola-Rubzen, M. F., Fogarty, J. & Digal, L. N., 8 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Agribusiness. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does FDI in agriculture in developing countries promote food security? Evidence from meta-regression analysis
Samdrup, T., Fogarty, J., Pandit, R., Iftekhar, M. S. & Dorjee, K., Dec 2023, In: Economic Analysis and Policy. 80, p. 1255-1272 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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R packages and tutorial for case 1 best–worst scaling
Aizaki, H. & Fogarty, J., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Choice Modelling. 46, 100394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Urban Residential Water Demand and Household Size: A Robust Meta-Regression Analysis*
Jegnie, A., Fogarty, J. & Iftekhar, S., Sept 2023, In: Economic Record. 99, 326, p. 436-453 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Grain Automate Program 1: Developing capability, awareness, and preparedness for autonomy in the tertiary education sector
Guzzomi, A. (Investigator 01), Moss, W. (Investigator 02), Kragt, M. (Investigator 03), Fogarty, J. (Investigator 04), Alckmin, G. (Investigator 05), Martin, G. (Investigator 06), Eyles, K. (Investigator 07) & Kepert, A. (Investigator 08)
Grains Research & Development Corporation
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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CRC NZE Ag
Vercoe, P. (Investigator 01), Kragt, M. (Investigator 02), Bray, H. (Investigator 03), Fogarty, J. (Investigator 04) & Moore, C. (Investigator 05)
Department of Industry, Science and Resources (Australia)
1/07/24 → 30/06/33
Project: Research
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GRDC AAGI: Associate Partnership Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry
Bennamoun, M. (Investigator 01), Renton, M. (Investigator 02), Edwards, D. (Investigator 03), Boussaid, F. (Investigator 04) & Fogarty, J. (Investigator 05)
Grains Research & Development Corporation
2/01/23 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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Agricultural Innovations for Communities - Intensified and Diverse Farming Systems for Timor-Leste (AI-Com 2)
Barton, L. (Investigator 01), Erskine, W. (Investigator 02), Leopold, M. (Investigator 03), Bolan, N. (Investigator 04), Fogarty, J. (Investigator 05) & Rola-Rubzen, F. (Investigator 06)
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ACIAR
31/08/22 → 30/08/27
Project: Research
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WaterSmart Dams – making dams work again
Callow, N. (Investigator 01), Hipsey, M. (Investigator 02), Fogarty, J. (Investigator 03), Thompson, S. (Investigator 04) & Moore, C. (Investigator 05)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)
1/07/21 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
Courses
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Data Analysis with R for Agriculture and Environmental Science
Fogarty, J., Renton, M. & Rate, A. 22/02/21 → …
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