I am an agricultural and rural development economist based on Kaurna Land (Adelaide, Australia). I am currently completing my PhD Candidature at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia, with a particular interest in smallholder market access, gender, and intra-household decision making. 

My work primarily focusses on applied econometrics, but I am experienced across a range of methodologies including stated choice experiments, and bio-economic agent-based modelling. I have held a range of technical and program management roles, including program management for fieldwork in Uganda and for urban and rural water policy in Australia. 

I have obtained a number of awards and scholarships for my research, including the University Medal from the University of Adelaide, the Sally Muir Agricultural Postgraduate Award, the John Lorenzo Young Scholarship, and the Australasian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society Undergraduate Prize. 

My research for my PhD candidature considers how and why trade-offs and heterogeneous outcomes may emerge from smallholder value chain interventions. Using case studies from coffee growing regions in Uganda and Indonesia, my research explores patterns of value chain exclusion, heterogeneous inter-household and intra-household experiences from value chain participation, and trade-offs between agricultural development and broader policy objectives such as sustainability.

Prior to my PhD studies, I worked as a water economist within the SA Government and as a consultant, specialising in urban water regulation, urban water planning (e.g. drought response), rural water markets, pricing and allocation planning.