CV
Mia K. Tam
mia.tam@unimelb.edu.au
Mia K. Tam
mia.tam@unimelb.edu.au
Experimental and behavioural, industrial organisation, environmental and resource economics
Papers can be found HERE in the research tab.
PhD in Economics (University of Adelaide) (2023)
B.Laws + GDLP
B.Economics (honours)
Research Fellow, University of Melbourne (2024 - current)
Behavioural Industrial Organisation Lab
Waterway Ecosystem Research Group
Melbourne Environmental Data Analytics Lab
Research Assistant, University of Adelaide (2018-2022)
Lab Manager, Adelaide Laboratory for Experimental Economics (2018-2023)
Seminars/Conferences
2026 Economic Science Association (ESA) Asia Pacific Meeting (scheduled), Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (AETW) (scheduled)
2025 Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (APIOC) 2025 (scheduled), Matchlab Workshop, ANZWEE
2024 ESAM, ANZWEE, Invited session, Australian Conference of Economists
2023 UniMelb, ANZWEE, University of Groningen
2022 Australia New Zealand Workshop on Experimental Economics (ANZWEE), Econometric Society Australasia Meeting (ESAM)
Econ education and outreach
Economics for Environmental Scientists, Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, UniMelb (series 2024 - )
Adelaide University Economics Club talk (2022)
Economics talks for high school students, University of Adelaide (various)
Coordinator, Experimental and Behavioural Economics Seminar Series, University of Melbourne (July 2025 - )
SAFES Early and Mid-Career Academics Committee (2025 - )
Guest lectures:
EVSC90025 Water Sensitive Urban Design, University of Melbourne (2025)
ECON 90066 Topics in Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Melbourne (2024)
ECON 3525 Economic Policy Analysis III, University of Adelaide (2023)
ECON 3523 Advanced Economic Analysis III, University of Adelaide (2022)
ECON 3525 Economic Policy Analysis III, University of Adelaide (2022)
Supervision, University of Melbourne:
Masters thesis (1)
Course Coordinator, University of Adelaide:
ECON 1008OUA - Data Analytics I (Trimester 3 2023)
Tutor/Teaching Assistant, University of Adelaide between 2013-2023 (number of semesters taught):
ECON 1004 Principles of Microeconomics I (4)
ECON 1012 Principles of Economics I (8)
ECON 2511 Behavioural Economics II (3) (student evaluation 2023)
ECON 2514 Managerial Economics II (1)
ECON 3500 Resource and Environmental Economics III (5) (student evaluation 2023)
ECON 3508/7032 Public Economics III/IIID (2)
ECON 3525 Economic Policy Analysis III (2) (student evaluation 2023)
ECON 3526 Economics of European Integration III (3)
Supervision, University of Adelaide:
APP DATA 3020 - Capstone Project in Applied Data Analytics III (Semester 2, 2023) (supervision support for undergrad projects)
Early Career Researcher Grant ($24,415), University of Melbourne (2026) (with Ralph-C Bayer and Steffen Huck)
University Finalist, 3 Minute Thesis, University of Adelaide (2022)
Research Training Program Scholarship, University of Adelaide (2019)
Summer Research Scholarship, University of Adelaide (2012)