Jeremy De Valck
Position:
Senior Research Fellow
Department:
Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains, School of Business and Law,
Role:
Researcher
Topics:
- Agriculture & environment
- Green investment
- Industry & business solutions
- Land Use & Regional Planning
- Economics
Research Institution:
Geographic Coverage:
International
Email:
BIO
Dr Jeremy De Valck is an environmental economist (PhD, KU Leuven, Belgium) with a background in agriculture and forestry (MSc Bioeng., ULiege, Belgium) and natural resource management (MSc, Cranfield, UK). His research interests span a wide array of topics, including food, sustainability, environmental management, regional development, and geographic information systems. His expertise lies in applying non-market valuation techniques, such as choice modelling, to assess the economic value of environmental assets, ecosystem services, and biodiversity.
Since joining CQUniversity in 2016, Jeremy has led or contributed to many research projects evaluating socio-economic and environmental impacts in Australia, with a focus on the Great Barrier Reef region. Since 2022, Dr De Valck is Research Theme Leader for Rural and Regional Economies within CQU’s Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains (CRESC). He works in Brisbane as part of Professor John Rolfe’s Applied Economics Research Group. Dr De Valck is also an active member of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES).