Biography
Dr Anthea Coggan is a senior economist with CSIRO Environment based in Brisbane, Australia. Anthea's research focuses on the design and analysis of economic instruments to generate improved land management for environmental outcomes. Anthea has extensive experience understanding the design intricacies of conservation auctions and biodiversity offsets and is an expert in understanding the extent, drivers and distribution of transaction costs in environmental policy development and implementation. With an increasing focus on catchments to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Anthea is advancing the application of economic science to water quality management in the GBR, influencing the way catchment managers fund, design and implement incentive schemes for improved land management. Anthea leads the coordination of CSIRO’s GBR focussed social science.
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Economic expertise
Landholders driving change incentives analysis -
Economic/institutional economics expertise
Digital agriculture (Digiscape Future Science Platform
Academic Qualifications
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2013
PhD
Australian National University -
2005
Masters of Environmental Management and Development
Australian National University -
1997
Bachelor of Agricultural Economics
University of Sydney
Professional Experiences
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2004-present
Research Scientist
CSIRO -
2002-2004
Policy economist
Australian Government Department of Environment and Heritage -
2001-2002
Policy officer
Australian Government Greenhouse Office -
2000-2001
Consultant economist
Hassall and Associates -
1998-2000
Economist
NSW Department of Agriculture
Achievements and Awards
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2013
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) prize for post graduate research.
AARES -
2010-2010
Paper accepted World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists -
2012
CSIRO non-cash reward
CSIRO -
2012
Paper accepted at 2012 European School of New Institutional Economics
ESNIE -
2005
CSIRO non cash reward for exceptional project management
CSIRO -
1997
John Neil Downing Memorial Prize for Proficiency in Professional Experience
University of Sydney -
1997
Bruce Davidson Prize for Natural Resource Economics
University of Sydney
Other highlights
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2012-2012
Paper accepted at the International Society of New Institutional Economics European Summer School (ESNIE)
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2010-2010
Paper accepted at International Society of New Institutional Economics (ISNIE) Conference (Scotland)
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2010-2010
Paper accepted at the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
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2012-2010
Invited speaker at Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics (AARES) pre conference workshop on transaction costs
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2014-2014
AARES PhD Prize
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