Adam James Loch is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Global Food and Resources.

Prior to moving to South Australia, Adam spent 10 years as a cotton grower and advocate for irrigators in Queensland.

He currently researches topics such as 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 is the immediate past President of the South Australian branch of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES-SA), and a member of several professional associations including the American Agricultural and Applied Economics Society (AAEA), the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EERE) and the Economics Society of Australia (EcoSoc).

Experience

  • 2013–2015
    Early Career Development Fellow, University of South Australia
  • 2012–2013
    Post-doc researcher, University of South Australia

Education

  • 2012 
    University of South Australia, PhD Economics
  • 2003 
    Central Queensland University, M. Bus.
  • 2000 
    Griffith University, M. Mkt
  • 1994 
    Bond University, B. Comm

Grants and Contracts

  • 2015
    DECRA Fellowship
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    ARC
  • 2014
    Discovery
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    ARC
  • 2012
    NCCARF Post-doc
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    NCCARF

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society - SA Branch President

Research Areas

  • Applied Economics (1402)
  • Agricultural Economics (140201)

Contact Adam for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision