Professor John Quiggin, Director Risk and Sustainable Management Group

 

DEGREES:

• BA (1st Class Honours in Mathematics) , Australian National University, 1978.
• BEc (1st Class Honours in Economics), Australian National University, 1980.
• MEc (coursework and thesis), Australian National University, 1984.
• PhD, University of New England, 1988.

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

• 1978–1983 Research  Economist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
• 1984–1985 Research Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University.
• 1986 Chief Research Economist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
• 1987–88 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Sydney.
• 1989 Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Economics, Canberra.
• 1989–1990 Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park.
• 1991–92 Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
• 1993–1994 Senior Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University.
• 1995 Professor, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
• 1996–7 Professor of Economics, James Cook University.
• 1998–9 Australian Research Council Senior Fellow, James Cook University.
• 2000-2002 Australian Research Council Senior Fellow, Australian National  University.
• 2003 Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, University of Queensland
• 2003-Present Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, University of Queensland

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

• 1992–5 Opinion columnist, Freelance
• 1996– Present   Opinion columnist, Australian Financial Review
• 1999– Present  Board member, Queensland Competition Aust
• 2000 Inaugural Don Dunstan Visiting Professor, University of Adelaide
• 2000–02 Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology
• 2003-Present Adjunct Professor, Australian National  University

PRIZES AND AWARDS:

• 1975 Economics Society Prize (best results, Economics II, ANU)
• 1980 Economics Society Prize (best results, Economics IV, ANU)
• 1980 University Medal, ANU
• 1981 Editors Prize, best article published in Australian Journal of    Agricultural Economics,
• 1988 Drummond Prize, (best Ph. D. thesis, Economics, UNE)
• 1993 Australian Social Science Academy Medal (awarded annually to a younger researcher in the social sciences)
• 1996 Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
• 1997 American Agricultural Economics Association, Quality of Research Discovery Prize (joint with  Robert G. Chambers)
• 1997 Institute of Public Administration, Australia, Sam Richardson Prize, Best Journal Article
• 2000 Institute of Public Administration, Australia, Sam Richardson Prize, Best Journal Article
• 2001 Editors Prize, best article published in Australian Journal of    Agricultural Economics,
• 2002 Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• 2003 Federation Fellow, Australian Research Council
• 2003 Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association
• 2004, Distinguished Fellow, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
• 2004. Citation Laureate, Thompson  ISI

Grants and other funding:

• 1993 National Science Foundation (NSF) "Disagreement and consensus on global warming"
• 1995 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "The disparity between willingness to pay and willingness to accept"
• 1997-1998 Large Research Grant, A79701138 "Measure of Health and Education Output: Implications for living Standards and Economic Growth" $40,000
• 2002-2003 ARC Linkage Project LP0219339 "Redistribution and Risk in Contracting Out Government Services" (with  A/Prof NF Ryan Dr KA Brown and A/Prof A Peachment) $70,000
• 2003-2007 ARC Discovery Project DP0342974 "Risk and Australian public policy" $893,950
• 2003-2007 ARC Federation Fellowship FF0348232: "Sustainable reform of the Murray-Darling system: property rights, uncertainty and institutions"  $1,450,370
• 2007-2011 ARC Federation Fellowship FF0776177: "Climate change: Adaptation and resilience in the face of uncertainty"  $1,606,210
• 2008-2010 ARC Discovery Project DP0877836: "State-contingent analysis of productivity, efficiency and innovation" (with CJ O'Donnell and RG Chambers). $437,599

Summary of Publications:

• 5 Books
• 2 Edited volumes
• 176 Journal publications
• 52 Articles in policy journals
• 68 Book chapters
• 28 Other publications in non-refereed journals
• 69 Reports and submissions
• 336 Newspaper articles
• 62 Refereed Conference papers