Taha Chaiechi

Summary of Background

Associate Professor, Dr Taha Chaiechi, is an academic leader and researcher with extensive experience in research, teaching, and administration. She currently holds the position of Head of Economics and Marketing Disciplines in the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University and also serves as Centre Head for the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA).

Since joining James Cook University in July 2009, Dr Chaiechi has demonstrated her dedication to serving the university through her involvement in various leadership roles, where she has been able to implement positive changes. She has extensive experience in leadership positions, including serving as Head of Discipline for over six years and holding various roles within the College of Business, Law, and Governance. Her roles have included Acting Dean, Acting Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching, Expert Member (Research and Scholarship) at the university's Academic Board, and Course Coordinator for the Master of Economics. She currently chairs two important college committees: the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Action (IDEA) Committee and the Sustainability Committee. Additionally, she serves as the college's Research Integrity Advisor.

Her leadership experience extends beyond her role within the university, as she has also served as a detailed assessor for the National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants (NISDRG) program, Future Fellowship Programs, and the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP) for the Australian Research Council (ARC). She is the Founding Editor/Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Resilient Economies (Platinum Open Access) and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin of Applied Economics (ABDC ranked).

Taha is an expert in the systematic modelling of dynamic relationships between economic, environmental, and social variables. She also has extensive knowledge of quantifying and economic valuation of environmental assets and services. Taha's research attitude is holistic and inspired by issues in climate change and natural disasters and their impacts on different economic sectors such as health, tourism, the environment, energy, and cities. At the core of her research philosophy, Taha is dedicated to the doctrine of sustainable development, and she uses the 2030 Agenda as a malleable guide throughout her research. Her multidisciplinary research approach has resulted in numerous collaborative projects over a broad spectrum of research topics, with the intention to enhance methodological approaches that are especially suitable for sustainability analysis. Since 2011, She has been collaborating on several research projects and consultancies exceeding $1.2 million in value.

Read my Statement of Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching

Current Initiatives:

1. Editor-in-Chief of newly launched Journal of Resilient Economies (JRE)
2. Edited "Community Empowerment, Sustainable Cities, and Transformative Economies" with Springer Nature
3. Chair, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action (IDEA) @ CBLG
4. Chair, Sustainabilty Committee @CBLG
5. General Chair for BEMAS Conferences in 2021 and 2022
6. Lead a flagship about Climate-Resilient Economies and Community Empowerment
7. Edited the Research Training Workshop Series within CITBA
8. Edited Business, Industry, and Trade in the Tropics with Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
9. Edited "Economic Effects of Natural Disasters" with Elsevier.
10. Led a UN-Habitat Urban Thinkers Campus in Cairns 2019
11. Led a research team on ON-Prime Innovation Program

In her approach to Research and Engagement, Taha is committed to the 2030 Agenda and SDGs. Particularly, Taha focuses on SDG 8, SDG11, SDG 13 and SDG 17.

Media Releases:

• June 2023: My accepted contribution on Greenwashing to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee (submission 11)
• June 2023: Impact Blog for Emerald Publishing Creating safe and inclusive cities for an ageing population
• August 2022 : Interview with BD mag Is the carbon border adjustment mechanism the key to unlocking the north?
• 2022 : our research is cited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2022 report
• January 2022 : Interview with Faculti Urban development of two tropical cities
• July 2021 : JCU Media Release Local Responses to Big Economic Challenges
• February 2021: Interview, Urban Design and Economic growth
• November 2020: Public Webinar on How to Build a Resilient Economy
• September 2020: COVID Economy-Part 2
• September 2020: The Incomplete Economy
• April 2020: COVID Economy
• October 2019: Millenials & Avocados
• August 2019: Planning on Future Sustainable Cities
• Read my 2019 articles in The Conversation
• 2018 Sustainability Communique- facebook and Twitter.
• Watch June Issue here
• Watch July Issue here
• Watch August Issue here
• Watch September Issue here
• Watch October Issue here
• June 2015 Acknowledged contribution to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Submission 61, p. 2. 42
• May 2014 Invited to speak at the “Environmental Research Workshop: Biodiversity and social-economic valuation” ,Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment
• October 2014 Invited speaker on Economics- 101 at the “Professional Development Workshop” - Suncorp Bank Group
• December 2013 Interview with Dukascopy- Swiss Financial Television (on sentiment index)

Textbooks & Textbook Reviews

. Custom publication, BU1003 Economics for Sustainable Business (compiled by Taha Chaiechi), by McEachern et al, published by Cengage Higher Education (1st and 2nd eds)

. Custom publication, BU1007 Business Data Analysis and Interpretation (compiled by Taha Chaiechi), by McEachern et al, published by Cengage Higher Education (1st ed)

· Textbook Review - Students resources and workshops (Economics for Today, 4th Asia Pacific edition - Published by Cengage Ltd.) (2012 and 2013)

· Textbook Review (2012) and (2013)- invited to review three chapters of Principals of Economics 5th and 6th Edition- Published by Cengage Ltd.)

· Textbook Adaptation (2013) - Produced lecture presentations materials (Principals of Economics By Stiglitz and Walsh- Published by Wiley and Sons