I am an agricultural and rural development economist from Kaurna Land (Adelaide, Australia). I am currently an economist for the ESA division at the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome.  

My research interests relate to rural poverty alleviation, notably  smallholder market access, gender, and intra-household decision making.  My PhD thesis at the University of New England, Australia considered how and why trade-offs and heterogeneous outcomes may emerge from smallholder value chain interventions. 

Prior and during my PhD studies, I worked for several years as an academic with the University of New England exploring resilience of livestock enterprises in Australia and landscape agent based modelling within West Java, Indonesia. As a consultant, I have worked as a water economist within the SA Government and as a economist with Frontier Economics, specialising in urban water regulation, urban water planning (e.g. drought response), rural water markets, pricing and allocation planning.