Diana Castorina ~ Associate Lecturer
College of Business, Law & Governance
- About
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- Teaching
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- BU1003: Principles of Economics (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
- BU1007: Principles of Data Analysis for Business (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
- BX2053: Workforce Economics and Analytics (Level 2; TSV)
- EC5219: Workforce Economics and Analytics (Level 5; TSV)
- LB5932: Multinational Corporations and International Markets (Level 5; ONL)
- Interests
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- Research
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- spatial econometrics
- interregional migration
- regional Australia
- microeconomics
- decision-making
- Experience
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- 2021 to 2023 - Associate Lecturer, James Cook University
- 2009 to 2021 - Sessional Academic, James Cook University
- 2006 to 2009 - Research Economist, Transpac Consulting, Urban Analytics Australia
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Diana is currently an Associate Lecturer in Economics within the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University. Her teaching experience in the higher education sector spans over 12 years across both undergraduate and postgraduate offerings. Diana is a recipient of the Sessional Staff Teaching Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for the years 2010 and 2019 at JCU.
Diana is also a member of the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia and a Postgraduate Fellow at The Cairns Institute at JCU. Her research interests are in the area of understanding individual decision-making, sustainability of regions and spatial econometrics.
Diana also draws on her experience within the private sector where she worked as a research economist undertaking social and economic impact assessments.
Research
Diana is currently completing her PhD in economics in the area of interregional migration in Australia where her overall research objective seeks to understand what makes people want to stay, move away from or move into a region. She is under the primary supervision of Dr Riccardo Welters, Associate Professor in Economics at the College of Business, Law and Governance, Division Tropical Environments and Societies and Theme Leader of ‘Sustainable Development’ at the Cairns Institute, JCU.
Having lived in regions all her life and experienced first hand how push and pull factors influence decision making and impact on the functionality of those regions, Diana hopes her research findings will better guide practitioners and policy makers who seek strategies to the challenges of attracting and retaining varied skilled people in regional Australia.
As part of her research Diana attempts to better define what is meant by migration. Whilst migration definitions are offered, there are complexities to its dimensions. Margins are blurred temporally, spatially and socially which means there’s no clear consensus on its measure. As such within Diana’s overarching objective to identify the determinants of interregional migration within Australia, she seeks to explore three research questions:
1) Who decides? To understand better what motivates people to move between regions, we need to firstly identify who is making that decision. Castorina and Welters (2022) have now published their findings on this research question here: https://doi.org/10.47260/bae/917
2) Does distance matter? Here we look at the role of distance in migration decisions. We utilise econometrics to devise a method to separate short distance migrants from long distance migrants as different displacement impacts are experienced by the two.
3) Does space matter? Misspecification in our migration models may be present given we are working with cross-sectional data which are susceptible to spatial effects. We employ geographically weighted regressions to explore if spatial heterogeneity is present within our data. Of which without otherwise, bias may be present within our empirical conclusions.
Media
November 19, 2020: JCU Inspiration On Tap Series Public Webinar on How to Build a Resilient Economy
February 25, 2021: Townsville Vol 26 PechaKucha Public Presentation on People Building Stronger Regions
February 25, 2021: ABC Radio North Queensland – Host of Early Morning Country and Early Morning Breakfast Michael Clarke Interview
April 7, 2022: Tropic Now- Explainer: How does the new reinsurance pool work and will it reduce your premiums
May 4, 2022: ABC Radio North Queensland – Host of Early Morning Country and Early Morning Breakfast Michael Clarke Interview [RBA Monetary Policy Decision] Listen to the full interview from 2:00:23 https://ab.co/3KFksAr
September 6, 2022: ABC Radio North Queensland – Host of Morning Jessica Naunton Interview [RBA Monetary Policy Decision] Listen to the full interview https://lnkd.in/gKB3N6ja
October 4, 2022: ABC Radio North Queensland – Host of Early Morning Country and Early Morning Breakfast Michael Clarke Interview [RBA Monetary Policy Decision] Listen to the full interview from 0:46:23 https://lnkd.in/giwas_Bh
October 26, 2022: ABC Radio North Queensland – Host of Early Morning Country and Early Morning Breakfast Michael Clarke Interview [Fiscal Policy- Federal Budget] Listen to the full interview from 1:11:00 https://lnkd.in/gdDjSpkV
February 4, 2023: ABC Radio North Queensland – 7.30am News Report interviewed by Rachel Merritt [RBA Monetary Policy Decision]
May 2, 2023: ABC Radio North Queensland – Host of Early Morning Country and Early Morning Breakfast Michael Clarke Interview [RBA Monetary Policy Decision] Listen to the full interview from 1:14 https://lnkd.in/gt9zj4FU
Editorial
Associate Editor: Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: Theoretical Foundations, Methods, and Tools, Elsevier, 2021
Copy Editor: Journal of Resilient Economies (JRE)
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2019 - JCU Sessional Teaching Award
- 2010 - JCU Sessional Teaching Award
- 2006 - Australian Institute of Management (North Queensland Regional) Prize To the graduating student who has the greatest potential to contribute to the North Queensland economy.
- Fellowships
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- 2019 to 2022 - Postgraduate Fellow The Cairns Institute
- Memberships
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- 2018 - Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia
- Publications
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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
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- Castorina D and Welters R (2022) Interregional migration: who decides to move? Bulletin of Applied Economics, 9 (1). pp. 97-114
- Conference Papers
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- Castorina D, Stoeckl N and Welters R (2010) Internal migration in Australia: does it exacerbate or mitigate regional skills disparities? Proceedings of 12th Path to Full Employment Conference. 2-3 December 2010, Newcastle. NSW, Australia
- Castorina D and Monypenny R (2006) Comparative advantage. Proceedings of the SEGRA 2006 Tenth National Conference: sustainable economic growth for regional Australia. 28-30 August 2006, Launceston, TAS, Australia
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