Overview
Background
Scott grew up on a mixed farming property in western Queensland, has an undergraduate degree in Asian studies and a PhD in agricultural economics.
Scott worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Beijing, graduated from the Nanjing-Hopkins Centre for Advanced Chinese and American Studies and is fluent in Chinese. In China he has: collaborated with 20 research and government organisations; conducted fieldwork at country level and below for at least 30 months; and provided technical assistance in trade negotiations.
He has written eight books on China, two of which were translated into Chinese, and he has published in leading China studies journals, includingThe China Journal and China Quarterly. His research in recent years was on China's trade barriers on Australian exports, and China's economic growth model and implications for trade relations. Scott has been invited to deliver talks on China for a wide range of Australian government and non-govenment agencies, including training for DFAT's China Literacy program.
For more information see the website of the China Agricultural Economics Group
At UQ Scott has conducted 25 agricultural development projects in China, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He led multi-country and multi-stakeholder projects funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research (PAIR) and the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFARCR).
He coordinated the courses AGRC7520 "International Agricultural Development in Asia", AGRC7127 "Agricultural and Resource Policy" and ECON3820 "Understanding China"
Scott is currently an Economist at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Trade and Global Change program
Availability
- Associate Professor Scott Waldron is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Griffith University
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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China
Economic development and trade. Rural and agricultural development. Sino-Australian trade and relations.
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International agricultural development
Macro developments in demographics, food supply and human development. Micro developments in farm intensification, commercialisation and technological change.
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Global trade
Global economic relations, Sino-Australian trade, agricultural trade rules and regimes.
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Economic development
China especially Western China; Southeast Asia especially Indonesia and East Timor; the Pacific especially Vanuatu
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Ruminant livestock economics
Beef, wool, sheepmeat, cashmere, dairy, forages – in pastoral, livestock-cropping and intensive systems
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Agricultural research methodologies
Agricultural economics, agribusiness, value chain analysis, policy analysis, institutional analysis, farm management
Works
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2018
Conference Publication
Agricultural development in a Tibetan township
Zhang, Jing, Waldron, Scott, Pubuzhuoma, Brown, Colin and Wujincuomu (2018). Agricultural development in a Tibetan township. The 22nd biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Sydney, NSW Australia, 3-5 July 2018.
2018
Journal Article
Price transmission in regional beef markets: Australia, China and Southeast Asia
Dong, Xiaoxia, Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Zhang, Jing (2018). Price transmission in regional beef markets: Australia, China and Southeast Asia. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, 30 (2), 99-106. doi: 10.9755/ejfa.2018.v30.i2.1601
2018
Journal Article
Asymmetric price transmission in the Chinese pork and pig market
Dong, Xiaoxia, Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott and Zhang, Jing (2018). Asymmetric price transmission in the Chinese pork and pig market. British Food Journal, 120 (1), 120-132. doi: 10.1108/BFJ-02-2017-0056
2017
Conference Publication
Use of mobile technologies for research and engagement of smallholder cattle farmers in Vanuatu
Quigley, S.P., Antfalo, K., Waldron, S., Boe, S., Navian, M., Sul, J., Nasse, A., Natapu, J., Rihai, N., Poppi, D.P., Cox, K., Kalo, N., Moses, N., Bong, L., Rantes, J., Gregory, A., Higgins, S. and Addinsall, C. (2017). Use of mobile technologies for research and engagement of smallholder cattle farmers in Vanuatu. International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 20-22 November 2017.
2017
Journal Article
Specialisation and intensification of farming systems in Western China: the case of dairy farmers in Tibet
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Wilkins, John Francis (2017). Specialisation and intensification of farming systems in Western China: the case of dairy farmers in Tibet. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 7 (1), 69-80. doi: 10.1108/JADEE-04-2015-0022
2017
Conference Publication
Case study analysis on household attitudes towards weather index crop insurance in rural China
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2017). Case study analysis on household attitudes towards weather index crop insurance in rural China. The 61st Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-10 February 2017. St. Paul, MN USA: AgEcon Search. doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.258683
2017
Journal Article
Price transmission in whole milk powder markets: implications for the Oceania dairy sector of changing market developments
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin, Dong, Xiaoxia and Waldron, Scott (2017). Price transmission in whole milk powder markets: implications for the Oceania dairy sector of changing market developments. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 60 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/00288233.2017.1284133
2017
Conference Publication
Case study analysis on household attitudes towards weather index crop insurance in rural China
Zhang, Jing, Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2017). Case study analysis on household attitudes towards weather index crop insurance in rural China. 61st Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center, Brisbane, Queensland, 8-10 February 2017. AgEcon search database:
2017
Other Outputs
Enhancing smallholder cattle production in East Timor, Final report, Project LPS.2009.036
Fordyce, Geoffry, Dalgleish, Neil, Waldron, Scott, van der Fliert, Elske, da Costa Varela, Calisto, Coimbra, Latino, Talo Mali, Celestino Goncalves, Yuliaty, Corriea, Vicente de Paulo, do Rego, Adelino, de Almeida, Alipio, Amaral, Acacio and Thorne-George, Eric (2017). Enhancing smallholder cattle production in East Timor, Final report, Project LPS.2009.036. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
2016
Journal Article
Analysis of the Timor Leste Beef Cattle Industry
de Paulo Correi, Vicente, Waldron, Scott, do Rego, Adelino and Varela, Calisto (2016). Analysis of the Timor Leste Beef Cattle Industry. Revista Científica Multidisciplinar da Sociedade Timorense, 4-25.
2016
Other Outputs
Major developments in global and regional beef markets
Waldron, Scott and Fisher, Brian S. (2016). Major developments in global and regional beef markets.
2016
Other Outputs
The Sino-Australian Cattle and Beef Relationships: assessment and prospects
Edwards, B., Waldron, S., Brown, C. and Longworth, J. (2016). The Sino-Australian Cattle and Beef Relationships: assessment and prospects.
2016
Other Outputs
Economic analysis of cattle fattening systems based on forage tree legume diets in Eastern Indonesia. Report for ACIAR Project Report LPS-2014-034
Waldron, Scott, Halliday, Mick, Shelton, Max, Ngongo, Johanis, Nulik, Jacob, Kusuma Putri Utami, S, Panjaitan, Tanda, Dahlanuddin and Tutik Yuliana, Baiq (2016). Economic analysis of cattle fattening systems based on forage tree legume diets in Eastern Indonesia. Report for ACIAR Project Report LPS-2014-034.
2016
Other Outputs
Sub-sector analysis of the Timor Leste Beef Industry, Report for ACIAR Project LPS-2009-036 Enhancing smallholder beef production in Timor Leste
Waldron, Scott, de Paulo Correia, Vincente, Mulik, Marthen, de Rego, Adelino, da Costa Varela, Calisto, Fordyce, Geoff, Thorne-George, Eric, Dalgliesh, Neal, Quigley, Simon and van de Fliert, Elske (2016). Sub-sector analysis of the Timor Leste Beef Industry, Report for ACIAR Project LPS-2009-036 Enhancing smallholder beef production in Timor Leste. Canberra, ACT, Australia:
2015
Other Outputs
The Chinese Beef Industry
Waldron, Scott, Wang, Jimin, Zhang, Huijie, Dong, Xiaoxia and Wang, Mingli (2015). The Chinese Beef Industry. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland.
2015
Other Outputs
The Timor Leste Beef Industry in “Regional Workshop on Beef markets and trade in Southeast Asian and China”, Ben Tre, Vietnam, 30th November – 3rd December, 2015.
Waldron, Scott, de Paulo Correia, Vicente, de Rego, Adelino and da Costa Varela, Calisto (2015). The Timor Leste Beef Industry in “Regional Workshop on Beef markets and trade in Southeast Asian and China”, Ben Tre, Vietnam, 30th November – 3rd December, 2015..
2015
Other Outputs
The Indonesian Beef Industry in “Regional Workshop on Beef markets and trade in Southeast Asian and China”, Ben Tre, Vietnam, 30th November – 3rd December, 2015
Waldron, Scott, Erwidodo and Nuryati, Yati (2015). The Indonesian Beef Industry in “Regional Workshop on Beef markets and trade in Southeast Asian and China”, Ben Tre, Vietnam, 30th November – 3rd December, 2015.
2015
Journal Article
Agricultural development in a Tibetan Township
Waldron, Scott, Pubuzhuoma, Brown, Colin, Wujincuomu, Jin, Tao and Na, Wei (2015). Agricultural development in a Tibetan Township. Himalaya: The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 35 (2), 7.1-7.25.
2015
Journal Article
A comprehensive approach for assessing the economic contribution of forage and livestock improvement options to smallholder farming enterprises
MacLeod, Neil, Waldron, Scott and Wen, Shi-lin (2015). A comprehensive approach for assessing the economic contribution of forage and livestock improvement options to smallholder farming enterprises. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14 (8), 1573-1580. doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61091-7
2014
Journal Article
The Chinese cashmere industry: a global value chain analysis
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Komarek, Adam M. (2014). The Chinese cashmere industry: a global value chain analysis. Development Policy Review, 32 (5), 589-610. doi: 10.1111/dpr.12074
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Scott Waldron is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
An Analysis of Interventions to Improve Cattle Marketing for Smallholders in Vanuatu
Principal Advisor
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Financing Small-Holder Cattle Fattening in Indonesia: Integrating Demand, Supply and Institutions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rob Cramb
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Feasibility of Weather Index Crop Insurance in China: the Case of Huojia County, Henan Province
Associate Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Institutional settings, herder livelihoods and rangeland condition in the Gobi Desert
Associate Advisor
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