​Dr Anthea Coggan is a senior environmental economist with CSIRO Environment based in Brisbane, Australia. Anthea's research focuses on the human side of environmental management challenges. With an increasing focus on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Anthea is advancing the application of economic science in Reef management. Particularly, Anthea is leading research into how the Reef is used and the extent and distribution of the benefits generated from this use. Anthea is also applying economic understanding to inform the design of interventions for water quality improving land management in Reef catchments.  Anthea leads the Regions in Transition Team in CSIRO  and coordinates CSIRO’s GBR focussed social science. Anthea has been an active member of AARES since 2000.