U of M's Philip M. Raup Lecture features leading Australian agricultural economics expert

Jeff Bennett, professor in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University (ANU), will present "Developments in Non-Market Environmental Valuation: An Australian Perspective" at the fifth annual Philip M. Raup Lecture on Land and Environmental Policy at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1.

The event takes place in the University of Minnesota’s Cargill Building for Mircrobial and Plant Genomics, 1500 Gortner Ave., St. Paul.

Bennett holds a bachelor of agricultural economics degree from the University of New England and a doctorate from the ANU. He has over 30 years of experience teaching, researching and consulting in the fields of environmental, resource and agricultural economics. His specific areas of interest are non-market valuation and the role of markets in environmental conservation.

Bennett is a distinguished fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, was president of that society and also co-edited the society’s journal for the past three years. He is an elected member of the Mont Pelerin Society and sits on the advisory board of the Centre for Independent Studies.

This event is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow the lecture. Those interested in attending can register at: http://www.apec.umn.edu/Events/index.htm#raup.

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