
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.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2016 Fellowship President's International Fellowship Initiative Chinese Academy of Sciences China - 2013 Award Premier’s NRM ‘Big Picture’ Award, South Australia – Finalist Premier South Australia Australia - 2007 Award South Australian Spatial Excellence Award ASIBA Australia - 2007 Recognition South Australian Landcare Award - - - -
Research Interests
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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.
Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC22012 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.
Scopus92 WoS602010 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.
Scopus42 WoS332009 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.
Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC82007 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.
Scopus32007 Field, S., O'Connor, P., Tyre, A., & Possingham, H. (2007). Making monitoring meaningful. Austral Ecology, 32(5), 485-491.
Scopus186 WoS160 Europe PMC542007 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.
Scopus1 WoS12006 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.
Scopus872005 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.
Scopus40 WoS372003 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.
Scopus130 WoS1032002 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.
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.
Scopus223 WoS170 Europe PMC692001 O'Connor, P., Smith, S., & Smith, F. (2001). Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in the southern Simpson Desert. Australian Journal of Botany, 49(4), 493-499.
Scopus62 WoS45 Europe PMC131998 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.
Scopus157 WoS146 Europe PMC411996 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.
Scopus92010 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.
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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 contextsDoctor of Education Doctorate Part Time Dr Margaret Cargill
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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
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