【Topic】Benefits and Costs of “Water for All”

【Time】14:00-15:30, Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

【Venue】 Room 323, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

【Organizer】China Institute for Rural Studies, Tsinghua University

【Language】English

【Speaker】昆汀·格拉夫顿(Quentin Grafton)

Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow

Chairholder of UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance

【Moderator】王亚华（Yahua WANG）

Executive President of China Institute for Rural Studies at Tsinghua University

Professor & Associate Dean of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University

【Presenter’s Biography】

Quentin Grafton is Professor of Economics and Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance. He is an Australian Laureate Fellow, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a former President (2017-2018) of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) and a Distinguished Fellow of AARES. He is the recipient of several awards for his water-related  research including the Eureka Science Prize for Water Research and Innovation. He previously served as Chief Economist and Foundation Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics and Executive Director of the Australian National Institute for Public Policy. He currently serves as the Director of the Food, Energy, Environment and Water Network.