Patrick O'Connor

Professor Patrick O'Connor

Director

School of Economics and Public Policy

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2014 Gao, P., Duan, T. Y., Nan, Z. B., & O'Connor, P. J. (2014). First report of Septoria apocyni causing spot blight on the species of apocynum venetum and poacynum pictum in China. Plant Disease, 98(10), 1429.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC2
    2012 Cargill, M., O'Connor, P., & Li, Y. (2012). Educating Chinese scientists to write for international journals: Addressing the divide between science and technology education and English language teaching. English for Specific Purposes;An International Journal of English for Specific Purposes, 31(1), 60-69.
    DOI Scopus92 WoS60
    2010 Chen, M., Yin, H., O'Connor, P., Wang, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2010). C: N: P stoichiometry and specific growth rate of clover colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Plant and Soil, 326(1-2 Sp Iss), 21-29.
    DOI Scopus42 WoS33
    2009 O'Connor, P., Manjarrez Martinez, M., & Smith, S. (2009). The fate and efficacy of benomyl applied to field soils to suppress activity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 55(7), 901-904.
    DOI Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC8
    2007 O'Connor, P., & Bond, A. (2007). Maximizing the effectiveness of photopoint monitoring for ecological management and restoration. Ecological Management and Restoration, 8(3), 228-234.
    DOI Scopus3
    2007 Field, S., O'Connor, P., Tyre, A., & Possingham, H. (2007). Making monitoring meaningful. Austral Ecology, 32(5), 485-491.
    DOI Scopus186 WoS160 Europe PMC54
    2007 Zhu, Y., O'Connor, P., & Cao, J. (2007). Where do Chinese scientists publish their research in environmental science and technology?. Environmental Pollution, 147(1), 1-3.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1
    2006 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2006). Getting research published in English: Towards a curriculum design model for developing skills and enhancing outcomes. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 53(November), 79-94.
    2006 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2006). Developing Chinese scientists' skills for publishing in English: evaluating collaborating-colleague workshops based on genre analysis. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5(3), 207-221.
    DOI Scopus87
    2005 Field, S., Tyre, A., Thorn, K., O'Connor, P., & Possingham, H. (2005). Improving the efficiency of wildlife monitoring by estimating detectability: a case study of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Wildlife Research, 32(3), 253-258.
    DOI Scopus40 WoS37
    2003 Li, X., Zhou, H., Wang, X., Zhu, Y., & O'Conner, P. (2003). The effects of sand stabilization and revegetation on cryptogam species diversity and soil fertility in the Tengger Desert, Northern China. Plant and Soil, 251(2), 237-245.
    DOI Scopus130 WoS103
    2002 Antoniolli, Z., Facelli, E., O'Connor, P., Miller, D., Ophel-Keller, K., & Smith, S. (2002). Spore communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhizal associations in different ecosystems, South Australia. Revista Brasiliera de Ciencia do Solo, 26(3), 627-635.
    DOI
    2002 O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (2002). Arbuscular mycorrhizas influence plant diversity and community structure in a semiarid herbland. New Phytologist, 154(1), 209-218.
    DOI Scopus223 WoS170 Europe PMC69
    2001 O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (2001). Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in the southern Simpson Desert. Australian Journal of Botany, 49(4), 493-499.
    DOI Scopus62 WoS45 Europe PMC13
    1998 Barker, S., Stummer, B., Gao, L., Dispain, I., O'Connor, P., & Smith, S. (1998). A mutant in Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. with highly reduced VA mycorrhizal colonization: isolation and preliminary characterisation. Plant Journal, 15(6), 791-797.
    DOI Scopus157 WoS146 Europe PMC41
    1996 Barker, S., Stummer, B., O'Connor, P., Dispain, I., & Smith, S. (1996). Screening tomato mutants for abnormalities in VA mycorrhizal symbiosis. Report of the Tomato Genetics Cooperative, TCG, 46, 6.

  • Books
    Year Citation
    2013 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2013). Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and steps (2nd ed) (2nd ed.). Wiley.
    2009 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2009). Writing scientific research articles : strategy and steps. UK: Wiley.

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2012 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2012). Identifying and addressing challenges to international publication success for EFL science researchers: implementing an integrated training package in China. In R. Tang (Ed.), Academic Writing in a Second or Foreign Language: Issues and Challenges Facing ESL/EFL Academic Writers in Higher Education Contexts (1 ed., pp. 21-44). United Kingdom: Continuum.
    Scopus9
    2010 Cargill, M., & O'Connor, P. (2010). Structuring interdisciplinary collaboration to develop research student's skills for publishing research internationally: lessons from implementation. In M. Davies (Ed.), Interdisciplinary Higher Education: Perspectives and Practicalities (pp. 279-292). United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
    1998 Smith, H., O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (1998). Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas of durian and other plants of forest gardens in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems, 1998 (pp. 192-198). Springer-Verlag.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Principal Supervisor Assessing the value of wetlands using the contingent valuation method Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Tania Luni
    2024 Principal Supervisor Evaluating the Health and Economic Benefits of Enhancing Local Biodiversity: A Regional Analysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Keon Huang
    2024 Principal Supervisor Enhancing Sustainability and Community Well-being in Social Forest through Payment for Ecosystem Services Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Levina Augusta Geraldine
    2024 Principal Supervisor Local Community Perceptions of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Program in East Kalimantan. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Marcellinus Mandira Budi Utomo
    2024 Principal Supervisor Predicting natural capital account fluctuations under climate change Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Mehrnoosh Taherizadeh
    2023 Principal Supervisor valuing stacked ecosystem services Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Mimi Salminah
    2020 Co-Supervisor Optimising fire and herbivore management for biodiversity conservation in temperate woodlands Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Johanna Grace Kuhne
    2019 Principal Supervisor Wheat, Weapons and Worship: Improving the Delivery of Agricultural Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Angus Alexander Davidson

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2021 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Understanding the Attitudinal and Behavioural Determinants of Household Food Waste in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Trang Thi Thu Nguyen
    2020 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Exploring consumer-driven food value chain and market opportunities in Pacific SIDS countries Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Craig Johns
    2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Not 'Going, Going, Gone': Affordable Biodiversity Gains from a Conservation Auction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Anthelia Bond
    2006 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Collaborative Interdisciplinary Publication Skills Education:
    Implementation and implications in international science research contexts    		 Doctor of Education Doctorate Part Time Dr Margaret Cargill

  • Board Memberships
    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2019 - ongoing Director National Landcare Network National Landcare Network Australia
    2015 - ongoing President Cystic Fibrosis Australia - Australia

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2016 - ongoing Member Members Council of the National Landcare Network National Landcare Network Australia

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2019 - ongoing Board Member Soil Ecology Letters Springer China
    2015 - ongoing Board Member HAYATI Journal of Biosciences - Indonesia
    2008 - ongoing Board Member Acta Ecologica Sinica Chinese Ecological Society China
  • Position: Director
  • Phone: 83131039
  • Email: patrick.oconnor@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Nexus 10, floor 6
  • Org Unit: Centre for Global Food and Resources
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