Dr Alec Zuo

Associate Professor

School of Economics and Public Policy

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

A/Prof. Alec Zuo is an applied economist specialising in agricultural, environmental, and resource economics. Alec’s research has addressed issues and questions that are fundamental to UN Sustainable Development Goals and Australian National Research Priorities. He is also a part of the Water, Environment and Food economics policy group (WEF) in the School of Economics and Public Policy.

His research has contributed significantly to understanding the impact of climate change and resources on irrigation farming, farmer adaptation strategies, and market-based instruments for water resource management. His research has been published in leading international journals (e.g., Global Environment Change, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Energy Economics, etc.) and he has collaboration with researchers from over 20 organisations worldwide on agricultural, resource, environment and development issues across 11 countries in four continents. Alec has substantial experience in initiating and managing large research projects. His research has been funded by the Australian Research Council (currently an ARC Future Fellow), the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, the federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Australian Consumer & Competition Commission, and the Murray Darling Basin Authority.

Career
Publications
Grants and Funding
Supervision
Professional Activities
Contact

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2019 - ongoing	Associate Professor	University of Adelaide
2015 - 2018	Senior Research Fellow	The University of Adelaide
2014 - 2015	Senior Research Fellow	The University of South Australia
2009 - 2013	Research Fellow	The University of South Australia
2007 - 2009	Research Associate	The University of South Australia

Education

Date Institution name Country Title
2004 - 2007 University of South Australia Australia PhD
2000 - 2003 Lingnan University Hong Kong Bachelor in Business Administration (First Honour)
Research Interests

Agricultural Economics & Policy Applied Economics Ecological Economics Econometric methods and applications Economic and public policy Environment and Resource Economics Health Economics

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2004 - 2007	University of South Australia	Australia	PhD
2000 - 2003	Lingnan University	Hong Kong	Bachelor in Business Administration (First Honour)

Journals

Year	Citation
2024	Xu, Y., Wheeler, S. A. N. N., & Zuo, A. (2024). DROUGHT and HOTTER TEMPERATURE IMPACTS on SUICIDE: EVIDENCE from the MURRAY-DARLING BASIN, AUSTRALIA. Climate Change Economics, 15(1), 19 pages. DOI Scopus2
2024	Dumbrell, N. P., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Adamson, D. (2024). Comparing Australian public and farmer views on agricultural land use and management practices for sustainability. Ecological Economics, 219, 108149. DOI
2024	Kandulu, J. M., Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., Dusingizimana, T., & Chagunda, M. G. G. (2024). Influence of climate-smart technologies on the success of livestock donation programs for smallholder farmers in Rwanda. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 29(3), 27 pages. DOI
2024	Zuo, A., & Wheeler, S. A. (2024). The Australian public's preferences for further environmental and cultural water recovery options in the Murray-Darling Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 633, 130983. DOI
2024	Wheeler, S. A., Owens, K., & Zuo, A. (2024). Is there public desire for a federal takeover of water resource management in Australia?. Water Research, 248, 10 pages. DOI Scopus2
2024	Wheeler, S. A., Xu, Y., & Zuo, A. (2024). Developing an economic quality assessment framework and applying it to water economic studies in the Murray-Darling Basin. Environmental Science and Policy, 152, 13 pages. DOI Scopus1
2023	Xiong, H., Zhan, J., Xu, Y., Zuo, A., & Lv, X. (2023). Challenges or drivers? Threshold effects of environmental regulation on China's agricultural green productivity. Journal of Cleaner Production, 429, 13 pages. DOI Scopus3
2023	Yan, F., Zuo, A., Qi, W., & Zhou, Z. (2023). The Effect of Ecological Management on Regional Health Inequality. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), 3037. DOI
2023	Abebe, F., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2023). The welfare enhancing effects of agricultural innovation platforms and soil monitoring tools on farming household outcomes in southeastern Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 21(1), 1-21. DOI Scopus2
2023	Mannaf, M., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2023). Global and Local Spatial Spill-Overs: What Matters Most for the Diffusion of Organic Agriculture in Australia?. Ecological Economics, 209, 1-11. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2022	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S. A., & Xu, Y. (2022). Expanders, diversifiers or downsizers? Identifying clusters of irrigators’ water trade and farm management strategies in Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 264, 9 pages. DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2022	Dumbrell, N. P., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Adamson, D. (2022). Public willingness to make trade-offs in the development of a hydrogen industry in Australia. Energy Policy, 165, 1-9. DOI Scopus14 WoS5
2022	Yazdanpanah, M., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Zobeidi, T. (2022). Understanding the influence of Iranian farmers' climate change beliefs on their adaptation strategies and mitigation intentions. Climate and Development, 15(4), 1-13. DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2022	Abebe, F., Zuo, A., Wheeler, S. A., Bjornlund, H., Chilundo, M., Kissoly, L., & Dube, T. (2022). The influences on farmers' planned and actual farm adaptation decisions: Evidence from small-scale irrigation schemes in South-Eastern Africa. Ecological Economics, 202, 1-15. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
2022	Xu, Y., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2022). The Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Participation and Physical Activities in Parks: A Systematic Review of the Literature. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12590. DOI Scopus1
2022	Mannaf, M., Zuo, A., & Wheeler, S. A. (2022). The spatial influences of organic farming and environmental heterogeneity on biodiversity in South Australian landscapes. Journal of Environmental Management, 324, 16 pages. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2022	Haensch, J. (2022). The spatial distribution and determinants of irrigators’ price choices for water entitlement trading. Australian Journal of Water Resources, 26(1), 7-19. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2021	Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, Z., & Kandulu, J. (2021). What water are we really pumping? The nature and extent of surface and groundwater substitutability in Australia and implications for water management policies. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 43(4), 1550-1570. DOI Scopus9 WoS5
2021	Seidl, C., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2021). The drivers associated with Murray-Darling Basin irrigators’ future farm adaptation strategies. Journal of Rural Studies, 83, 187-200. DOI Scopus11 WoS6
2021	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2021). Explaining permanent and temporary water market trade patterns within local areas in the southern Murray–Darling Basin. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 65(2), 318-348. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2021	Wheeler, S. A., Nauges, C., & Zuo, A. (2021). How stable are Australian farmers’ climate change risk perceptions? New evidence of the feedback loop between risk perceptions and behaviour. Global Environmental Change, 68, 1-14. DOI Scopus26 WoS21
2021	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S. A., & Sun, H. (2021). Flying over the farm: understanding drone adoption by Australian irrigators. Precision Agriculture, 22(6), 1973-1991. DOI Scopus14 WoS10
2021	Li, D., Hou, L., & Zuo, A. (2021). Informal institutions and grassland protection: Empirical evidence from pastoral regions in China. Ecological Economics, 188, 1-10. DOI Scopus14 WoS9
2021	Deng, H., Guan, B., Wang, J., Zuo, A., Wang, Z., & Sun, T. (2021). Seasonal Land Fallowing Policy in Response to Groundwater Overdraft in the North China Plain. WATER ALTERNATIVES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL ON WATER POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT, 14(2), 371-394. Scopus8 WoS6
2021	Dumbrell, N., Adamson, D., Zuo, Z., & Wheeler, S. (2021). How do natural resource dependent firms gain and lose a social licence?. Global Environmental Change, 70, 12 pages. DOI Scopus9 WoS1
2020	Seidl, C., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2020). Treating water markets like stock markets: Key water market reform lessons in the Murray-Darling Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 581, 124399-1-124399-16. DOI Scopus35 WoS30
2020	Daghagh Yazd, S., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2020). Understanding the impacts of water scarcity and socio-economic demographics on farmer mental health in the Murray-Darling Basin. Ecological Economics, 169, 106564-1-106564-9. DOI Scopus28 WoS18
2020	Wheeler, S. A., Xu, Y., & Zuo, A. (2020). Modelling the climate, water and socio-economic drivers of farmer exit in the Murray-Darling Basin. Climatic Change, 158(3-4), 551-574. DOI Scopus28 WoS19
2020	Seidl, C., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2020). High turbidity: water valuation and accounting in the Murray-Darling Basin. Agricultural Water Management, 230, 1-13. DOI Scopus23 WoS16
2020	Kandulu, J., Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., & Sim, N. (2020). The impact of microcredit loans on school enrolment in Bangladesh. Journal of Development Studies, 56(9), 1725-1744. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2020	Zuo, A., Hou, L., & Huang, Z. (2020). How does farmers' current usage of crop straws influence the willingness-to-accept price to sell?. Energy Economics, 86, 8 pages. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
2020	HUANG, Z. Y., ZUO, A., SUN, J. M., & GUO, Y. Z. (2020). Potato farmers' preference for agricultural insurance in China: An investigation using the choice experimental method. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 19(4), 1137-1148. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2020	Wheeler, S. A., Carmody, E., Grafton, R. Q., Kingsford, R. T., & Zuo, A. (2020). The rebound effect on water extraction from subsidising irrigation infrastructure in Australia. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 159, 104755-1-104755-17. DOI Scopus83 WoS65
2020	de Bonviller, S., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2020). The dynamics of groundwater water markets: price leadership and groundwater demand elasticity in the Murrumbidgee, Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 239, 106204-1-106204-11. DOI Scopus14 WoS11
2020	Zuo, A., Wang, J., & Huang, Q. (2020). Willingness to accept compensation for land fallowing: results from a survey of village representatives in Northern China. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 64(3), 845-866. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2020	Abebe, F., Zuo, A., Wheeler, S. A., Bjornlund, H., van Rooyen, A., Pittock, J., . . . Chilundo, M. (2020). Irrigators’ willingness to pay for the adoption of soil moisture monitoring tools in South-Eastern Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 36(sup1), 1-22. DOI Scopus12 WoS13
2020	Manero, A., Bjornlund, H., Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., Mdemu, M., Van Rooyen, A., & Chilundo, M. (2020). Growth and inequality at the micro scale: an empirical analysis of farm incomes within smallholder irrigation systems in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Mozambique. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 36(Suppl. 1), S224-S245. DOI Scopus7 WoS4
2019	de Bonviller, S., Zuo, A., & Wheeler, S. A. (2019). Is there evidence of insider trading in Australian water markets?. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 63(2), 307-327. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2019	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2019). Do neighbors influence irrigators’ permanent water selling decisions in Australia?. Journal of Hydrology, 572, 732-744. DOI Scopus18 WoS18
2019	Zuo, A., & Wheeler, S. A. (2019). Maximising the use of national pollution data: views from stakeholders in Australia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 222, 455-463. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2019	Manero, A., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Mdemu, M. (2019). Exploring the head versus tail-end dichotomy on yield and farm incomes in smallholder irrigation schemes in Tanzania. Water Resources Research, 55(5), 4322-4342. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2019	Zuo, A., Qiu, F., & Wheeler, S. A. (2019). Examining volatility dynamics, spillovers and government water recovery in Murray-Darling Basin water markets. Resource and Energy Economics, 58, 101113-1-101113-16. DOI Scopus19 WoS14
2019	Daghagh Yazd, S., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2019). Exploring the drivers of irrigator mental health in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Sustainability, 11(21), 1-15. DOI Scopus11 WoS5
2019	Daghagh Yazd, S., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2019). Key risk factors affecting farmers' mental health: a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(23), 4849-1-4849-23. DOI Scopus158 WoS125 Europe PMC59
2019	Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., Parry, K., Pittock, J., Mdemu, M., & Moyo, M. (2019). The dynamics of the relationship between household decision-making and farm household income in small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa. Agricultural Water Management, 213, 135-145. DOI Scopus38 WoS29
2018	Xu, Y., Wheeler, S., & Zuo, A. (2018). Will boys’ mental health fare worse under a hotter climate in Australia?. Population and Environment, 40(2), 158-181. DOI Scopus12 WoS8
2018	Wheeler, S. A., Haensch, J., Edwards, J., Schirmer, J., & Zuo, A. (2018). Quantifying an integral ecology framework: a case study of the Riverina, Australia. Earth’s Future, 6(2), 192-212. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2018	Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., & Loch, A. (2018). Water torture: unravelling the psychological distress of irrigators in Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 62, 183-194. DOI Scopus38 WoS30
2018	Zuo, A. (2018). China: Innovative Green Development, 2nd edition. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 62(4), 708-709. DOI
2017	Lu, Z., & Zuo, A. (2017). Child disability, welfare payments, marital status and mothers’ labor supply: evidence from Australia. Cogent Economics and Finance, 5(1), 20 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2017	Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., Bjornlund, H., Mdemu, M., van Rooyen, A., & Munguambe, P. (2017). An overview of extension use in irrigated agriculture and case studies in south-eastern Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33(5), 755-769. DOI Scopus39 WoS35
2017	Wheeler, S., & Zuo, Z. (2017). The impact of drought and water scarcity on irrigator farm exit intentions in the Murray-Darling Basin. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 61(3), 1-20. DOI Scopus17 WoS15
2017	Huang, Z., Wang, J., & Zuo, A. (2017). Chinese farmers’ willingness to accept compensation to practice safe disposal of HPAI infected chicken. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 139(A), 67-75. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC2
2016	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2016). The Impact of Water and Soil Salinity on Water Market Trading in the Southern Murray–Darling Basin. Water Economics and Policy, 02(01), 1-26.
2016	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2016). The Impact of water and soil salinity on water market trading in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin. Water Economics and Policy, 02(01), 1650004-1-1650004-26. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2016	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2016). The Impact of Water and Soil Salinity on Water Market Trading in the Southern Murray–Darling Basin. Water Economics and Policy, 02(01), 1-26.
2016	Nauges, C., Wheeler, S., & Zuo, A. (2016). Elicitation of irrigators' risk preferences from observed behaviour. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60(3), 442-458. DOI Scopus21 WoS19
2015	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., & Edwards, J. (2015). Understanding and encouraging greater nature engagement in Australia: results from a national survey. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 59(6), 1107-1125. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
2015	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Edwards, J., & Xu, W. (2015). Exploring generational differences towards water resources and policy preferences of water re-allocation in Alberta, Canada. Water Resources Management, 29(14), 5073-5089. DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2015	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., Adamowicz, W., Boxall, P., & Hatton-MacDonald, D. (2015). Measuring price elasticities of demand and supply of water entitlements based on stated and revealed preference data. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 98(1), 314-332. DOI Scopus37 WoS33
2015	Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Loch, A. (2015). Watering the farm: Comparing organic and conventional irrigation water use in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia. Ecological Economics, 112, 78-85. DOI Scopus24 WoS20
2015	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S. A., Boxall, P., Adamowicz, W. L., & Hatton MacDonald, D. (2015). Identifying Water Prices at which Australian Farmers Will Exit Irrigation: Results of a Stated Preference Survey. The Economic Record, 91(Special Issue), 109-123. DOI Scopus14 WoS13
2015	Zuo, A., Nauges, C., & Wheeler, S. (2015). Farmers' exposure to risk and their temporary water trading. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 42(1), 1-24. DOI Scopus39 WoS33
2014	Zuo, A., Brooks, R., Wheeler, S., Harris, E., & Bjornlund, H. (2014). Understanding irrigator bidding behavior in Australian water markets in response to uncertainty. Water, 6(11), 3457-3477. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2014	Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2014). Investigating the delayed on-farm consequences of selling water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin. Agricultural Water Management, 145, 72-82. DOI Scopus35 WoS26
2014	Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., & Hughes, N. (2014). The impact of water ownership and water market trade strategy on Australian irrigators' farm viability. Agricultural Systems, 129, 81-92. DOI Scopus27 WoS23
2014	Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2014). Australian irrigators’ recognition of the need for more environmental water flows and intentions to donate water allocations. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 57(1), 104-122. DOI Scopus16 WoS13
2014	Wheeler, S., Loch, A., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2014). Reviewing the adoption and impact of water markets in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia. Journal of Hydrology, 518(PA), 28-41. DOI Scopus140 WoS113
2013	Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., Xu, W., & Edwards, J. (2013). Policy preferences for water sharing in Alberta, Canada. Water Resources and Economics, 1, 93-110. DOI Scopus13 WoS11
2013	Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2013). Farmers’ climate change beliefs and adaptation strategies for a water scarce future in Australia. Global Environmental Change, 23(2), 537-547. DOI Scopus194 WoS174
2013	Tan, Y., Zuo, A., & Hugo, G. (2013). Environment-related resettlement in China: A case study of the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 22(1), 77-107. DOI Scopus17 WoS14
2012	Wheeler, S., Zuo, A., Bjornlund, H., & Miller, C. (2012). Selling the farm silver? Understanding water sales to the Australian government. Environmental and Resource Economics, 52(1), 133-154. DOI Scopus51 WoS42
2012	Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., & Edwards, J. (2012). Handing down the farm? The increasing uncertainty of irrigated farm succession in Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 28(3), 266-275. DOI Scopus75 WoS60
2012	Zuo, A., & Round, D. (2012). The impact of foreign direct investment on domestic supplier industries within Chinese provinces. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 17(3), 383-398. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2010	Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., & Shanahan, M. (2010). Erratum to "The changing profile of water traders in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District, Australia" by Wheeler et al. [Agric. Water Manage. 97, (2010), 1333-1343]. Agricultural Water Management, 98(1), 222-225. DOI WoS1
2010	Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., & Shanahan, M. (2010). The changing profile of water traders in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District, Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 97(9), 1333-1343. DOI Scopus42 WoS35
2010	Lu, Z. H., & Zuo, A. (2010). Effects of a child's disability on affected female's labour supply in Australia. Australian Economic Papers, 49(3), 222-240. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2010	Zuo, A., Bjornlund, H., Wheeler, S., Khan, E., & Corral de Zubielqui, C. (2010). Exploring Attitudes to Water Re-Allocation in Southern Alberta. University of Lethbridge: Lethbridge, Canada.
2009	Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Shanahan, M., & Zuo, A. (2009). Who trades water allocations? Evidence of the characteristics of early adopters in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District, Australia 1998-1999. Agricultural Economics, 40(6), 631-643. DOI Scopus41 WoS34
2008	Round, D. K., & Zuo, A. (2008). The welfare goal of antitrust laws in Asia: For whom should the law toil?. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 22(2), 31-56. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2008	Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Shanahan, M., & Zuo, A. (2008). Price elasticity of water allocations demand in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 52(1), 37-55. DOI Scopus70 WoS62
-	Zuo, A., Bjornlund, H., & Wheeler, S. A. (n.d.). Changing water value perceptions and water policy preferences along the rural-urban gradient in Southern Alberta.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2023	Tan, Y., & Zuo, Z. (2023). Rural Age Pensions and Rural-Urban Migration in China. In X. Deng, K. Fraser, & J. Shen (Eds.), Ageing in China: What does it mean for the Job Market? (pp. 107-127). Singapore: Springer. DOI Scopus1
2022	Xu, Y., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2022). Heterogenous Impacts of Climate on Agricultural Industries Farm Exit Patterns in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia. In R. C. Brears (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies: Volumes 1-2 (Vol. 1, pp. 579-602). Springer International Publishing. DOI
2021	Xu, Y., Wheeler, S., & Zuo, Z. (2021). Heterogenous Impacts of Climate on Agricultural Industries Farm Exit Patterns in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia. In R. Brears (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies (1 ed., pp. 1-24). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI
2017	Tan, Y., Zuo, A., & Watson, A. (2017). Rural age pensions and rural to urban migration in China. In M. Griffiths (Ed.), China’s Urban Challenges in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
2016	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S., & Zuo, A. (2016). The contribution of spatial analysis to water management: a case study of the MDB, Australia. In J. Daniels (Ed.), Advances in Environmental Research (Vol. 51, 1 ed., pp. 77-102). New York: Nova Science.
2014	Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., & Xu, W. (2014). Exploring the reluctance to embrace water markets in Alberta, Canada. In K. Easter, & Q. Huang (Eds.), Water markets for the 21st century: what have we learned? (Vol. 11, pp. 215-237). Netherlands: Springer. DOI Scopus8
2012	Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2012). Selling water for the environment: how sustainable is it for irrigators?. In H. Bjornlund, C. Brebbia, & S. Wheeler (Eds.), Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage IV: Management, Technologies and Policies (Vol. 168, pp. 29-40). WIT Press. DOI
2012	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., & Shanahan, M. (2012). The association between farm management strategies and irrigators’ farm profits over time in the Murray-Darling Basin. In H. Bjornlund, C. A. Brebbia, & S. Wheeler (Eds.), Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage IV: Management, Technologies and Policies (Vol. 168, pp. 447-458). WIT Press. DOI Scopus2

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2022	Parry, K., Zuo, A., Bjornlund, H., Wheeler, S., van Rooyen, A., Pittock, J., & Mdemu, M. (2022). Youth Involvement in Small-scale Irrigation Schemes. In M. Ortega-Sanchez (Ed.), Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress (pp. 198-206). SPAIN, Ctr Studies & Experimentat Publ Works, Spain Water, Granada: IAHR-INT ASSOC HYDRO-ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING RESEARCH. DOI
2012	Lu, Z. -H., & Zuo, A. (2012). Child disability, welfare payment, family structure and the mother’s labor supply. Econometric Society.
2011	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., & Bjornlund, H. (2011). Analysing the drivers of irrigator drought strategies in the Southern Murray Darling Basin. In WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 145 (pp. 597-607). WIT Press. DOI Scopus1
2011	Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., Parrack, C., Wheeler, S., & de Loë, R. (2011). Water reallocation policies: Public perceptions. In WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 145 (pp. 585-595). WIT Press. DOI Scopus2
2011	Wheeler, S., Lane-Miller, C., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2011). Factor analysis identifying key values held by South Australian and Victorian irrigators in a time of severe drought. In WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 145 (pp. 609-620). WIT Press. DOI
2008	Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Shanahan, M., Zuo, A., & others. (2008). Modelling the Demand for Water Entitlements in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District of Australia. In M. Lambert, T. M. Daniell, & M. Leonard (Eds.), Proceedings of Water Down Under 2008 (pp. 170-178). Adelaide, Australia: Engineers Australia; Causal Productions.
2008	Wheeler, S., Bjornlund, H., Shanahan, M., & Zuo, A. (2008). Factors influencing water allocation and entitlement prices in the Greater Goulburn area of Australia. In Y. V. Esteve, C. A. Brebbia, & D. P. Rico (Eds.), WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 112 (pp. 63-71). Univ Alicante, Alicante, SPAIN: WIT PRESS. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
-	Wheeler, S., Lane-Miller, C., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (n.d.). To Sell Water or Not to Sell Water to the Government: Exploring the Question Faced by Riverland Irrigators.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2017	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S. A., & Zuo, A. (2017). The spatial distribution and determinants of stated price choices for water entitlement trading. Poster session presented at the meeting of 61th Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Brisbane.
2016	Haensch, J., Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2016). The Impact of water and soil salinity on water market trading in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Climate Adaptation 2016 Conference. Adelaide: NCCARF/CSIRO. DOI
2013	Zuo, A., Nauges, C., & Wheeler, S. (2013). Water trading as a risk-management tool for farmers: new empirical evidence from the Australian water Market. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. 57th Annual Conference Handbook. Sydney.

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2023	Wheeler, S. A., Xu, Y., Zuo, Z., Haensch, J., & Seidl, C. (2023). Identifying the water-related economic values of the Murray-Darling Basin and rating the quality of water economic studies. Canberra, ACT: Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
2022	Wheeler, S. A., Seidl, C., Tingey-Holyoak, J., Zuo, Z., Xu, Y., & Kandulu, J. (2022). The economics and financial benchmarking of Riverland Grape production, and potential benefits of Vitivisor technology (Sep 2022). School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide.
2021	Wheeler, S., Xu, Y., Zuo, Z., & Tang, W. (2021). Systematic Literature Review on Interventions to Increase Park Use and Physical Activities.
2020	Wheeler, S., Zuo, Z., Xu, Y., Haensch, J., & Seidl, C. (2020). Water market literature review and empirical analysis. The University of Adelaide.
2019	Wheeler, S., Zuo, Z. H. I., Xu, Y., Grafton, Q., & Yazd, S. (2019). Emergency Drought Relief Package: Health and Resilience Services: an Evidence Check rapid review. Sax Institute.
2019	Zuo, Z., Wheeler, S., Tang, W., & Umberger, W. (2019). Understanding parallel trade of Australian products to China. The University of Adelaide.
2017	Wheeler, S. A., Edwards, J., Haensch, J., Zuo, Z., & Schirmer, J. (2017). Exploring initiatives in the Murray-Darling Basin that embody integral ecology: a case study of the Riverina (One). The University of Adelaide.
2016	Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., & Loch, A. (2016). Short survey of southern Murray-Darling Basin irrigator's views on the review of water charge rules: Final report.
2014	Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., Loch, A., & Grafton, R. Q. (2014). Survey of National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) users.
2012	Zuo, A., Nauges, C., & Wheeler, S. (2012). Water trading as a risk-management tool for farmers: new empirical evidence from the Australian water market. University of Queensland, School of Economics.
2010	Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, Z., & Bjornlund, H. (2010). Investigating irrigator water use, selling water entitlements, exit behaviour and government intervention in water markets in the Southern Murray Darling Basin.

Theses

Year	Citation
2022	Kandulu, J. (2022). Improving the social welfare of rural households in South Asia and Africa through effective rural development interventions. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide).
2013	Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., Wheeler, S., & de Loë, R. (2013). Water Reallocation Policies–The Importance of Rural and Urban Differences in Alberta, Canada. (PhD Thesis).
2012	Wheeler, S. A., Zuo, A., & Bjornlund, H. (2012). Selling water for the environment: how sustainable is it for irrigators?. (PhD Thesis).
-	Bjornlund, H., Zuo, A., Parrack, C., Wheeler, S., & de Loë, R. (n.d.). Water Reallocation Policies: Public Perceptions. (PhD Thesis).

Working Paper

Year Citation
- Nauges, C., Wheeler, S. A., Australia, S., & Zuo, A. (n.d.). TITLE: Elicitation of Murray-Darling Basin irrigators’ risk preferences from observed behaviour.
Datasets

Year Citation
- Zuo, A. (n.d.). Mango online seller Tmall.
DOI

Year	Citation
-	Nauges, C., Wheeler, S. A., Australia, S., & Zuo, A. (n.d.). TITLE: Elicitation of Murray-Darling Basin irrigators’ risk preferences from observed behaviour.

Year	Citation
-	Zuo, A. (n.d.). Mango online seller Tmall. DOI

2023
Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural Australia, ARC Future Fellowship
Enterprise choice and sequence strategies that drive sustainable and profitable southern Australian farming systems, GRDC
2022
Impacts of changing water ownership and reforms on Australian water markets, ARC Discovery
2020
Strengthening small-scale agricultural exports to China: Evaluation of two innovative marketing channels, Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Consumer preferences for three new mango varieties, an auction experiment, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
2018
Improving smallholder farmer incomes through strategic market development in mango supply chains in southern Vietnam, ACIAR
Understanding parallel trade of Australian products to China, Federal Department of Agricultural, Water and the Environment
2017
Challenges and opportunities for meeting requirements of China mango markets, ACIAR
Value chain and policy interventions to accelerate adoption of Happy Seeder zero tillage in rice-wheat farming systems across the Indo-Gangetic Plains, ACIAR
2016
Increasing irrigation water productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through on-farm monitoring, adaptive management and agricultural innovative programs, ACIAR
Efficient participatory irrigation institutions to support productive and sustainable agriculture in south Asia, ACIAR
Developing a water market readiness framework, the Australian National Commission for UNESCO

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Co-Supervisor	Understanding agri-food products purchase behaviour in cross-border live streaming commerce	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Gengtao Liu
2023	Co-Supervisor	Evaluating Extension Approaches for Smallhoder Dairy Value Chains in West Java, Indonesia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Vyta Hanifah
2023	Principal Supervisor	Essays exploring the value of water as an investment	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Mubeen Abdur Rehman
2023	Co-Supervisor	Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies, Commercialization, and Nutrition in Rural Africa	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Tadiwos Zewdie Tiruneh
2023	Principal Supervisor	Drought impacts in Australian rural and regional communities	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Jiaqi Fan
2023	Co-Supervisor	Adaptation to climate change: firm-level evidence from manufacturer in developing countries	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Siqi Huang
2022	Principal Supervisor	Transforming to sustainable food consumption: an empirical study in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Thi Xuan Dieu Phan

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	Investigating online market consumer behaviour through spatial, big data and machine learning approaches: cases in Daigou, e-commerce platform and NFT crypto market	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Wenzhu David Tang
2018 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Investigating Agricultural Innovation Platforms, Soil Moisture Monitoring Tools and Farm Adaptation Behaviour in Irrigation Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Fentahun Addis Abebe
2018 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Social licence in natural resource dependent industries: Improving understanding and integrating economic perspectives	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Nikki Dumbrell
2018 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Food System Transformation in Fiji: Exploring the Determinants of Diet Quality and Health Outcomes in Rural and Urban Households	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Anna Vicki Finizio
2017 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Examining the Spatial Influences of Natural Capital in the Australian Agricultural Landscape	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Maksuda Mannaf
2017 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Trade costs, trade facilitation, and agrifood exports in Central Asia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Alfinura Sharafeyeva
2017 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Improving the Social Welfare of Rural Households in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa through Effective Rural Development Interventions	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr John Kandulu
2016 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	How Can the Global Food Security Challenges be Addressed in a Multilateral Trading System?	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Lakmini Priyanga Peiris Mendis
2016 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Understanding adaptation and water market behaviour of irrigators and non-landholder stakeholders in the Murray-Darling Basin	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Constantin Seidl
2015 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Impacts of Climatic Variability, Water Scarcity and Socio-Economic Demographics on Farmers' Mental Health in Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Sahar Daghagh Yazd
2015 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Examining the Importance of Spatial Influences on Irrigators' Water Trading Behaviour in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Juliane Haensch

Committee Memberships

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2021 - 2025	Member	Steering Committee, Human Dimensions Research Coordination Program , FRDC	Fisheries Research and Development Corporation	Australia
2017 - ongoing	Member	Council of the Chinese Economics Society Australia	The Chinese Economics Society Australia	Australia
2014 - ongoing	Treasurer	Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society SA Branch	-	Australia

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 83139133
Email: alec.zuo@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Nexus 10, floor 6
Org Unit: Centre for Global Food and Resources

Dr Alec Zuo

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