Dr Bethany Cooper is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Commerce. Prior to joining the University of South Australia Bethany was a Research Fellow in the Centre for Water Policy and Management, La Trobe University. Her work has focussed on applied research, particularly in quantifying difficult policy trade-offs in the water sector and improving understanding of the complexity of choice.
Dr Cooper has completed research projects for a number of national and international agencies, such as Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Victoria, the New South Wales Metropolitan Water Directorate and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research where the focus of the projects have been on applying non-market... Read more
About me
Dr Bethany Cooper is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Commerce. Prior to joining the University of South Australia Bethany was a Research Fellow in the Centre for Water Policy and Management, La Trobe University. Her work has focussed on applied research, particularly in quantifying difficult policy trade-offs in the water sector and improving understanding of the complexity of choice.
Dr Cooper has completed research projects for a number of national and international agencies, such as Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Victoria, the New South Wales Metropolitan Water Directorate and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research where the focus of the projects have been on applying non-market valuation techniques to ultimately improve cost-benefit analysis. Dr Cooper has published in a number of highly ranked journals and has won a number of prestigious prizes for her research (e.g. CEDA prize awarded for excellence in economic policy).
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 16/08/2018 |
Radio National, The Money, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/themoney/the-big-dry/10127992 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University
Bachelor of Business (Honours) La Trobe University
Senior Research Fellow (Level C), School of Commerce, University of South Australia, 2016-present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Level B), Centre for Water Policy and Management, School of Business, La Trobe University, 2014-2016
Research Officer (Level A), Centre for Water Policy and Management, School of Economics, La Trobe University, 2012-2013
Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, La Trobe University, 2008-2011
Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, La Trobe University, 2005-2007
Current Research Projects:
“Valuing Environmental Water Entitlements”, Melbourne Water, 2017
“Quantifying improved fisheries productivity at fish passage rehabilitation sites in Lao PDR”, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2015-2019
“Understanding, measuring and managing the benefits of urban waterways”, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, 2015-2017
“Efficient participatory irrigation to support productive and sustainable agriculture in south Asia”, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2016-2018
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Institutions to support intensification, integrated decision making and inclusiveness in agriculture in the East Gangetic Plain, ACIAR-Research and Development Program, 30/06/2018 - 30/09/2021
Efficient participatory irrigation to support productive and sustainable agriculture in south Asia, ACIAR-Research and Development Program, 26/08/2016 - 30/06/2021
Quantifying biophysical and community impacts of improved fish passage in Lao PDR, ACIAR-Research and Development Program, 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2020
The Role of Epistemic Community in developing agri environmental policies, Iwate University, 15/11/2017 - 30/06/2018
Valuing environmental water entitlements owned by Melbourne water, Melbourne Water Corporation, 01/07/2016 - 30/07/2017
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
|
| 2015 |
12
3
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2012 |
Open access
|
| 2011 |
1
|
| 2011 |
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
1
1
1
|
| 2021 |
3
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
3
|
| 2020 |
Open access
4
4
1
|
| 2020 |
1
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
2
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
10
5
|
| 2019 |
4
4
1
|
| 2019 |
|
| 2019 |
Open access
4
4
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
4
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
4
4
19
|
| 2018 |
Open access
3
3
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
7
4
15
|
| 2018 |
Open access
2
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
3
3
1
|
| 2017 |
Open access
12
11
3
|
| 2017 |
6
6
|
| 2017 |
Open access
4
4
1
|
| 2017 |
Open access
2
2
3
|
| 2016 |
5
5
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
9
8
|
| 2014 |
23
20
|
| 2014 |
6
3
|
| 2012 |
Open access
34
32
|
| 2011 |
Open access
19
16
|
| 2009 |
|
| 2008 |
2
1
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
|
| 2013 |
Open access
|
Research
Current Research Projects:
“Valuing Environmental Water Entitlements”, Melbourne Water, 2017
“Quantifying improved fisheries productivity at fish passage rehabilitation sites in Lao PDR”, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2015-2019
“Understanding, measuring and managing the benefits of urban waterways”, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, 2015-2017
“Efficient participatory irrigation to support productive and sustainable agriculture in south Asia”, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2016-2018
UniSA Business School Teaching and Learning Excellence Award: Achievement in Industry Collaboration (2020)
UniSA Business School Research Excellence Awards: Top Mid Career Researcher (2019), Research Commendation (2018), Top Research Team (w. Lin Crase, Jeff Connor, Henning Bjornlund, Martin Shanahan, John Pisaniello, Joanne Tingey-Holyoak & Bethany Cooper) (2017), Top Mid Career Researcher (2016)
2016-Present, Inaugural Chair of the Women in Economics Network (WEN) South Australia
2016-Present, Inaugural Executive Member of the National Committee for Women in Economics Network (WEN)
2017-Present, Vice President (South Australia), Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
2017-Present, Executive Committee (South Australia), Economics Society of Australia
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Aither Consulting | AUSTRALIA |
| Asian Development Bank | PHILIPPINES |
| Australasian Fish Passage Services | AUSTRALIA |
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
| Foreign Trade University | VIET NAM |
| Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | INDIA |
| International Food Policy Research Institute | UNITED STATES |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Living Aquatic Resources Research Center | LAOS |
| Mehran University of Engineering and Technology | PAKISTAN |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| National University of Laos | LAOS |
| Pakistan Agricultural Research Council | PAKISTAN |
| Pakistan Institute of Development Economics | PAKISTAN |
| The Technical University of Lisbon | PORTUGAL |
| United States Department of the Interior | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Agriculture Faisalabad | PAKISTAN |
| University of Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | UNITED STATES |
| University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Agricultural and Applied Economics Association |
2016 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2016 |
MemberEuropean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists |
2016 |
MemberAmerican Agricultural and Applied Economics Association |
2015 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2015 |
MemberEuropean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists |
2015 |
MemberAmerican Agricultural and Applied Economics Association |
2014 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2014 |
MemberEuropean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists |
2014 |
Heading North Award (Early Careers Researcher)Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2013 |
MemberAmerican Agricultural and Applied Economics Association |
2013 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2013 |
MemberEuropean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists |
2013 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2012 |
MemberEuropean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists |
2012 |
Awarded for excellence in researchFaculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University |
2011 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2011 |
Award for excellence in economics and economic policyCommittee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) |
2010 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2010 |
Heading East Award (Early Career Researcher)Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2009 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2009 |
MemberAustralian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society |
2008 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| An assessment of agricultural subsidy, extension service and water management institutes on the welfare of farmers in Bangladesh: Possible Strategies for Better Governance | Current |
| Exploring rural youth livelihood decision-making in Zimbabwe | Current |
| Management scenarios for the Martuwarra (Fitzroy) River Catchment that cater for the needs of First Nations people | Current |
| Technology, groundwater and gender: insights into smallholders’ access and preferences in West Bengal, India | Current |
| Valuing the social return on investment of Aboriginal-led economic development in remote areas of Australia | Current |
