Professor Kevin Parton has over 48 years of teaching, research, research management and research training experience, including universities, Australian and Canadian Government agencies and international research organisations. He has completed research projects in a number of countries including the EU, Australian, Canada, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Kenya, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, and Papua New Guinea. He has published over 100 internationally refereed journal articles and received over $1.5 million in competitive grant funding. As Director of the Centre for Health Research and Development, University of New England, he was instrumental in the introduction of the professional doctorate in health services management. He taught in the electronic MBA in Guelph, and introduced the Master of Sustainable Management degree at the University of Sydney. He has been a head of school and dean of faculty. His current research interests are listed as: 

Applying the Zuboff-Bondarouk approach to assess what prevents organisations from achieving their e-HRM potential.

The 2022-23 Russian-Ukrainian conflict: economic effect on Chinese trade.

Different dimensions of sustainability from the development of renewable energy microgrids in Australia.

The economic impact of mining on Indigenous communities at Ok Tedi and Porgera, Papua New Guinea.

Policy alternatives for the development of biogas cooking as a renewable energy resource in Nepal.

Improving the efficiency of renewable energy minigrids in Nepal.

The importance of champions to determining household attitudes and behaviour related to energy efficiency and climate change.

• Climate change policy
• Valuing seasonal climate forecasts
• Development economics
• The economics of electricity microgrids
• Renewable energy in Nepal

External Appointments & Memberships:

• Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (member)

Editorial Roles on Journals:

• PLOS ONE (Reviewer)
• Sustainability (Reviewer)
• Natural Resources Forum (Reviewer)
• Oxford Open Energy (Reviewer)