The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the School of Agriculture and Environment includes a group of highly cited environmental economists including David Pannell, Michael Burton, Steven Schilissi and Marit Kragt.

David Pannell is world renowned agricultral and environmental economist  He is a Felow of the US Agricultrural and Applied Economics Association and Recipient of a 2009 Eureka Prize.  

Michael Burton is an agricultural and resource economist, and his research is primarily in the area of non-market valuation, particularly using stated preference techniques. His research is focused on understanding people’s behaviour, and the values that underpin those behaviours. He works in the areas of agricultural technology adoption, food demand, conservation farmer behaviour, and economics of food related health issues. 

Associate Professor Kragt's research focuses on improving agricultural and natural resource management decisions. Her expertise includes climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture, integrated farm systems modelling, adoption of farm management practices, and economic valuation of non-market impacts. She has a background in environmental science and economics, with 15 years of experience in interdisciplinary research. She was an ARC DECRA Fellow from 2016–2020. Marit has previously worked with the CSIRO’s Integrated Agricultural Systems, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and Federal Department of Agriculture. 

Chunbo Ma is a highly cited researcher on the economics of renewable energy. His research on the costs and benefits of carbon farming and the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices helps to improve agricultural management decisions. Chunbo was an ARC DECRA Fellow from 2013–2015.