Executive Director, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
Dr Steve Hatfield-Dodds has worked for more than two decades at the intersection of research and public policy, with recognised expertise in climate change, sustainable prosperity, ecological economics and adaptive governance, integration science, and the science-policy nexus.
His research and professional work focus on identifying and addressing the distinctive challenges of crafting efficient and worthwhile policy responses to climate change and sustainable development within real world democratic institutions and social processes. His specific interests and expertise focus on:
§ the design, evaluation and communication of incentive based policies;
§ integrated approaches to complex human motivation, values and wellbeing; and
§ promoting improved understanding and governance of complex interdependent social and biophysical systems.
Droughts, extreme weather and empowered consumers mean tough choices for farmers
Mar 06, 2019 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
This is an edited version of Steve Hatfield-Dodds opening address to the Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics National Outlook Conference to be delivered on 5 March 2019. The National Farmers Federation wants...
Helping farmers in distress doesn't help them be the best: the drought relief dilemma
Oct 24, 2018 00:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Two years ago we were celebrating just about the best year for farmers ever. Now many farmers particularly in New South Wales and southern Queensland are in the grip of drought. It underlines just how variable the...
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