Writing & Talks

Popular writing

• What a strong El Niño could mean for Australian communities, jobs and food prices
  The Conversation, June 2026 · with David A. Fleming-Muñoz
• Fertiliser costs are soaring amid war in the Middle East. Will your grocery bill follow?
  The Conversation
• Harvest season is also peak time for conflict in rural societies
  Sydney Business Insights
• What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply
  The Conversation
• Higher cereal prices can fuel political violence linked with a harvest season in the croplands of Africa
  VoxEU/CEPR
• Russia’s war on Ukraine is driving up wheat prices and threatens global supplies of bread, meat and eggs
  The Conversation
• Editorial boards of leading economics journals show high institutional concentration and modest geographic diversity
  VoxEU/CEPR
• So you think economic downturns cost lives? Our findings show they don’t
  The Conversation
• Lives saved during economic downturns: Evidence from Australia
  VoxEU/CEPR

Research presentations

• Closed-Book vs Open-Web
• Prices and Protests: Evidence from Maize Markets across Africa
• Roads and Riots

Academic practice

• Academic Presenting: Getting it Right and Making it Work
• Academic Publishing: Getting it Right and Making it Work