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Stuart Donovan
SPATIAL, URBAN, AND TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
ABOUT
MY RESEARCH INTERESTS
Hi! My name is Stuart, and I am a researcher whose interests include but are not limited to spatial, urban, and transport economics; housing, labour, and energy economics; and applied econometrics. I completed my PhD and MPhil at the Vrije Universiteit and Tinbergen Institute in Amsterdam, respectively, and have published several papers in top-tier academic journals. I also have experience as a consultant working in Australia and New Zealand. To learn more about my academic research and professional background, please feel free to browse my resume, peruse my dissertation, and/or get in touch via email.
QUALIFICATIONS
MY ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2017-2023
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, PhD in Economics
Dissertation: 'Ties that bind and fray: Agglomeration economies and location choice'.
EXPERIENCE
MY ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2023-Present
Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane
2018-Present
2015-2017
Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, MPhil in Economics
Thesis: 'Using commuting data to identify the effect of walking and cycling travel-time on location choice in Australian cities'. Grade: 8.0
2010-2011
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MSc. (STREEM)
Thesis: 'Agglomeration economies and spatial competition in New Zealand'. Grade: 8.0
Course Lecturer, Economics of Urbanisation, Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Note: I have also delivered variants of this short course to audiences in Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, and London.
2020-2022
Guest Lecturer, Urban Economics 374, Department of Economics, University of Auckland
2005-2007
University of Auckland, Masters in Engineering (First Class Hons.)
Thesis: 'Whither the wind blows: Wind flow modelling and wind farm layout optimisation'. Grade: A+
Academic Publications
Donovan, S., de Graaff, T., de Groot, Henri~L. F., & Koopmans, C. C. (In-press). Unraveling urban advantages—A meta-analysis of agglomeration economies. Journal of Economic Surveys.
Donovan, S., de Graaff, T., Grimes, A., de Groot, H. L., & Maré, D. C. (2022). Cities with forking paths? Agglomeration economies in New Zealand 1976–2018. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 95, 103799.
Grimes, A., Preston, K., Maré, D., Badenhorst, S., Donovan, S. (2021). The Contrasting Importance of Quality of Life and Quality of Business for Domestic and International Migrants. In: Cochrane, W., Cameron, M.P., Alimi, O. (eds) Labor Markets, Migration, and Mobility. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, vol 45. Springer, Singapore.
Nunns, P., Donovan, S. B., & Genter, J. A. (2020). Chapter 9 - Auckland, New Zealand. In: Pojani, D., Corcoran, J., Sipe, N., Mateo-Babiano, I., & Stead, D. (eds) Parking: An international perspective (pp. 147-167). Elsevier.
Adli, S. N., & Donovan, S. (2018). Right to the city: Applying justice tests to public transport investments. Transport Policy, 66, 56-65.
Hazledine, T., Donovan, S., & Mak, C. (2017). Urban agglomeration benefits from public transit improvements: Extending and implementing the Venables model. Research in Transportation Economics, 66, 36-45.
Riesz, J., Sotiriadis, C., Ambach, D., & Donovan, S. (2016). Quantifying the costs of a rapid transition to electric vehicles. Applied Energy, 180, 287-300.
Archer, R., Nates, G., Donovan, S., & Waterer, H. (2011). Wind turbine interference in a wind farm layout optimization mixed integer linear programming model. Wind Engineering, 35(2), 165-175.