Participants
David Pannell

David Pannell
Professor, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Program Leader, People, Land and Water Program
The University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia

David Pannell is Professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia, and Leader of the People, Land and Water Program, in the Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity. He has been a prominent commentator on salinity policy, arguing for policies that better reflect the scientific, economic and social realities of salinity. He was President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in 2000, a member of the WA Government’s Salinity Taskforce in 2001, and a director on the Board of Land and Water Australia 2002-05. His research interests include management of natural resources; adoption and diffusion of innovations; bioeconomic modelling; agricultural risk; evaluation and prioritisation of research; and agricultural extension policy. In these areas and others he has published five books and 125 journal articles and book chapters. David’s research has been recognised with awards from the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK, including the W.E. Wood Award for excellence in salinity R&D in 2004.