
Dr Paul Wyrwoll
Paul Wyrwoll is Fellow in the Resources, Environment and Development Department at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and Research Fellow at the ANU Institute for Water Futures. He is Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy and Convenor of the Master of Environmental Management and Development at the Crawford School.
Paul's applied research in environmental and resource economics examines how human societies manage water systems. He is currently working with the Water Justice Hub on the economics of drinking water services in regional and remote Australia.
Previously, Paul was Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, General Manager of the Food Energy Environment Water Network, and Managing Editor of the Global Water Forum. He has also worked as a consultant on environmental management in the Lower Mekong Basin and as a groundwater technician in the West Australian mining industry.
Research Interest
- The economics and politics of water infrastructure
- Sustainable provision of safe, acceptable and affordable drinking water
- Nature-based approaches to water quality control and carbon removal
- Innovations in environmental pricing, markets and finance
- Bio-acoustic monitoring and acoustic ecology