Adam Loch

Associate Professor Adam Loch

Associate Prof/Reader

School of Economics and Public Policy

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

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


Dr Adam Loch is an Associate Professor and former ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Adelaide. Prior to moving to South Australia Adam spent 10 years on his family's farm in Queensland and currently researches topics such as risk and ambiguity, irrigator decision-making, water markets and institutional reform, transaction costs, and reallocation policy/program effectiveness.

Adam holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) from Bond University, a Master of Marketing (M.Mkt) from Griffith University, a Master of Business (M.Bus) from Central Queensland University and a Ph.D from UniSA. He has held and led several large-scale projects both in Australia and overseas which have focused on farming systems, public policy advice and strategic planning, economic analysis, and institutional reform. These projects have required a wide range of analytical techniques including survey design and delivery, econometric analysis tools, modeling assessments, transaction cost accounting, the design and conduct of interviews and focus groups, and scenario and fore-sighting analysis. Adam’s research networks include economic and policy specialists in Spain, Italy, and the UK, engineering, allocation, and hydrology researchers in the US and Chile, and sustainable agriculture and technology public policy experts in South Asia.

I am a collaborative academic by nature and practice, with many examples over the years of working with others to achieve far more than any one of us could alone. My current research interests include:

  • Water markets and governance institutions
  • Agricultural economics
  • Natural resource and environmental economics
  • Irrigator decision-making
  • Transaction costs and their quantification
  • Risk and uncertainty
  • Climate change modelling and down-scaled predictors
  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2015 - ongoing Senior Lecturer / ARC DECRA Fellow University of Adelaide
    2013 - 2015 Early Career Development Fellow University of South Australia
    2012 - 2013 Post-doctoral Research Fellow University of South Australia
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2017 Award Executive Dean's Award Faculty of the Professions, The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2014 Award Business School Top Early Career Researcher Achievement in Research Excellence Award University of South Australia Australia $3000
    2014 Award Top Research Team Achievement in Research Excellence Award University of South Australia Australia $5000
    2013 Award Ian Davey Research Thesis Award University of South Australia Australia $3000
    2013 Scholarship Early Career Travel Award University of South Australia Australia $4500
    2012 Distinction Business School Best Thesis Prize University of South Australia Australia -
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2009 - 2012 University of South Australia Australia Ph.D
    Central Queensland University Australia M.Bus.
    Griffith University Australia M.Mkting
    Bond University Australia B.Comm
  • Research Interests

Grant Funding (since 2012)
ID Title Funding organisation $ Period Participants
CSE/2017/101 Value chain and policy interventions to accelerate adoption of zero tillage in rice-wheat systems across the Indo Gangetic Plains Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) $271,685 2018 Dr Adam Loch, Dr Jay Cummins, Dr Alec Zuo, and Mr Rohan Yargop
  Building collaborative arrangements on water scarcity management between Australia and the European Union EU Centre for Global Affairs $15,000 2017 Dr Adam Loch
  Exploring a water market readiness framework in the United States, Spain and China Australian National Commission for UNESCO $20,000 2016  Dr Adam Loch, Assoc Prof Sarah Wheeler, Dr Alec Zuo and Prof Mike Young
DE150100328 Minimising transaction costs in Murray-Darling Basin water reform Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher (DECRA) Award $374,000 2015-17 Dr Adam Loch
  Can we ‘nudge’ consumer choices toward healthier locally produced food in supermarkets UniSA Research Themes for Development Investment Funding  $35,000 2015  Dr Svetlana Bogomolova, Dr Adam Loch, Prof Jon Buckley, Prof Larry Lockshin, Dr Herb Sorensen and Mr Graeme Longmuir
DP140103946 Transitioning to a water secure future Australian Research Council Discovery Award $172,000 2014-2016 Dr Sarah Wheeler, Dr Adam Loch, Dr Dustin Garrick, Prof Peter Boxall, Prof Vic Adamowicz, Dr Alec Zuo and Prof Henning Bjornlund
SD11-16 Water trade, climate change and irrigator adaptability in the Murray-Darling Basin National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) $200,000 2012 Dr Adam Loch, Dr Sarah Wheeler
Current teaching roles

AGRIBUS 7061

Research Project Part 1: Principles and Methods

2018-current

Course Coordinator/Lecturer

AGRIBUS 7062A/B

Research Project Part 2: Research Project
(GFAB Program)

2018-2020

Course Coordinator/Lecturer

AGRIBUS 7063

Research Project Part 2: Research Project
(MAB Program)

2018-current

Course Coordinator/Lecturer

AGRIBUS 7064

Water Security and Governance

2017-current

Course Coordinator/Lecturer

AGRIBUS 7065

Farm Decision Making

2021-current

Course Coordinator/Lecturer

 

     

 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2023 Co-Supervisor valuing stacked ecosystem services Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Mimi Salminah
    2022 Principal Supervisor Policy evaluation using optimization analysis: A case study of sugar self-sufficiency in Indonesia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Zaura Fadhliani
    2022 Co-Supervisor Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies, Commercialization, and Nutrition in Rural Africa Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tadiwos Zewdie Tiruneh
    2021 Principal Supervisor Understanding and supporting the Australian dairy sector in the adoption of sustainable food loss and waste management practices Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jack Benjamin Hetherington
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    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
    2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Economic Analysis of Farm Household Perceptions and Preferences for Salinity Intrusion Risk Reduction in the Mekong River Delta Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tien Dung Khong
    2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Improving the Robustness of Water Management in Indonesia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sitti Rahma Ma'Mun
  • Position: Associate Prof/Reader
  • Phone: 83139131
  • Email: adam.loch@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Nexus 10, floor 6
  • Org Unit: Centre for Global Food and Resources

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