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Jonathan Moss is an Associate Professor in Quantitative Economics at the University of New England Business School. His academic background includes a PhD from the University of New England, for which he received the D.H. Drummond Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Economics in 2014, a Master of Economics (MEc) from UNE, a Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Economics (GDAgEc) from UNE, a Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Horticulture) from Charles Sturt University, a Diploma in Horticulture, and a Diploma in Project Management. Moss specializes in applied economics, with research interests in agricultural and resource economics, spatial econometrics, wine economics, bioeconomics, spatial optimisation of managed ecosystems, emerging carbon markets, and low carbon futures in the agricultural sector. He collaborates in cross-disciplinary teams on policies to enhance farmer resilience under low carbon futures and on modeling agricultural systems for sustainable production, incorporating biological, spatio-temporal, and human behavioral factors to inform policy.

Moss commenced his career as a horticulturist before joining a consulting firm to evaluate Indigenous development programs in northern and central Queensland. At UNE, he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Business Statistics (QM161), Business Decision Making (QM265/365), Analytics for Business Research (QM367), Introduction to Bioeconomics (ECON331/531), and Applied Econometrics (ECON376/576). He has received the 2020 Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation: "For increasing the relatability of quantitative methods units through a personalised approach with impact close to home and further afield," along with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Commendation for Teaching Excellence, SABL Faculty Education Excellence Award, UNE Business School Education Excellence Award (all 2020), Best Paper Prize at the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference (2014), Heading East Award from the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (2014), and nine UNE Unit Commendations (2011-2021). Key publications include "The value of climate-resilient seeds for smallholder adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa" (Climatic Change, 2020, with Cacho et al.), "Red meat—an essential partner to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions" (Animal Frontiers, 2020, with Davison and Black), "Wineries and wine quality: the influence of location and archetype in the Hunter Valley region in Australia" (Wine Economics and Policy, 2019, with Lock et al.), "Pathways to carbon-neutrality for the Australian red meat sector" (Agricultural Systems, 2019, with Mayberry et al.), and "Weed detection on farms: A guide for landholders" (book, 2009, with Sindel et al.). He has authored reports for CSIRO and FAO. Moss has served as Convenor of the UNE Business School Education Committee, Acting Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law, and Academic Coordinator for UNE Abroad.