Agribusiness and rural development

A variety of research projects in Agribusiness and rural development are available in our School for Honours and Postgraduate coursework students enrolled at UQ.

Students will gain valuable academic and professional skills, develop links with industry and academic contacts, and have the chance to road-test a career in research.

If you want to contact a specific staff member, please view the list below or visit their UQ Researchers profile page to see their list of available projects in the discipline area that is aligned to your research interests.

UQ researcher	Project types
Dr Ammar Abdul Aziz	Environmental Sciences; Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; Environmental Management; Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modelling; Agricultural Systems Analysis and Modelling; Farm Management, Rural Management and Agribusiness; Farming Systems Research; Sustainable Agricultural Development.
Dr Rajendra Adhikari	Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; Farm Management, Rural Management and Agribusiness.
Dr Angela Dean	Studies in Human Society; Psychology and Cognitive Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Psychology; Environmental Science and Management; Other Environmental Sciences; Social and Community Psychology; Natural Resource Management; Wildlife and Habitat Management; Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Climate Change Impacts and Adaption; Environmental Management; Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; Environmental Education and Extension; Sustainable Agricultural Development; Environmental Assessment and Monitoring; Wildlife and Habitat Management; Human Impacts of Climate Change and Human Adaption; Conservation and Biodiversity.
Dr Natalie Jones	Environmental Science and Management.
Dr Adam Komarek
Dr Julius Kotir	Built Environment and Design; Environmental Sciences; Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; Environmental Management; Agricultural Systems Analysis and Modelling; Sustainable Agricultural Development; Creative Arts and Writing; Economics; Applied Economics; Agricultural Economics
Dr Zannie Langford	Economics; Studies in Human Society; Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Engineering; Applied Economics; Anthropology; Human Geography; Sociology; Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; Chemical Engineering; Agricultural Economics; Economic Development and Growth; Anthropology of Development; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Economic Geography; Social and Cultural Geography; Environmental Sociology; Rural Sociology; Farm Management, Rural Management and Agribusiness; Sustainable Agricultural Development.
Dr Oleg Nicetic	Communication and Media Studies; Agriculture, Land and Farm Management.
Dr Gomathy Palaniappan
Dr Risti Permani
Dr Liz Petersen
Dr Salman Sarwar
Dr Shweta Singh	Education; Environmental Sciences; Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Environmental Sciences.
Dr Severine van Bommel	Studies in Human Society; Policy and Administration; Sociology; Environment Policy; Environmental Sociology; Social Change; Sociological Methodology and Research Methods; Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences.
Dr Tyron Venn
Associate Professor Scott Waldron	Applied Economics; Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; Animal Production.