Welcome to the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy (CWEEP)
CWEEP pronounced 'sweep' as in to survey so as to obtain a whole and continuous view of the world
Our mission:
To become a leading research centre on water economics and related water policy and water governance issues; and to be part of a global network of water researchers, educators and policy makers to support water education, to strengthen water governance and to promote environmental sustainability.
Events
Director's Notes
Welcome to CWEEP! As the acronym implies this centre has a key goal to have a wider and holistic perspective of the world in terms of water so that we can see better and further and to respond to water-related problems. The centre was officially launched in February 2010 and since then we have organized several workshops on water issues, including three separate workshops on water reform in reference to the Murray-Darling Basin. We also have a working paper series and I would encourage you to check out this papers that cover a wide range of water-related topics.
The undoubted strength of CWEEP is its Research Associates. Many are leaders in their fields of water research and also in the policy arena. Most are from Australia, but we have Associates from China, France, Spain, Canada, the USA and other locations. We all share a common goal to better understand, and ultimately manage, water related problems on a local and global scale. We face big challenges, but together, we believe we can make a difference.
Our activities in the coming years will focus on a 5-year ARC sustainable water use project. The research project aims to value water and support resilient decision-making for water justice. On 14 October 2019, the Water Justice Hub was established as an initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance at the Australian National University. The Water Justice Hub’s mission is to promote both ‘voice’ and truth-telling in relation to water. While the Hub will have a primary focus on Australia, especially justice for First Peoples, it will also respond to the global challenges of delivering ‘water for all’ or Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. Please visit https://waterjusticehub.org for more information.
Publications
Quentin Grafton and Karen Hussey recently published "Water Resources Planning and Management", 2011
Incorporating Temporary Trade with the Buy-Back of Water Entitlements in Australia [PDF, 607KB]
Prices versus Rationing: Marshallian Surplus and Mandatory Water Restrictions [PDF, 126KB]
Q. Grafton and M. Ward, The Econimic Record (Vol. 84), 2008
Water affordability: alternative measurement and explanatory Factors in Andalusia [PDF, 504KB]
M. García-Valiñas, R. MartÃnez-Espiñeira and F. González-Gómez, CWEEP Research Paper 10-14, 2010
Research associates
Dr. Quentin Grafton
Prof. Grafton holds a Chair in Economics and ...
Stephen Dovers
Professor Steve Dovers is Director of The Fenner ...
Sue Jackson
Sue Jackson is a senior social scientist with CSIRO's ...
Daniel Connell
PhD (ANU)
Marian García-Valiñas
Marian GarcÃa-Valiñas is a researcher at ...
Neil Gunningham
Neil Gunningham is a Professor within the Fen ...
Amanda Lynch
Prof. Amanda Lynch FTSE is interested in the intersections ...
John Quiggin
John Quiggin is a Federation Fellow in Economics and Political Scien ...
John Freebairn
After graduating with a PhD from the University ...
Kevin Fox
Kevin Fox works primarily in the field of economic measurement, ...
Céline Nauges
Céline Nauges is a senior researcher at the French Institute ...
Katherine Daniell
BEng(Civil)(Hons) / BA Adel., PhD (ANU/AgroPari ...
William Nikolakis
William is currently a postdoctoral fel ...
Steven Cork
Steven Cork is an ecologist and futurist. He spent 25 years in CSI ...
Ejaz Qureshi
Dr Ejaz Qureshi has extensive experience in natural resour ...
Gary Libecap
Gary is a Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of ...
Hugh Sibly
B.Sc. (ANU), M.Ec. (Monash), Ph.d. (Melbourne)
Gregory Hertzler
Gregory is currently an Honorary ...
Jeff Connor
Dr Connor identifies opportunities to improve ...
Karen Hussey
Dr Hussey is the ANU Vice-Chancellor's Representative ...
Jamie Pittock
WWF Research Associate, PhD Scholar, Fenner School of ...
Angela Arthington
An Aquatic Ecologist with a wide knowledge ...
Caroline Sullivan
Associate Professsor of Environmental ...
Richard Tooth
Dr Richard Tooth is a consulting principal with the Sydney office of ...
John Williams
BSc Agr (Hons), PhD
Commissioner
Sarah Wheeler
Sarah is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Regulation and ...
Henning Bjornlund
Henning has been involved in water policy research ...
Diane Dupont
Diane Dupont holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of ...
News
Water Markets Workshop
3 August, 2012
2nd 'Practical Responses to Climate Change' conference - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
4 October, 2011
Daniel Connell and Quentin Grafton launch new book at Parliament House
21 June, 2011
» view E-book details
» view photo gallery
Technical Workshop on Socio-Economic Effects of MDB Water Reform Tuesday
14 December, 2010
Australia China Environment Development Partnership Seminar: Water and Wetlands
29 July, 2010
CWEEP Formal Launch
Dr James Horne
(Deputy Secretary, DEWHA)
01 February, 2010
Projects
Water Buybacks and Water Reform in the Murray-Darling Basin
Videos
The basin by numbers: environment (chair and panel session)
30 September 2015
Chair: Dr Jamie Pittock, Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Some emerging challenges in managing aquatic ecosystems under the basin plan
30 September 2015
Dr Nick Bond, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
Establishing environmental water requirements in the murray-darling basin
30 September 2015
Professor Ross Thompson, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra
