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Biography
Dr Daniel Grainger is a research scientist and economist for the CSIRO.
He has experience in market valuation, non-market valuation and prioritisation of human and natural assets. His primary research interest has been the development of new quantitative estimation methods for the valuation and prioritisation of complex social goods and their impacts. His work has included externality pricing for optimal and sustainable resource allocation, development and assessment of economic models and frameworks for private and public sector purposes, and market design with a particular focus on information elicitation, aggregation and quality. He also has industry experience in corporate finance and engineering.
Research topics of interest have included
(1) Investigating externality pricing for markets and regulation for optimal extraction to ensure sustainability is achieved
(2) Design and quantitative estimation of non-market valuation of complex social goods in a land management setting for an Indigenous organisation
(3) Creating a new taxonomy/framework for applied economic modelling of natural resources upon conducting a comprehensive review of industry and academic research
Selected publications:
Grainger, D., 2024. Sustainability criterion implied externality pricing for resource extraction. Economics Letters, 234, p.111448.
Grainger, D. and Stoeckl, N., 2019. The importance of social learning for non-market valuation. Ecological economics, 164, p.106339.
Stoeckl, N., Grainger, D., Esparon, M., Farr, M., Larson, S., Kennard, M., Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Cattarino, L., Adams, V., Douglas, M. and Pressey, B., 2016. Integrated models, frameworks and decision support tools to guide management and planning in Northern Australia. James Cook University, Townsville.
Other Interests
Professional Invitations, contribution and affiliations:
- Panel member on Technical Advisory Panel for EIA's Environmental-Economic Accounting (2024)
- Director on board of Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (2022)
- Appointed fellow of Engineers Australia (2019)
- Company Secretary for Nourishing Bites Pty Limited (2016)
Academic Qualifications
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2018
Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), Economics
James Cook University -
2008
Graduate Diploma in Education (Mathematics)
Macquarie University -
2004
Masters of Business Administration
Melbourne Business School -
1995
Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Honours)
University of Queensland
Achievements and Awards
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2022 -2022
Excellence in research award
James Cook University (business, law and governance) -
2008 -2008
Mathematical Association of NSW prize
Mathematical Association of NSW -
2003 -2003
Centenary Medal of Australia
Commonwealth Government of Australia -
2000 -2000
National level Young Australian of the Year Award (Regional Initiative category)
Commonwealth Government of Australia -
2000-2000
State level Young Australian of the Year Award (Regional Development category)
Queensland State Government
Fields of Research
Publications
ORCID 0000-0001-9430-0001
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