AARES President

Jeffery Connor

Professor Connor completed a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University in 1996 where he continued to work, teach and research in environmental economics. In 2001 Jeff migrated to Australia, where he worked at the CSIRO until 2017 as a research economist and research group leader in environmental economics and policy. At UniSA since 2017, he has continued his research focusing on water, land, climate, economics and policy, including water issues in Australia globally and climate and carbon and other environmental market, agricultural, and issues.

Jeff's research, PhD students, and collaborations provide advice to natural resource management boards, state and Commonwealth departments, and NGOs involved in natural resource management in Australia and internationally. Recently, he has been evaluating the economics of carbon farming for improved environmental co-benefits through collaborations with the NSW government and the Australian Research Council. He has also collaborated with Flinders University and the Commonwealth government on environmental-economic accounting for inter-tidal restoration on the South Australian coast and leading PhD thesis work in valuing first nations perspectives in NRM and development initiatives in remote northern Australia.

Jeff has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in land, water, agricultural, resource, and environmental economics. You can find downloadable publications here.