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Professor Geoff Cockfield

Name :	Professor Geoff Cockfield
Position :	Professor (Government & Economics) & Deputy Dean
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	T441
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1246
Extension :	1246
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA UCSQ MPubPol UNE PhD Qld

Professional Memberships

Australian Political Studies Association
Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International Inc.
Public Policy Network

Research Interests

Agri-environment policy
Farm forestry policy
Regional development policy

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Maraseni, T., Cockfield, G. and J. Maroulis (2009) ‘An assessment of silvipasture potential in South East Queensland, Australia, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 15(3), pp. 297-309.
Cockfield, G. (2009) ‘A rural party in an urban nation’ in Botterill, L. and Cockfield G. (eds) The National Party: Prospects for the Great Survivors, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, pp. 42-66.
Cockfield, G. (2009) ‘Remembering agrarian collectivism’ in Botterill, L. and Cockfield G. (eds) The National Party: Prospects for the Great Survivors, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, pp. 116-136.

Most notable :

Cockfield, G. (2009) ‘Remembering agrarian collectivism’ in Botterill, L. and Cockfield G. (eds) The National Party: Prospects for the Great Survivors, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, pp. 116-136.
Maron, M. and Cockfield, G. (2008) ‘Managing tradeoffs in landscape restoration and revegetation projects’. Ecological Applications 18 (8) pp. 2041-2049.
Cockfield, G. and Courtney Botterill, L. (2006) ‘Rural Adjustment Schemes: Juggling politics, welfare and markets’, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 65 (2), pp. 70-82.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

POL2000 Political and Economic Ideas
POL1000 Government Business & Society
MGT8013 Environmental Politics and Policy
ECO1000 Economics

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 18 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business