Paul McLeod is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Western Australia (UWA), where he teaches a variety of microeconomics courses. As an Adjunct Professor at ANZSOG, he contributes to the Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) subject Government in a Market Economy (GME). He also teaches economics of gas pricing and price regulation for the Australian Centre for Natural Gas Management. Assoc Prof McLeod has had a number of senior roles at UWA, including Dean Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Head, Department of Economics, Executive Dean, Faculties of Education, Economics and Commerce and Law. He was the inaugural Dean of the UWA Business School. Away from the University, he has been a Director of Economic Research Associates, a Director of the Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC) and Allied Capital Group.

Assoc Prof McLeod has served on a number of government policy reviews and committees including inquiries into land transport deregulation, the operation of Stateships, and future development options for the Port of Fremantle. He was Chairperson of the independent State Water Allocation Committee, the Task Force Reviewing Long Term Development and Management Strategies for the South West Irrigation System, and the Task Force for the Review of Natural Resource Legislation in Agriculture.

Assoc Prof McLeod’s research interests centre on applied mircoeconomics, resource economics and public policy, an fisheries economics. He has published in the areas of consumer choice, transport demand, the demand for housing characteristics, advertising and demand for tobacco, estimating multi-product production functions, family life cycle and housing choice, optimal allocation of fishery resources, estimating the economic impact of major resource projects, and the use of survey techniques to value natural resources.