Senior Lecturer
Subject Area Coordinator (Economics)
(currently on one-year's leave)
Phone: (07) 3138 5135
Fax: (07) 3138 1500
E-mail: l.coglan@qut.edu.au
Room: Z838A, Level 8, Z Block, GP
Qualifications
PhD (Economics) University of Portsmouth
MSc (Project Analysis, Finance and Investment) University of York
BA(Hons) (Economics and Economic and Social History) University of Hull
Career Summary
Louisa Coglan is a Lecturer in the School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology. She is also Subject Area Coordinator for Economics. Prior to joining QUT in 2006, Louisa worked at the University of Portsmouth, UK, where she was Principal Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Associate Dean of the Business School.
Louisa has an extensive record of innovative teaching and support of student learning developed over the past sixteen years. She is an accredited Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, and has received learning and teaching awards and external commendations for her work.
Research Interests
Louisa’s research areas include applied policy research, theoretical and technical applications, quantitative and qualitative analysis and baseline performance measurement in health care and fisheries.
Louisa has led the economics component on both regional and national health care research projects in both primary and secondary health care services. Examples of her work include mental health services restructuring, demand characteristics of GP out of hours services and cost-effectiveness of speech language therapy for very young children and the treatment of sciatica.
Louisa’s research also includes the measurement and analysis of economic performance in fisheries. Examples of her research to date include appropriate measures of economic performance in small scale, multi species, multi gear fisheries, factors that contribute to a vessel’s level of efficiency, and implications of heterogeneity in fisher performance for fisheries management.
Louisa has produced a number of journal articles in international referee journals including American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Marine Policy, Aquatic Living Resources and Fisheries Research.
Teaching Interests
- Project analysis including investment analysis, cost benefits analysis and developmental project appraisal;
- Corporate investment policy;
- Microeconomics;
- Teaching economics to non-economists.
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.