Emeritus Professor David Pannell
David Pannell has completed, supervised or reviewed hundreds of Benefit-Cost Analyses for clients around the world, and has delivered dozens of training courses, ranging from beginners to advanced-level.
David is the Founder and former Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy at the University of Western Australia (UWA CEEP). He has won an outstanding teaching award from his university, and awards for research excellence in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.
Research repository at UWA (including access to publications)
Dr Claire Doll
Claire Doll specialises in non-market valuation and Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA). She was trained in using BCA methods by David Pannell during her PhD at UWA, and in subsequent research and consulting roles.
Claire is Deputy Director (Engagement) of UWA CEEP and is a faculty member of the Department of Economics at the UWA Business School.
Research repository at UWA (including access to publications)
Contact: claire.doll@uwa.edu.au
BCA Tools
David developed the INFFEWS Benefit-Cost Analysis Tool which is widely used in Australia.
He co-developed INFFER, a tool for evaluating and prioritising environmental projects, using BCA principles. INFFER won a Eureka Prize - Australia’s top science award.
Selected BCA Publications
Rogers, A., Doll, C., Burton, M. P., Cabalu, H., & Lowe, R. (2025). Evaluating suitability of investing in environmental enhancements in Cockburn Sound: a benefit cost analysis of port design features. Prepared for the WAMSI Westport Marine Science Program. Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, Western Australia.
Doll, C.A., Pannell, D.J., & Burton, M.P. (2024). Economic evaluation of alternative urban park designs that conserve irrigation water. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 68(4), 713-730.
Pannell, D.J., Nguyen, H., Chu, L., Kompas, T. and Rogers, A.A. (2024). Benefit-Cost Analysis decision criteria: Reconciling conflicting advice, Applied Economics Teaching Resources.
Iftekhar, Md.S. and Pannell, D.J. (2022). Developing an integrated investment decision-support framework for water-sensitive urban design projects, Journal of Hydrology 607, 127532, 1-9.
Davis, K.J., Vianna, G.M.S., Meeuwig, J.J., Meekan, M.G. and Pannell, D.J. (2019). Estimating the economic benefits and costs of marine protected areas, Ecosphere 10(10), e02879.
Pannell, D.J., Roberts, A.M., Park, G. and Alexander, J. (2013). Designing a practical and rigorous framework for comprehensive evaluation and prioritisation of environmental projects, Wildlife Research 40(2), 126-133.
Pannell, D.J., Roberts, A.M., Park, G., Alexander, J., Curatolo, A. and Marsh, S. (2012). Integrated assessment of public investment in land-use change to protect environmental assets in Australia, Land Use Policy 29(2), 377-387.
Pannell, D.J. and Schilizzi, S. (eds) (2006). Economics and the Future: Time and Discounting in Private and Public Decision Making, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA.
Pannell, D.J. (2019). INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool: Guidelines, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne.
Pannell, D.J. (2019). INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool: User Guide, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne.
Pannell, D.J. (2020). Benefit: Cost Analysis and strategic decision making for water-sensitive cities, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne.
Selected BCA Presentations
“Economic evaluation of alternative urban park designs that conserve irrigation water", Invited Speaker, Water Corporation Waterwise Council Forum, 21 October 2025 (Claire Doll).
"The value of a non-market value in Benefit-Cost Analysis", Invited Keynote Address, Annual Conference of the Society of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 4-5 April 2024 (David Pannell).
"The choice of BCA decision criteria: How much does it matter?", Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 6 Feb 2020 (David Pannell).
"Benefit: Cost Analysis of water-sensitive projects and policies", for CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Water-Sensitive SA and University of South Australia, Adelaide, 5 Feb 2018 (David Pannell).
Selected BCA Training Courses Presented by David Pannell
"Benefit: Cost Analysis for Agricultural and Resource Economics: The Essentials for Practical Applications" Pre-conference workshop, Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Perth, 11 February 2020.
"Benefit: Cost Analysis", World Bank, Beijing, 21 June 2019.
"Benefit: Cost Analysis of water-sensitive projects", Melbourne 6 June 2019, Sydney 21 May 2019, Perth 13 June 2019.
"INFFEWS BCA Tool training", Department of Environment and Water, Adelaide, 5 June 2019.
“Benefit-Cost Analysis of coastal climate change adaptation responses”, University of Mauritius, 12-16 September 2016.
"INFFER training", various government agencies, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 4 & 5 July 2011.
