David Pannell is a Professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia, an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, and the author of 130 journal articles and book chapters. His research includes the economics of land and water conservation; farmer adoption of land conservation practices; risk management; policy evaluation; and the economics of farming systems.
He was president of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in 2000, and a director on the Board of Land and Water Australia from 2002 to 2005. Professor Pannell's research has won awards in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.