Research Thesis Topic
Economics of agriculture and the environment
This project aims to cover the economics of agriculture in its broadest sense, from farm productivity and innovation to land use and the environment to climate adaptation and vulnerability assessment, at every scale of analysis from households to markets and the macroeconomic impacts.
The research can employ quantitative and/or qualitative methods using both primary and secondary sources of data and information. The thesis can be written in either traditional format or in PhD by publication.
The following is a list of indicative, but not exhaustive, broad topic areas on which PhD research proposals are invited:
* Agriculture economics and policy
* Farm productivity and innovation
* Rural entrepreneurship
* Carbon footprint analysis
* Climate adaptation
* Social cost-benefit analysis
* Non-market valuation
* Potential to develop markets to sustain the provision of services that have non-market values
* Applied economic and policy issues
- Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development
- Institute for Resilient Regions
- School of Business
- Agriculture, Land and Farm Management
- Applied Economics
- Econometrics
- Environmental Science and Management
- Master of Research (MRES)
Please review the admission requirements for the academic program associated with this Thesis Topic