Robert Mackay
Masters of Sustainability and Climate Policy (Curtin University)
Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences (University of Sydney)
The impact of exposure to natural disasters on a suite of behaviours, beliefs and attitudes in African individuals.
Biography
Robert Mackay is a PhD candidate with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre under the supervision of Associate Professor Astghik Mavisakalyan.
Robert previously completed his Masters of Sustainability and Climate Policy at Curtin University publishing his thesis findings on the responsible management of tourist sites.
Robert also holds a Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences from Sydney University.
Prior to joining the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Robert worked as an assistant director of international policy for the Pacific islands with the Department of Home Affairs (Australian Government).
Robert’s current research focus is on the impact of exposure to natural disasters on a suite of behaviours, beliefs and attitudes in African individuals.
Robert will also be completing a fellowship with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-Wider) in spring of 2023.
Publications
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Trust a few: natural disasters and the formation of trust in Africa
Individuals are at their most mental plasticity in their impressionable years (ages 18–25 years) forming long-term attitudes and behaviours essential to functioning in a society, such as trust. In this paper we ask how exposure to natural disasters within the... Read article
Coping Collectively: Responses to Natural Disasters in Africa
Natural disasters occur at an increasing frequency affecting the lives of individuals in significant ways. We study the coping responses to disasters, matching data on disaster locations with individual-level survey data from over 150,000 individuals in 37 African countries in... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.