Colin Brown

Biography

I have been actively involved in the agricultural economics profession and society at a state (President and Committee member), national (Associate Editor and Member of Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, thesis award committees, conference program organiser) and international (reviewer for papers at international conference). On the teaching front, I have been involved in the teaching of agricultural policy, agricultural marketing, land utilization, agricultural economics, agricultural production economics, ecological economics, and research methods since 1980. I have been the principal or co-supervisor for the research projects of 24 PhD students, 21 Masters students and 58 honours (undergraduate) students of which 4 of the postgraduate research students have received national awards for their theses.

Research Interest

My main research interests are in agricultural policy and agricultural marketing in China, Australia and Europe.