David Adamson

Research Interests

Agricultural Economics & Policy Agricultural Systems Analysis and Modelling Applied Economics Economics Natural Resource Management Public Policy

Dr David Adamson

Senior Lecturer

School of Economics

College of Business and Law

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

From Apples to ZoonosisDavid is an agricultural economist who specialises in decision-making under risk and uncertainty. David has extensive experience in modelling economic production systems (irrigation, livestock, cropping, etc) to explore policy and strategic research issues. He has applied these skills to protect capital (economic, social, cultural, and environmental) from issues including, but not limited to, biosecurity, water resources and climate change. David works with multidisciplinary teams in Australia and around the world. He holds an honorary position at the University of Liverpool, UK dealing with one-health economics.He has been published in leading journals, including Nature Sustainability, Global Environmental Change, Water Resource Research and Land Economics. His extensive consulting experience includes working for the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE), USDA, The Uruguayan Government, and The Murray-Darling Basin Authority.

Key Research Areas: Biosecurity, Water, Climate Change, Agriculture

Key Skills: Risk & Uncertainty, Optimisation, CBA, Whole Farm Analysis

 

Biosecurity Economic Experience:

  • the economist at the CRC for Tropical Pest Management (1994-99)
  • a member of the Independent Review into Red Imported Fire Ants (2015-16),
  • explored the biosecurity implications of harmonising regulations via Free Trade Agreements,
  • worked on agroterrorism for the OIE (2019-20)
  • Foot & Mouth Disease management options in Uruguay, and
  • exploring the value of rapid disease detection kits in the USA.

Water Resource Experience:

  • held an ARC DECRA Fellowship dealing with maximising the benefits of restoring environmental flows (2016-2020)
  • advised Europe's largest Dam managers in Portugal on water allocation under a changing climate Climate Change (2018)
  • a member of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Economic Modelling and Costs Analysis Technical Group (2011)

Climate Change Experience:

  • The Garnaut Climate Change Review
  • Impacts on water resources
  • Impacts on distribution and density of species
  • Agricultural adaptation

Date Position Institution name
2020 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
2017 - 2020 ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow (C) The University of Adelaide
2016 - 2017 ARC DECRA Fellow The University of Queensland
2011 - 2016 Senior Academic Research Officer The University of Queensland
2005 - 2011 Research Manager The University of Queensland
2004 - 2005 Research Officer The University of Queensland
2000 - 2004 Director Self-employed
1999 - 2000 Research Officer The University of Queensalnd
1994 - 1999 Economist CRC for Tropical Pest Management

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2017 Award Executive Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Research, University of Adelaide Award The University of Adelaide Australia -
2016 Fellowship Discovery Early Career Researcher Researcher Award - Australia -
2015 Fellowship Endeavour Research Fellow - Australia $24,500
2015 Fellowship The University Of QueenslandAustralian Institute for Business and Economics (AIBE) Fellowship The University of Queensland Australia $39,336

Date Institution name Country Title
2008 - 2015 The University of Queensland Australia PhD
1994 - 1997 The University of Queensland Australia M.Natural Resource Economics
1990 - 1994 University of New England Australia B.Ag Econ

Year Citation
2025 Loch, A., Pérez-Blanco, C. D., Bouzidi, N., & Adamson, D. (2025). AC-TC Back in Black: Restoring Environmental Water in the Douro Basin, Spain. Water (Switzerland), 17(10), 1427-1-1427-17.
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2024 Loch, A., Croft, M., Giancaspro, M., & Adamson, D. (2024). Assessing effective deterrence of theft in transboundary water systems. nature water, 2(4), 380-389.
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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.
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2024 Perez-Blanco, D., Mejino, J., Loch, A., Adamson, D., Gil-Garcia, L., Saiz-Santiago, P., & Ortega, J. A. (2024). Abatement and transaction costs of water reallocation. Journal of Hydrology, 635, 131119-1-131119-15.
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2024 Railey, A. F., Adamson, D., Simmons, H. L., & Rushton, J. (2024). Economics of reducing response time to foreign-animal disease in the United States with point-of-care diagnostic tests. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 230, 7 pages.
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2024 Loch, A., Scholz, G., Adamson, D., Sexton, S., & Peralta Sanchez, A. (2024). Validating costly protected area restoration after (increasing) disasters. Journal of Environmental Management, 370, 122305-1-122305-11.
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2024 Loch, A., Sexton, S., Maclean, J., O’Connor, P., Adamson, D., & Scholz, G. (2024). Increased monetary equity and health wellbeing benefits for marginal urban socioeconomic groups from access to green space. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 102, 128576-1-128576-10.
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2023 Gilbert, W., Adamson, D., Donachie, D., Hamilton, K., & Rushton, J. (2023). A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Preparing National Veterinary Services for Transboundary Animal Disease Emergencies. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2023, 14 pages.
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2022 Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2022). Overcoming deterministic limits to robustness tests of decision-making given incomplete information: the state contingent analysis approach. Water Economics and Policy, 8(4), 2240011.
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2022 Loch, A., & Adamson, D. (2022). Water risks and sustainable water management. Water Economics and Policy, 8(4), 2202002-1-2202002-11.
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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 Scopus28 WoS26
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 Scopus17 WoS14
2021 Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2021). Incorporating uncertainty in the economic evaluation of capital investments for water use efficiency improvements. Land Economics, 97(3), 655-671.
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2021 Perez-Blanco, C. D., Loch, A., Ward, F., Perry, C., & Adamson, D. (2021). Agricultural water saving through technologies: a zombie idea. Environmental Research Letters, 16(11), 114032-1-114032-10.
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2021 Siv, K., Adamson, D., & Griffith, G. (2021). Profitability of Cashew Nut Processing in Cambodia. Australasian Agribusiness Perspectives, 24, 282-310.
2021 Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2021). Incorporating Uncertainty in the Economic Evaluation of Capital Investments for Water-Use Efficiency Improvements. LAND ECONOMICS, 97(3), 655-671.
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2021 Loch, A., Auricht, C., Adamson, D., & Mateo Peinado, L. (2021). Markets, mis-direction and motives: A factual analysis of hoarding and speculation in southern Murray-Darling Basin water markets. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 65(2), 291-317.
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2021 Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2021). Dead in the water: A very angry book about our greatest environmental catastrophe. The death of the Murray-Darling Basin, by Richard Beasley, 2021, 296 pp, ISBN: 9781760878450. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 65(3), 760-762.
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2020 Adamson, D., Gilbert, W., Hamilton, K., Donachie, D., & Rushton, J. (2020). Preparing for animal health emergencies: considerations for economic evaluation. Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics), 39(2), 625-635.
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2020 Loch, A., Adamson, D., & Auricht, C. (2020). (g)etting to the point: The problem with water risk and uncertainty. Water Resources and Economics, 32, 100154-1-100154-12.
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2020 Mallaawarachchi, T., Auricht, C., Loch, A., Adamson, D., & John, Q. (2020). Water allocation in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin: managing change under heightened uncertainty. Economic Analysis and Policy, 66, 345-369.
DOI Scopus28 WoS22
2020 Loch, A., Adamson, D., & Dumbrell, N. (2020). The fifth stage in water management: policy lessons for water governance. Water Resources Research, 56(5), 1-17.
DOI Scopus31 WoS27
2020 Adamson, D. C., & Loch, A. (2020). Incorporating uncertainty in the economic evaluation of capital investments for water use efficiency. Land Economics.
2020 Adamson, D. C., Gilbert, W., Rothman-Ostrow, P., & Rushton, J. (2020). The pros and cons of animal health harmonisation. Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics), 39(1), 173-181.
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2020 Loch, A., Perez-Blanco, D., Carmody, E., Felbab-Brown, V., Adamson, D., & Seidl, C. (2020). Grand theft water and the calculus of compliance. Nature Sustainability, 3(12), 1-7.
DOI Scopus39 WoS35
2020 Dumbrell, N. P., Adamson, D., & Wheeler, S. (2020). Is social licence a response to government and market failures? Evidence from the literature. Resources Policy, 69, 11 pages.
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2020 Perry, B., Rich, K. M., Rojas, H., Romero, J., Adamson, D. C., Bervejillo,, J. E., . . . Rushton, J. (2020). Integrating the technical, risk management and economic implications of animal disease control to advise policy change: the example of foot-and-mouth disease control in Uruguay. EcoHealth, 17(3), 381-387.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC4
2019 Rosanowski, S., Carpenter, T., Adamson, D. C., Rogers, C., Pearce, P., Burns, M., & Cogger, N. (2019). An economic analysis of a contingency model utilising vaccination for the control of equine influenza in a non-endemic country. PLoS ONE, 14(1), e0210885-1-e0210885-18.
DOI Scopus7 WoS9 Europe PMC4
2018 Horne, A., O'Donnell, E., Loch, A., Adamson, D., Hart, B., & Freebairn, J. (2018). Environmental water efficiency: Maximizing benefits and minimizing costs of environmental water use and management. WIREs. Water, 5(4), e1285-1-e1285-10.
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2018 Jackson, L., & Adamson, D. C. (2018). The live sheep export supply chain: when operational and societal complexities collide. International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 12(2), 181-196.
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2018 Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2018). Achieving environmental flows where buyback is constrained. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 62(1), 83-102.
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2017 Gomez, C., Pérez-Blanco, C., Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2017). Managing water scarcity at a river basin scale with economic instruments. Water Economics and Policy, 3(4), 1-31.
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2017 Adamson, D., loch, A., & Schwabe, K. (2017). Adaptation responses to increasing drought frequency. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 61(3), 1-19.
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2017 Tisdell, C., & Adamson, D. (2017). The importance of fixed costs in animal health systems. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE, 36(1), 49-56.
DOI Scopus6 WoS7 Europe PMC1
2016 Adamson, D. C. (2016). Pandora’s Box and the level playing field: food safety and regulations. Farm Policy Journal, 13(3), 33-41.
2015 Loch, A., & Adamson, D. (2015). Drought and the rebound effect: a Murray-Darling Basin example. Natural Hazards, 79(3), 1429-1449.
DOI Scopus59 WoS51
2014 Loch, A., Adamson, D., & Mallawaarachchi, T. (2014). Role of hydrology and economics in water management policy under increasing uncertainty. Journal of Hydrology, 518(Part A), 5-16.
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2014 Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2014). Possible negative feedbacks from 'gold-plating' irrigation infrastructure. Agricultural Water Management, 145, 134-144.
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2012 Zalucki, M., Shabbir, A., Silva, R., Adamson, D., Liu, S., & Furlong, M. (2012). Estimating the economic cost of one of the world's major insect pests, plutella xylostella (lepidoptera: Plutellidae): just how long is a piece of string?. Journal of Economic Entomology, 105(4), 1115-1129.
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2011 Schrobback, P., Adamson, D., & Quiggin, J. (2011). Turning water into carbon: carbon sequestration and water flow in the Murray-Darling Basin. Environmental and Resource Economics, 49(1), 23-45.
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2010 Quiggin, J., Adamson, D., Chambers, S., & Schrobback, P. (2010). Climate Change, Uncertainty, and Adaptation: The Case of Irrigated Agriculture in the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 58(4), 531-554.
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2009 Zalucki, M. P., Adamson, D., & Furlong, M. J. (2009). The future of IPM: Whither or wither?: Overview. Australian Journal of Entomology, 48(2), 85-96.
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2009 Adamson, D., Mallawaarachchi, T., & Quiggin, J. (2009). Declining inflows and more frequent droughts in the Murray - Darling Basin: Climate change, impacts and adaptation. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 53(3), 345-366.
DOI Scopus58 WoS51
2007 Adamson, D., Mallawaarachchi, T., & Quiggin, J. (2007). Water use and salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin: A state-contingent model. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 51(3), 263-281.
DOI Scopus42 WoS39
2006 Adamson, D. (2006). Common waters, diverging streams: Linking institutions and water management in Arizona, California, and Colorado. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 50(3), 466-468.
1999 Norton, G., Adamson, D., Aitken, L., Bilston, L., Foster, J., Frank, B., & Harper, J. (1999). Facilitating IPM: the role of participatory workshops. International Journal of Pest Management, 45(2), 85-90.
DOI Scopus19 WoS16

Year Citation
2014 Quiggin, J., Adamson, D., & Quiggen, D. (Eds.) (2014). Carbon Pricing: Early experience and future prospects. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2014 Quiggin, J., Adamson, D., & Quiggen, D. (Eds.) (2014). Carbon Pricing: Early experience and future prospects. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Year Citation
2025 Loch, A., & Adamson, D. (2025). Sustainability challenges in water management. In M. John (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Education and Thinking (1st ed., pp. 218-230). Routledge Publishers.
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2021 Bhaduri, A., Dionisio Pérez-Blanco, C., Rey, D., Iftekhar, S., Kaushik, A., Escriva-Bou, A., . . . Bekchanov, M. (2021). Economics of Water Security. In J. J. Bogardi, J. Gupta, K. D. W. Nandalal, L. Salamé, R. R. P. van Nooijen, N. Kumar, . . . A. G. Kolechkina (Eds.), Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples (pp. 273-327). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
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2021 Adamson, D., Auricht, C., & Loch, A. (2021). The Golden Gift of Groundwater in Australia’s MDB. In S. H. Choi, E. Shin, A. K. Makarigakis, O. Sohn, C. Clench, & M. Trudeau (Eds.), The Role of Sound Groundwater Resources Management and Governance to Achieve Water Security (Vol. 3, pp. 133-149). Paris, France: UNESCO.
2018 Pérez-Blanco, C., Adamson, D., & Loch, A. (2018). Economic Resilience. In S. Fuchs, & T. Thaler (Eds.), Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards (pp. 214-236). Online: Cambridge University Press.
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2018 Loch, A., Perez-Blanco, C., Rey, D., O'Donnell, E., & Adamson, D. (2018). Regulatory and economic instruments: a useful partnership to achieve collective objectives?. In C. Holley, & D. Sinclair (Eds.), Reforming water law and governance from stagnation to innovation in Australia (pp. 123-139). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
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2017 Tisdell, C., Adamson, D., & Auld, B. (2017). The economics of alternative pest management strategies: basic assessment. In E. Coll, & E. Wajnberg (Eds.), Environmental pest management challenges for agronomists, ecologists, economists and policymakers (pp. 55-76). Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
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2015 Loch, A., Wheeler, S., & Adamson, D. (2015). People versus place in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin: balancing economic, social ecosystem and community outcomes. In V. Squires, H. Milner, & K. Daniell (Eds.), River basin management in the twenty-first century: understanding people and place (pp. 275-303). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
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2014 Adamson, D., Zalucki, M., & Furlong, M. (2014). Pesticides and integrated pest management practice, practicality and policy in Australia. In R. Peshin, & D. Pimentel (Eds.), Integrated Pest Management: Experiences with Implementation, Global Overview (Vol. 4, pp. 387-411). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
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2012 Mallawaarachchi, T., McClintock, A., Adamson, D., & Quiggin, J. (2012). Investment as an adaptation response to water scarcity. In J. Quiggin, T. Mallawaarachchi, & S. Chambers (Eds.), Water Policy Reform: Lessons in Sustainability from the Murray-Darling Basin (pp. 101-126). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2012 Mallawaarachchi, T., Adamson, D., Chambers, S., Schrobback, P., & Quiggin, J. (2012). Variability and uncertainty: Implications for water policy impact analysis. In J. Quiggin, T. Mallawaarachchi, & S. Chambers (Eds.), Water Policy Reform: Lessons in Sustainability from the Murray-Darling Basin (pp. 82-100). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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2010 Adamson, D. (2010). Quarantine and food safety issues in a TPPA. In J. Kelsey (Ed.), No ordinary deal: unmasking the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (pp. 95-106). Bridget Williams Books.
1997 Adamson, D. C. (1997). Benefit cost analysis for biological control programs. In M. Julien, & G. White (Eds.), Biological Control of Weeds: theory and practical application, Canberra: ACIAR Monograph Series.. ACIAR.

Year Citation
2012 Adamson, D. (2012). The Basin Plan, the buy-back and climate change: determining an optimal water entitlements portfolio. In Climate Change 2012: Water and Climate: Policy Implementation Changes, Proceedings of the 2nd Practical Responses to Climate Change (pp. 1-8). Barton, A.C.T: Engineers Australia.
2008 Adamson, D. C., Schrobback, P., & Quiggin, J. (2008). Options for managing salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin under reduced rainfall. In 2nd International Salinity Forum: Salinity, water and society—global issues. Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia.
1998 Zalucki, M., Rochester, W. A., Norton, G. A., Maelzer, D., Fitt, G. P., & Adamson, D. (1998). IPM and heliothis: What we have to do to make it work?. In M. P. Zalucki, R. Drew, & G. G. White (Eds.), PEST MANAGEMENT - FUTURE CHALLENGES, VOLS 1 AND 2, PROCEEDINGS (pp. A107-A114). UNIV QUEENSLAND, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: UNIV QUEENSLAND, DEPT HOSP TOURISM PROP MANAGEMENT LAWES.
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Year Citation
2022 Auricht, C., Yapp, G., Wood, B., Bugg, A., Mallawaarachchi, T., Adamson, D., . . . Auricht, D. (2022). National Soil Review Final Report: Part A Project Outcomes. Adelaide, SA: Auricht Projects.
2022 Auricht, C., Wood, B., Yapp, G., Bugg, A., Mallawaarachchi, T., Adamson, D., . . . Auricht, D. (2022). National Soil Review Final Report: Part B Project Results. Adelaide, SA: Auricht Projects.
2022 Railey, A., Adamson, D., & Rushton, J. (2022). POC MODEL DOCUMENTATION (Draft).
2021 Loch, A., & Adamson, D. (2021). Estimating the Economic Impacts of NPWS Infrastructure Investment 2021. South Australian Department of Environment & Water.
2020 Perry, B., Rich, K., Rojas, H., Romero, J., Adamson, D. C., & Rushton, J. (2020). FINAL REPORT:Assessment of the economic impacts of a change in the sanitary status with respect to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) prevention and control in Uruguay, and of the associated risk implications.
2020 Auricht, C., Loch, A., Byrne, C., Proud, B., & Adamson, D. (2020). Submission to the ACCC Murray-Darling Basin Water Markets Inquiry - Interim Report. Adelaide, South Australia.
2020 Adamson, D. C., & Wheeler, S. (2020). CBA Model of Sheep Blow Fly Eradication in Kangaroo Island.
2019 Perry, B., Rich, K., Rojas, H., Romero, J., Adamson, D. C., & Rushton, J. (2019). Assessment of the economic and social impacts of a change in the sanitary status with respect to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) prevention and control in Uruguay, and of the associated risk implications: DRAFT REPORT.
2019 Gilbert, W., Adamson, D. C., & Rushton, J. (2019). Building resilience against agro-terrorism and agro-crime A cost-benefit analysis of investing in emergency management: Interim report on The Costs of Emergency Preparedness (2). Liverpool, UK.
2019 Gilbert, W., Adamson, D. C., & Rushton, J. (2019). Building resilience against agro-terrorism and agro-crime: A cost-benefit analysis of investing in emergency management: Inception Report (1). The University of Liverpool.
2019 Loch, A., Adamson, D., Mallawaarachchi, T., & Auricht, C. (2019). Submission to the Independent Social and Economic Assessment Panel in the Murray-Darling Basin.
2017 adamson, D., Loch, A., Wheeler, S., & Connor, J. (2017). Submission to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources: Inquiry into water-use efficiency in Australian agriculture,.
2017 Loch, A., O'Donnell, E., Adamson, D., & Horne,, A. (2017). Submission to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee Inquiry: The integrity of the water market in the Murray-Darling Basin.
2016 Magee, B., Oi, D., Parkes, J., Adamson, D., Hyne, N., Langford, D., . . . Lawson, S. (2016). Report of the Independent Review Panel: Independent Review Panel of the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program.
2016 Magee, B., Oi, D., Parkes, J., Adamson, D., Hyne, N., Langford, D., . . . Lawson, S. (2016). Report of the Independent Review Panel: Independent Review Panel of the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program.
2011 Adamson, D. C., Quiggin, J., & Quiggin, D. (2011). Water supply variability and sustainable diversion limits: Issues to consider in developing the Murray-Darling Basin (UniQuest Project No: 17255). Brisbane.
2011 Mallawaarchchi, T., Adamson, D. C., Huges, N., O'Donnell, C., & Quiggin, J. (2011). An economic analysis of the Impact of the National Water Initiative on the efficiency and productivity of water use. Brisbane, Australia.
2011 Mallawaararchchi, T., Adamson, D. C., Schrobback, P., & Quiggin, J. (2011). An economic analysis of the impact of the national water initiative on the capacity and resilience of Australia’s water management regime : Report to Client. Brisbane, Australia.
2010 Mallawaarachchi, T., Adamson, D. C., Chambers, S., & Schrobback, P. (2010). Economic analysis of diversion options for the Murray–Darling Basin Plan: Returns to irrigation under reduced water availability.

Year Citation
- Adamson, D. (n.d.). Restoring the balance: Water reform & the Murray-Darling Basin plan.

Year Citation
2020 Sharafeyeva, A., & Adamson, D. (2020). Impact of trade facilitation on trade flows: a critical insight of quantitative studies.
2008 Wagner, L., Quiggin, J., & Adamson, D. (2008). Opportunity costs of restoring environmental flows to the Snowy River. Risk and Sustainable Management Group, University of Queensland.

David Adamson has won/participated in over $1.7 million worth of research/consultancy/fellowships since 2008. 

Year   Project Name TOTAL
2021 ACIAR ACIAR: Seeds of Life $119,743
2020 Faculty of Pofessions, UoA Faculty of Professions, Animate your Science $5,000
2020 FFCRC FFCRC: Social Licence Project $40,000
2019 Urugyian Government Evaluation of FMD in Uruguay $14,308
2019 OIE OIE Agroterrorism $112,969
2019 SARDI/PIRSA Sterile Insect Technology $33,000
2019 University of Alcala Giner de los Rios Fellowship $8,617
2018 University of Liverpool UoL 20% of salary 2018+ 2019 $77,119
2018 UoA UoA interdisciplinary Research Funding $65,000
2017 UoA, EU Centre for Global Affairs Annual Grant Program $15,000
2016 ARC ARC DECRA $335,000
2016 ACIAR ACIAR: Horticultural Markets in Pakistan $302,104
2015 DNRM, QLD DNRM Pricing New Water Rights $34,856
2015 AIBE, UQ AIBE Fellowship $39,336
2015 Australian Governmen Endeavour Research Fellow $24,500
2014 COST-ACTION, EU Network for Evaluation of One Health, TD Cost-Action TD1401*  
2013 UWA/UQ collaboration fund Coal Seam Gas & the Precautionary Principal $6,799
2011 ABARE/MDBA MDBA: Water Supply Variability & Sustainable Diversion Limits  $41,155
2011 Inovac/NWC Analysis of the Impact of the National Water Initiative $99,000
2010 MDBA Economic Analysis of Diversion Operations for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan $57,000
2009 CRC  One-Health Evaluation $17,000
2009 SA Government SA Government High Court Challenge on Water Trade  $230,000
2008 The Garnaut Climate Change Review Garnaut Climate Change Review: The Implications for Irrigation in the MDB $38,455
2008 ABARE/Dept Ag Vic ABARES/Dept of Ag Victoria: Reduced Water Availability in the MDB $18,182

 

Teaching/Course Co-ordination:

  • From  2020 Agribus 7057 "Trends in the World Food System"
  • From 2021 Agribus "Agricultural Decision Making"

Guest Lectures:

  • Adamson, D. 2016, ‘Economic impacts of One Health events’,  Guest Lecture for VETS1030 One Health, 7 October 2016.
  • Adamson, D. 2016, Economics and Biosecurity, Guest lecture for AGRC3042 Animal & Plant Biosecurity, 23 March 2016.
  • Adamson, D. 2013: ‘The Murray-Darling Basin Plan & the Buy-Back’, Guest Lecture for ECON3710, 5 August 2013.
  • Adamson, D. 2012, ‘Water Issues in the Murray Darling Basin’, Guest Lectures for ENVM7100 & ENVM2100, 24 & 26 April 2012.

Training Courses:

  • Adamson, D 2016, Bio-Security & Market Access: The Role of Public Institutions DFAT’s Australia Awards Africa Agribusiness, Training Course, 30 August.
  • Adamson, D. 2014, ‘The Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Policy Analysis’, BAPPENAS: Institutional Strengthening in the Indonesian Water Resources, Brisbane 12 Aug 2014.
  • Adamson, D. 1996, ‘Biological control of tropical weeds: the economics of bio-control: a practical handout’, Tropical Weeds Course.
  • Adamson, D. 1996, ‘How to make a resource economist squirm’, IPM Tools for Implementation, unpublished handout, CTPM, Brisbane.
  • Adamson, D. 1996, ‘The economics of bio-control: A practical handout, IPM Tools for Implementation, unpublished handout, CTPM, Brisbane.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Predicting natural capital account fluctuations under climate change Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Mehrnoosh Taherizadeh
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

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
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
2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Trade costs, trade facilitation, and agrifood exports in Central Asia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Alfinura Sharafeyeva

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2015 - 2016 Member Independent Review Panel of the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program - Australia
2013 - 2015 President Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society (Queensland Branch) - Australia
2011 - 2011 Member Economic Modelling and Costs Analysis Technical Group Murray-Darling Basin Authority Australia

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