AARES NSW Event for Early Career Researchers: Progressing Your Career

Date

Time

4:30pm - 5:30pm AEST

Venue

Online via Zoom

Description

Dear AARES NSW members and friends,

We're calling on all early career researchers (ECRs: including currently enrolled research students and researchers who are at the early stage of their careers) to join us for an online panel discussion on how ECRs in agricultural, environmental, food, and resource economics and in agribusiness can progress their careers in different sectors. We have invited four panellists who have worked in academia (Tiho Ancev), government (Michael Harris), non-governmental organisations (Garry Goucher) and the private consultancy sector (Emily Ray) to share their career experience and answer questions from ECRs.

The event has a complementary in-person dinner in Sydney, which is kindly funded by RAID (Researchers in Agriculture for International Development). The RAID representative Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay (from NSW DPIE) will join us for the online discussion and the dinner. The dinner provides an excellent opportunity for ECRs to connect with their peers and continue the conversation with our panellists! 

About our panellists:    

Tiho Ancev is an associate professor at the school of economics, the University of Sydney; and editor-in-chief at The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AJARE). His main research areas are environmental, natural resource and agricultural economics. Tiho’s contributions have been in water economics and policy, and economics of air pollution and climate change policies. He has published widely on these topics (Journal of Regulatory Economics, Ecological Economics, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Water Resources Management). Tiho has also led and contributed to several national and international projects in these research areas.

Michael Harris is the manager of the economic team at the Center for Advanced Analytics and Economics, Department of Planning and Environment. He previously worked as Senior Fellow in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney and as the Chief Economist of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences in the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture. He researched and consulted in a variety of areas including natural resource accounting, sustainability measurement, soil carbon sequestration, agricultural R&D, water management, and the economic analysis of ecological resilience. He has consulted for a number of government agencies and industry organisations.

Garry Goucher is the principal consultant of Garry Goucher & Associates, with 30 years’ experience in corporate strategy, economic analysis and government policy with a strong emphasis on the agribusiness sector. Garry previously worked as Chief Manager, Westpac Agribusiness; CEO, Graintrust Pty Ltd; Chief Economist at the National Farmers Federation and Regional Economist, Victorian Department of Agriculture.

Emily Ray is an agricultural economist with 16 years’ experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis; project and program reviews; and stakeholder consultation. She has strong interpersonal skills and a passion for working with rural stakeholders. Emily commenced her career as a graduate economist at agricultural consulting firm Hassall & Associates, before joining multi-disciplinary consulting firm GHD where she has worked for the majority of her career. During this time she has held numerous roles including project manager, project director, and Manager Natural Resources & Agriculture. Emily is currently GHD’s Environment Market Leader for its Sydney operations where she works across the natural resources, agriculture, waste management, contaminated land, engagement and environmental approvals teams.   

Time and Location
Panel Discussion: Friday, June 3rd, 4:30-5:30pm  Online
In-person Dinner: Friday, June 3rd, 6:30pm  CBD Sydney, we will inform you the specific location upon RSVP

Registration
Online panel discussion: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkcOmtpjspHtfx2FJCQEqF03y4CF7z20CR 

Dinner RSVP: Please RSVP by Tuesday 31 May by emailing AARES.nsw@gmail.com  

Please Note: the dinner is subject to a minimum and a maximum number of attendees, so please register early.

This is a FREE event and open to non-members too, so please feel free to invite anyone who might be interested.  A flyer is attached for further details. Hope to see you all there!

Best wishes,
April Zhao
Manager, Promotion & Development​
AARES NSW Branch