Institutional Reform in the Murray Darling Basin: Dr Daniel Connell

The Water Planning Tools project invited Dr Daniel Connell from the Crawford School of Economics at ANU to present a seminar on Institutional Reform in the Murray Darling Basin. Dr Connell's presentation explored the relationship between reforms in the Murray Darling Basin and the National Water Initiative, with a particular emphasis on the scope for changes to the planning structure.

Dr Daniel Connell holds a joint appointment at the Australian National University in the Crawford School of Economics and Government and the ANU Water Initiative. He is developing courses that focus on water governance in large hydrological systems and public participation in environmental policy.

He is also conducting a comparative study of institutional responses to drought and the predicted impacts of climate change in the world's northern and southern temperate zones (southern Australia, southern Africa, south-west USA, Mediterranean rim and northern China).