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About

Dr. Daniel Grainger has worked as an electrical engineer, project manager, portfolio of project manager and corporate finance consultant and teacher (mathematics and physics) and business owner for approximately 20 years. He was awarded a Centenary Medal of Australia for academic excellence and the development of an innovative information technology project. He was also appointed a Fellow of Engineers Australia with citation “recognized as being amongst the true leaders of the industry and profession”. Current research interests include best possible decision management tools and the associated quantification of impact.

Teaching

BU4062: Current Issues in Business Research (Level 4; CNS & TSV)
BX2123: Economics and Sustainable Resource Management (Level 2; TSV)
BX3124: Behavioural Economics for Sustainable Policy (Level 3; TSV)
EC5217: Behavioural Economics for Sustainable Policy (Level 5; TSV)
EC5218: Economics and Sustainable Resource Management (Level 5; TSV)
EV2003: Introduction to Environmental Economics (Level 2; TSV)
EV5003: Environmental Economics (Level 5; TSV)
LB5229: Economics for a Sustainable World (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

Indigenous consumer protection
Indigenous economy and wellbeing

Research

Non market valuation in social contexts
Project prioritization utilizing information markets
Indigenous research into project selection decisions

Teaching

Resource economics and sustainability
Behavioural economics

Experience

2023 to present - Assurance of learning group, College of Business, Law & Governance (JCU)
2021 to 2023 - Committee member, Gender Equity Action Research (JCU)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2008 - Macquarie University and Maths Association of NSW Prize for Teaching
2004 - Centenary Medal of Australia, awarded by Govenor General of Australia
2001 - Cairns Mayoral Award for regional development
2000 - National Young Australian of the Year Award for regional development
2000 - Queensland Young Australian of the Year Award for regional initiatives

Fellowships

2019 - Fellow of Engineers Australia awarded in recognition for being amongst the true leaders of the industry and profession

Publications

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

Finau G, Jarvis D, Stoeckl N, Larson S, Grainger D, Douglas M, Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation , Barrowei R, Coleman B, Groves D, Hunter J, Lee M and Markham M (2023) Accounting for Indigenous cultural connections to land: insights from two Indigenous groups of Australia. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 36 (9). pp. 370-389
Lignier P, Jarvis D, Grainger D and Chaiechi T (2023) Does the Climate Impact Satisfaction with Life? An Australian Spatial Study. Weather Climate and Society, 15 (1). pp. 159-175
Grainger D, Watkin-Lui F and Cheer K (2021) The value of informed agency for Torres Strait climate change. Ecological Economics, 180.
Jarvis D, Stoeckl N, Larson S, Grainger D, Addison J and Larson A (2021) The learning generated through Indigenous natural resources management programs increases quality of life for Indigenous people – improving numerous contributors to wellbeing. Ecological Economics, 180.
Stoeckl N, Jarvis D, Larson S, Larson A, Grainger D and Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation (2021) Australian Indigenous insights into ecosystem services: beyond services towards connectedness – people, place and time. Ecosystem Services, 50.
Larson S, Stoeckl N, Jarvis D, Addison J, Grainger D, Watkin Lui F, Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation , Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC , Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC and Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (2020) Indigenous land and sea management programs (ILSMPs) enhance the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (1).
Grainger D and Stoeckl N (2019) The importance of social learning for non-market valuation. Ecological Economics, 164.
Shibasaki S, Sibthorpe B, Watkin Lui F, Harvey A, Grainger D, Hunter C and Tsey K (2019) Flipping the researcher knowledge translation perspective on knowledge use: a scoping study. Alternative: an international journal of Indigenous peoples, 15 (3). pp. 271-280
Tsey K, Onnis L, Whiteside M, McCalman J, Williams M, Heyeres M, Lui S, Klieve H, Cadet-James Y, Baird L, Brown C, Watkin Lui F, Grainger D, Gabriel Z, Millgate N, Cheniart B, Hunter T, Liu H, Yang Y, Yan L, Lovett R, Chong A and Kinchin I (2019) Assessing research impact: Australian Research Council criteria and the case of Family Wellbeing research. Evaluation and Program Planning, 73. pp. 176-186
Geia L, Broadfield K, Grainger D, Day A and Watkin-Lui F (2018) Adolescent and young adult substance use in Australian Indigenous communities: a systematic review of demand control program outcomes. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (3). pp. 254-261
Stoeckl N, Hicks C, Farr M, Grainger D, Esparon M, Thomas J and Larson S (2018) The crowding out of complex social goods. Ecological Economics, 144. pp. 65-72

Conference Papers

Lignier P, Jarvis D, Grainger D and Chaiechi T (2022) Geography, Climate and Life Satisfaction. Community Empowerment, Sustainable Cities, and Transformative Economies. In: BEMAS: 1st International Conference in Business, Economics, Management, and Sustainability, 2-3 July 2021, Cairns, QLD, Australia

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 18+ research outputs authored by Dr Daniel Grainger from 2015 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Contract Research

Research on First Nations perspectives on ecosystem accounting in the `Ecosystem Accounting Pilots for Agricultural and Mixed-Use Landscapes? project

Indicative Funding: $65,000 over 1 year (administered by CSIRO)
Summary: Through engagement with First Nations Australians from Flinders, Norman and Gilbert River catchment study area, the project seeks to co-design workshops/meetings, ensuring that the outcomes of the conversations flow as benefits to First Nations Australians and inform the Federal Government?s Regional Ecosystem Accounting Pilot (REAP) project. The project will explore perceptions of ecosystem change in mixed use landscapes, exploring the drivers of change and what changes have been observed recently; facilitate the development of one or more ecosystem conceptual models as representation of First Nations understanding of local ecosystems; and provide graphical representations of the First Nations co-designed ecosystem model(s).
Investigators: Diane Jarvis and Daniel Grainger (College of Business and Law & Governance)
Keywords: Ecosystem accounting; Environmental economic accounting; First Nations values; Ecosystem Services; Ecosystem models; Ecosystem condition

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) - Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub

Synthesis Project - Kakadu Cultural Connections

Indicative Funding: $90,000 over 2 years
Summary: The national land account project, within the Department of Environment and Energy is developing an Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (EEA) system, strongly guided by the UN System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA). This project will explore options and make recommendations for acknowledging and possibly including Indigenous cultural connections within that ecosystem accounting framework. It may be possible to generate some monetary estimates of value, but the explorations may instead conclude that Indigenous cultural connections should be considered alongside, rather than as a subset, of other ecosystem services (much as the government compiles tourism satellite accounts that are published alongside the national accounts).
Investigators: Diane Jarvis, Natalie Stoeckl, Daniel Grainger and Michael Douglas (College of Business, Law & Governance, Academy, Indigenous Education & Research Centre and The University of Western Australia)
Keywords: Indigenous cultural connections-country; system of environmental economic a/c; ecosystem services accounting; non-mnarket valuations; Cultural Ecosystem Services; indigenous cultural values

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Labour market friction and firm capital structure: The case of Australia (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
The Impact of Homeownership in Regional Australia: Help or Hindrance (PhD , Primary Advisor)
Spatial and Longitudinal Variations in the Economic, Social and Environmental Factors of Life Satisfaction (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
A data-driven maintenance decision-making framework for engineering asset management using economic modelling techniques (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Collaboration

The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
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