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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2014
Journal Article
Agricultural marketing and food safety in China: a utility perspective
Ortega, David L., Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Wang, H. Holly (2014). Agricultural marketing and food safety in China: a utility perspective. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 4 (1), 23-31. doi: 10.1108/JADEE-02-2013-0009
2014
Book Chapter
Drivers and dynamics of the Chinese wool market
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Longworth, John W. (2014). Drivers and dynamics of the Chinese wool market. The Political Economy of Agro-Food Markets in China: The Social Construction of the Markets in an Era of Globalization. (pp. 210-235) edited by Louis Augustin-Jean and Björn Alpermann. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137277954.0017
2014
Book Chapter
Chinese and South-East Asian cattle production
Waldron, S. A. and Brown, C. G. (2014). Chinese and South-East Asian cattle production. Beef cattle production and trade. (pp. 121-142) edited by David Cottle and Lewis Kahn. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
2014
Book Chapter
A diachronic analysis of the beef industry
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Longworth, John W. (2014). A diachronic analysis of the beef industry. The Political Economy of Agro-Food Markets in China: The Social Construction of the Markets in an Era of Globalization. (pp. 127-151) edited by Louis Augustin-Jean and Björn Alpermann. Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137277954.0013
2014
Book Chapter
Growth, globalization and upgrading of the Chinese cashmere industry
Waldron, Scott A., Brown, Colin G. and Komarek, Adam M. (2014). Growth, globalization and upgrading of the Chinese cashmere industry. The Political Economy of Agro-Food Markets in China: The Social Construction of the Markets in an Era of Globalization. (pp. 257-278) edited by Louis Augustin-Jean and Björn Alpermann. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137277954_11
2013
Other Outputs
Eastern Indonesia agribusiness development opportunities - analysis of beef value chains. A report prepared by Collins Higgins Consulting Group Australia
Waldron, Scott, Dahlanuddin, Mayberry, Dianne, Mulik, Marthen, Quigley, Simon and Poppi, Dennis (2013). Eastern Indonesia agribusiness development opportunities - analysis of beef value chains. A report prepared by Collins Higgins Consulting Group Australia. ACIAR Project AGB-2012-005 Australia: ACIAR.
2013
Journal Article
Agrarian change, agricultural modernization and the modelling of agricultural households in Tibet
Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2013). Agrarian change, agricultural modernization and the modelling of agricultural households in Tibet. Agricultural Systems, 115, 83-94. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.09.008
2013
Conference Publication
Adaptation to changing institutional, market and bio-physical environments: the case of China's grasslands
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Longworth, John W. (2013). Adaptation to changing institutional, market and bio-physical environments: the case of China's grasslands. IGC2013: 22nd International Grassland Congress, Darling Harbour, NSW, Australia, 15-19 September, 2013. Sydney, NSW, Australia: NSW Department of Primary Industries.
2013
Conference Publication
Agricultural specialisation and rural development in Tibet
Brown, Colin G. and Waldron, Scott (2013). Agricultural specialisation and rural development in Tibet. ECARDC XI: 11th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Wuerzburg, Germany, 11-13 April, 2013.
2012
Journal Article
Policy intelligence: the key to doing business in the agricultural sector of China
Longworth, John W., Brown, Colin G. and Waldron, Scott A. (2012). Policy intelligence: the key to doing business in the agricultural sector of China. Agricultural Science, 24 (1), 22-22.
2012
Journal Article
An exploration of livestock-development policies in western China
Komarek, Adam M., Waldron, Scott A. and Brown, Colin G. (2012). An exploration of livestock-development policies in western China. Food Policy, 37 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.10.001
2012
Journal Article
Tapping the new frontier: China's "Develop the West" programs
Longworth, John W., Brown, Colin G. and Waldron, Scott A. (2012). Tapping the new frontier: China's "Develop the West" programs. Australia-China Business Insight, 2 (1), 21-21.
2012
Journal Article
A critical review of degradation assumptions applied to Mongolia's Gobi Desert
Addison, J., Friedel, M., Brown, C., Davies, J. and Waldron, S. (2012). A critical review of degradation assumptions applied to Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Rangeland Journal, 34 (2), 125-137. doi: 10.1071/RJ11013
2012
Conference Publication
Integrated agronomic and economic analysis of fodder options for Tibetan farming systems
Heath, Tim, Tao, Jin, Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott, Wilkins, John, Piltz, John, Cummins, Jay, Rose, Carol, Coventry, David and McNeill, Ann (2012). Integrated agronomic and economic analysis of fodder options for Tibetan farming systems. AAC2012: 16th Australian Agronomy Conference, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 14-18 October, 2012. Gosford, NSW, Australia: The Regional Institute.
2011
Book Chapter
The role of the state in modernizing China's fine wool marketing sector
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2011). The role of the state in modernizing China's fine wool marketing sector. Politics and markets in rural China. (pp. 137-152) edited by Bjorn Alpermann. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203814888
2011
Conference Publication
Role of agriculture in the livelihoods of farm households in Tibet
Brown, Colin and Waldron, Scott (2011). Role of agriculture in the livelihoods of farm households in Tibet. 55th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 February 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
The Sinofication of Global Value Chains, Rural Development and Cashmere
Waldron, S. A., Brown, C. G. and Komarek, A. M. (2011). The Sinofication of Global Value Chains, Rural Development and Cashmere. 10th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Aarhus, Denmark, 8-10 April 2011.
2011
Journal Article
Specialty products, rural livelihoods and agricultural marketing reforms in China
Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott and Longworth, John (2011). Specialty products, rural livelihoods and agricultural marketing reforms in China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 3 (2), 224-244. doi: 10.1108/17561371111131335
2011
Conference Publication
A heterogeneous-agent model with district-level constraints: an application to livestock development in Gansu, China
Komarek, A., Brown, C. and Waldron, S. (2011). A heterogeneous-agent model with district-level constraints: an application to livestock development in Gansu, China. 10th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China (ECARDC), Aarhus, Denmark, 8-10 April 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
Livestock expansion as a development pathway: A heterogeneous-agent model for smallholders in Gansu, China
Komarek, A. M., Waldron, S. A. and Brown, C. G. (2011). Livestock expansion as a development pathway: A heterogeneous-agent model for smallholders in Gansu, China. 55th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 February 2011. doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.100573
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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