Dr Jonathan Moss

Biography

Jonathan is a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Economics at the University of New England (UNE). He is the current Academic Coordinator for UNE Abroad and Acting School Education Committee Convenor for the UNE Business School.

He is an applied economist with active research interests in the application of bioeconomic modelling to a variety of sustainability issues in the agricultural and natural resource sectors. Recently he has been working in cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional teams on the development of policies to increase farmer resilience under low carbon futures and the modelling and management of agricultural systems for sustainable production. He has a particular interest in the capture of biological, spatio-temporal and human behavioural aspects to inform policy recommendations.

Jonathan commenced his professional life as a horticulturist before moving to a consulting firm investigating the feasibility of Indigenous development programs in northern and central Queensland.

Since commencing at UNE, he has taught in the areas of business statistics, business decision making, farm and resource management, business research, microeconomics and bioeconomics. Jonathan has received numerous awards for his personalised approaches to the student experience including an Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Education Excellence in 2020.

Qualifications

DipHort, DipProjMan, BAppSc(EnvHort) CSU, GDAgEc UNE, MEc UNE, PhD UNE

Awards

• Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Educational Excellence – 2020
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor Commendation for Teaching Excellence – 2020
• SABL Faculty Education Excellence Award – 2020
• UNE Business School Education Excellence Award – 2020
• Best Paper Prize, New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economic Society Conference – 2014
• Heading East Award, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economic Society – 2014
• D.H. Drummond Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Economics - 2014
• 9 x UNE Unit Commendations (awarded to units with highest level of student satisfaction and lowest level of attrition across the University [2011-2021])

Teaching Areas

Teaching areas and award

Undergraduate Level

QM161 Business Statistics

QM265/365 Business Decision Making

QM367 Analytics for Business Research

ECON331 Introduction to Bioeconomics

ECON376 Applied Econometrics

Post-graduate Level

ECON531Introduction to Bioeconomics

ECON576 Applied Econometrics

Research Interests

Current areas of research interest include agricultural and resource economics, spatial econometrics, wine economics, bioeconomics, spatial optimisation of managed ecosystems, emerging carbon markets and low carbon futures in the agricultural sector.

Publications

Journal Articles

Cacho, O.J., Moss, J, Thornton, P.K., Herrero, M., Henderson, B., Bodirsky, B.L., Humpenoder, F., Popp, A. and Lipper, L. (2020), The value of climate-resilient seeds for smallholder adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa. Climatic Change, 162, pp. 1213-1229.

Davison, T.M., Black, J.L. and Moss, J. (2020), Red meat – an essential partner to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Animal Frontiers, 10, pp. 1213-1229.

Lock, P., Mounter, S., Fleming, E. and Moss, J. (2019), Wineries and wine quality: the influence of location and archetype in the Hunter Valley region in Australia. Wine Economics and Policy, 8, pp. 180-190.

Mayberry, D., Bartlett, H., Moss, J., Davison, T. and Herrero, M. (2019) Pathways to carbon-neutrality for the Australian red meat sector. Agricultural Systems, 175, pp. 13-21.

Cacho, O.J., Lipper, L. and Moss, J. (2013), Transaction costs of carbon offset projects: a comparative study. Ecological Economics, 88, pp. 232-243.

Moss, J., Sinden, J. and Stayner, R. (2012), Estimating the cost of protecting groundcover on privately managed properties in the Australian rangelands: the case of the West 2000 Plus Enterprise-Based Conservation scheme. The Rangeland Journal, 34, pp. 75-87.

Books

Sindel, B., Jhorar, O., Reeve, I., Thompson, L., Moss, J., and Coleman, M. (2009), Weed detection on farms: A guide for landholders. University of New England, Armidale.  ISBN 978-1-921597-06-0.

Sindel, B., van der Meulen, A., Coleman, M., Reeve, I., and Moss, J. (2009), Pathway risk analysis for weed spread within Australia: summary of project results. University of New England, Armidale.

Sindel, B., van der Meulen, A., Coleman, M., Reeve, I., and Moss, J. (2009), Pathway risk analysis for weed spread within Australia: Implications for policy makers. University of New England, Armidale.

Book Chapters

Villano, R., Fleming, E. and Moss, J. (2016), ‘Spatial econometric analysis: potential contribution to the economic analysis of smallholder development’, in Huynh, V-N, Kreinovich, V. and Sriboonchitta, S. (Eds), Causal Inference in Econometrics, Springer International, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 29-55.

Moss, J., Stayner, R. and van Herk, P. (2010), Chapter 8: Economic and business case, in Ampt, P. and Baumber, A. (Eds), Building cooperation and collaboration in the kangaroo industry: towards a role for landholders, RIRDC Publication No 10/013, pp. 78-98.

Research Reports

Graham, P., Stewart, I., Gordon, J., Moss, J., Newth, D., Rendall, A., Reedman, L. and Kelly, R. (2020), Marginal abatement cost curves: Report for Treasury. CSIRO, Australia.

Graham, P., Gordon, J., Herrero, M., Kelly, R., Moss, J., Newth, D., Reedman, L., Stewart, I. and Rendall, A, (2019), Marginal abatement cost curves: assumptions and methodology: Report to Treasury. CSIRO, Australia.

Graham, P., Herrero, M., Kelly, R., Moss, J., Newth, D., Reedman, L., Rendall, A. and Stewart, I. (2019), Background Marginal Abatement Cost Curve: Research Report. CSIRO, Australia.

Mayberry, D., Bartlett, H., Moss, J., Wiedemann, S. and Herrero, M. (2018), GHG mitigation potential of the Australian red meat production and processing sectors. Project code: B.CCH.7714. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney, NSW.

Cacho, O.J., Moss, J., Thornton, P., Herrero, M. Henderson, B. and Bodirsky, B. (2016), Background paper on adaptation paths for vulnerable areas in support of SOFA 2016. Report for FAO, Rome, Italy.

Coleman, M., Baker, D., Morley, P. and Moss, J. (2016), Improving methods for estimating livestock production and productivity ‘TES’ milestone report. Report to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. University of New England, Armidale.

Baker, D., Morley, P., Coleman, M. and Moss, J. (2016), Improving methods for estimating livestock production and productivity ‘DRA’ milestone report. Report to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. University of New England, Armidale.

Moss, J., Baker, D., Morley, P., Al-Moadhen, H., and Downie, R. (2015), Improving methods for estimating livestock production and productivity: literature review. Report to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. University of New England, Armidale.

Moss, J. and Cacho, O.J. (2014), Drivers of deforestation and smallholder willingness to accept payments for forest conservation: a quantitative analysis in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia: Final Report. ACIAR Project FST/2007/052. University of New England, Armidale, NSW.

Lee, D. and Moss, J. (2009), 2009 Cherbourg community enterprise plan. Report to the Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council. John Pearson Consulting, Maroochydore, Qld.

Moss, J. (2009), Addendum report - Foley Vale water allocation viability study: Woorabinda Pastoral Company. Report prepared for the Queensland Government and Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council. John Pearson Consulting, Maroochydore, Qld.

Moss, J. (2009), Foley Vale water allocation viability study: Woorabinda Pastoral Company. Report prepared for the Queensland Government and Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council. John Pearson Consulting, Maroochydore, Qld.

Conference Papers

Cacho, O.J. and Moss, J. (2018), Linking global climate models and household data to study adaptation by smallholders. Contributed paper to the 62nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Adelaide, South Australia.

Moss, S.S. and Moss, J. (2017), Smooth operators? Income smoothing in Thai listed companies. Contributed paper to the 4th Annual International Conference on Law and Policy, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. (Referred conference paper).

Villano, R., Fleming, E. and Moss, J. (2016), Spatial econometric analysis: potential contribution to the economic analysis of smallholder development, Invited paper to the 9th International Conference of the Thailand Econometric Society, Chiang Mai, 4-8 January.

Villano, R., Fleming, E. and Moss, J. (2016), Spatial stochastic frontier models: potential contribution to the economic analysis of smallholder development, Contributed paper to the Western Economic Association 12th International Conference, Singapore, 7-10 January.

Moss, J. and Cacho, O.J. (2014), Farm-scale analysis of the potential uptake of carbon offset activities, Contributed paper to the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Nelson, New Zealand. (Winner of 2014 Best Paper Award)

Moss, J., Cacho, O.J. and Mounter, S. (2014), Accounting for localised heterogeneity. Is it worth the effort? Contributed paper to the 58th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Port Macquarie, NSW.

Moss, J., Cacho, O.J. and Mounter, S. (2012), Is it time to panic? Land-use options in response to a changing climate, Contributed paper to the 56th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Fremantle, Western Australia.

Cacho, O.J. and Moss, J. (2012), The role of abatement and transaction costs for carbon projects in the land-use change and forestry sector, Contributed paper to the 56th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Fremantle, Western Australia.

Moss, J., Cacho, O.J. and Mounter, S. (2011), An integrated assessment of land-use change in the Border Rivers-Gwydir catchment, Contributed paper to the 55th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Melbourne, Victoria.

Compton, E., Shepherd, R. and Moss, J. (2010), Ecological and social resilience in Western NSW: Insight from seven years of enterprise based conservation. In: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Bourke (Eds D.J. Eldridge and C. Waters) (Australian Rangeland Society: Perth).

Moss, J., Sinden, J. and Stayner, R. (2010), Estimating the cost of protecting biodiversity on privately managed properties in the Australian Rangelands. In: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Bourke (Eds D.J. Eldridge and C. Waters) (Australian Rangeland Society: Perth).

Moss, J., Cacho, O.J. and Mounter, S. (2010), A time to change? The supply of climate mitigation products from land-use change in northern NSW, Contributed paper to the 54th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Adelaide, South Australia.

Memberships

Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES)

Consultancy Interests

Jonathan’s areas of consultancy interest align with his research interests.