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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2011
Conference Publication
Developing the Right Institutional Environment to Deal with Grassland Degradation
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Zhao, Yutian (2011). Developing the Right Institutional Environment to Deal with Grassland Degradation. 21st International Grassland Congress and 8th International Rangelands Conference, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, 28 June 2008. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
2011
Conference Publication
Policy settings to combat grassland degradation and promote sustainable development in western China
Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott and Yutian, Zhao (2011). Policy settings to combat grassland degradation and promote sustainable development in western China. 21st International Grassland Congress and 8th International Rangelands Conference, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, 28 June 2008. Canberra, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
2011
Conference Publication
The Dynamics of the Chinese Wool Industry : a confluence of Economic, Social, Political, Institutional and Environmental Factors
Brown, C. G., Waldron, S. A. and Longworth, J. W. (2011). The Dynamics of the Chinese Wool Industry : a confluence of Economic, Social, Political, Institutional and Environmental Factors. 10th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Aarhus, 8-10 April 2011.
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.
2010
Journal Article
A critique of high-value supply chains as a means of modernising agriculture in China: The case of the beef industry
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2010). A critique of high-value supply chains as a means of modernising agriculture in China: The case of the beef industry. Food Policy, 35 (5), 479-487. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.05.005
2010
Journal Article
Environmental issues and policy ppriorities in China: A content analysis of government documents
Huang, Xibing, Zhao, Dingtao, Brown, Colin G., Wu, Yanrui and Waldron, Scott A. (2010). Environmental issues and policy ppriorities in China: A content analysis of government documents. China: An International Journal, 8 (2), 220-246. doi: 10.1142/S0219747210000142
2010
Journal Article
Grassland degradation and livelihoods in China's western pastoral region: A framework for understanding and refining China's recent policy responses
Waldron, Scott, Brown, Colin and Longworth, John (2010). Grassland degradation and livelihoods in China's western pastoral region: A framework for understanding and refining China's recent policy responses. China Agricultural Economic Review, 2 (3), 298-320. doi: 10.1108/17561371011078435
2010
Book
Modernising agrifood chains in China: Implications for rural development
Waldron, Scott (2010). Modernising agrifood chains in China: Implications for rural development. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars.
2010
Book Chapter
Chinese Sheep and Wool Industries
Longworth, J. W., Brown, C. G. and Waldron, S. A. (2010). Chinese Sheep and Wool Industries. The International Sheep and Wool Handbook. (pp. 113-152) edited by D. J. Cottle. Nottingham, UK: Nottingham University Press.
2009
Journal Article
Book review of: Environmental Protection in China: Land-Use Management, edited by Jeff Bennett, Xuehong Wang and Lei Zhang
Waldron, Scott (2009). Book review of: Environmental Protection in China: Land-Use Management, edited by Jeff Bennett, Xuehong Wang and Lei Zhang. The China Journal, 62, 180-182.
2009
Book
Sustainable development in Western China: Managing people, livestock and grasslands in pastoral areas. 中国西部草原可持续发展研究: 管理牧区人口、草场和牲畜系统
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A., Longworth, John W., 赵玉田 Yutian, Zhao and 黄向阳 Xiangyang, Huang (2009). Sustainable development in Western China: Managing people, livestock and grasslands in pastoral areas. 中国西部草原可持续发展研究: 管理牧区人口、草场和牲畜系统. Beijing, China: China Agricultural Publishing House.
2009
Conference Publication
The capacity of the State to modernise Chinese agriculture: the case of fine wool marketing
Scott Waldron, Colin Brown and John Longworth (2009). The capacity of the State to modernise Chinese agriculture: the case of fine wool marketing. 9th European Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development in China, Leeds, UK, 3-5 April 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain
Waldron, S. A., Brown, C. G. and Longworth, J. W. (2009). China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain. XXVII International Conference of Agricultural Economists (IAAE2009), Beijing, China, 16-22 August 2009. University of Minnesota, St Paul: AgEcon Search.
2009
Journal Article
Improving managerial capacity and economic viability in Chinese wool textile mills
Brown, Colin, Waldron Scott, Longworth, John and Zhao, Yutian (2009). Improving managerial capacity and economic viability in Chinese wool textile mills. Journal of Strategic Management Education, 5 (2)
2009
Journal Article
Forage-livestock policies designed to improve livelihoods in Western China: a critical review
Brown, Colin, Waldron, Scott, Liu, Yuman and Longworth, John (2009). Forage-livestock policies designed to improve livelihoods in Western China: a critical review. China Agricultural Economic Review, 1 (4), 367-381. doi: 10.1108/17561370910989220
2008
Other Outputs
Modernising traditional agriculture in China through the development of higher value agrifood chains : the case of the beef industry
Waldron, Scott (2008). Modernising traditional agriculture in China through the development of higher value agrifood chains : the case of the beef industry. PhD Thesis, School of Integrative Systems, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/178993
2008
Conference Publication
An assessment of China's approach to grassland degradation and livelihood problems in the pastoral region
Waldron, S. A., Brown, C. G. and Longworth, J. W. (2008). An assessment of China's approach to grassland degradation and livelihood problems in the pastoral region. Assessment of Western China Development and Future Prospects: The 5th Annual Conference of the Consortium for Western China Development Studies, Xian, China, 22-24 July, 2008.
2008
Conference Publication
Policy Settings to Address Grassland Degradation and Sustainable Development in Western China
Brown, Colin G., Waldron, Scott A. and Zhao, Yutian (2008). Policy Settings to Address Grassland Degradation and Sustainable Development in Western China. International Grasslands Congress / International Rangelands Congress pre-conference workshop on ACIAR Project LPS2001/094: Sustainable development of grasslands, Hohot, China, 28 June 2008.
2008
Conference Publication
Opportunities and threats from the rise of China: the case of livestock
Waldron, S. A. (2008). Opportunities and threats from the rise of China: the case of livestock. VI AIEA2 International Conference at the XLV SOBER Congress, Londrina, Brasil, 22-25 July 2007. Brasilian Society of Rural Economics and Sociology and the International Association of Agro-Food Economics and Agricultural Industry.
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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