
Research interests
Philip ("Pike") Stahlmann-Brown is Principal Economist and Research Priority Area Leader at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. He is an applied micro-econometrician with expertise in innovative survey design, enumeration, and analysis. Topics of interest include economic behaviour; complex decision making; market and non-market valuation of natural resources; land use and land-use change; climate adaptation; apiculture; risk, values, and preferences; and evaluative methods including cost-benefit analysis. Pike has developed and led innovative trainings on economic valuation of invasive alien species, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific.
He has published extensively in leading journals in economics, particularly in the fields of environmental economics and development economics. His research has also made an impact in highly regarded interdisciplinary journals. His published work has been cited more than 3000 times.
Pike directs the Survey of Rural Decision Makers (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021-); the New Zealand (Bee) Colony Loss Survey (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021-); and the Public Perceptions of New Zealand’s Environment survey (2022-). He also leads the Environmental Stewardship and Kaitiakitanga strategic outcome for the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge and sits on the Science and Research focus group of Apiculture New Zealand.
Qualifications
Michigan
PhD Economics
2003
Michigan
MA Economics
1999
Publications
Gray A, Noureddine A, Arab A, Ballis A, Brusbardis V, Douglas AB, Cadahia L, Charriere JD, Chlebo R, Coffey MF, Cornelissen B, da Costa CA, Danneels E, Danihlik J, Dobrescu C, Evans G, Fedoriak M, Forsythe I, Gregorc A, Arakelyan, II, Johannesen J, Kauko L, Kristiansen P, Martikkala M, Martin-Hernandez R, Mazur E, Medina-Flores CA, Mutinelli F, Omar EM, Patalano S, Raudmets A, San Martin G, Soroker V, Stahlmann-Brown P, Stevanovic J, Uzunov A, Vejsnaes F, Williams A, Brodschneider R Early access 2022. Honey bee colony loss rates in 37 countries using the COLOSS survey for winter 2019-2020: the combined effects of operation size, migration and queen replacement. Journal of Apicultural Research. WOS:000850662800001 https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2113329
Stahlmann-Brown P, Hall RJ, Pragert H, Robertson T 2022. Varroa Appears to Drive Persistent Increases in New Zealand Colony Losses. Insects 13(7). WOS:000832214400001 https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070589
Nguyen TM, Stahlmann-Brown P, Noy I 2022. Past experience of drought, drought risk perception, and climate mitigation and adaptation decisions by farmers in New Zealand. Environmental Hazards-Human and Policy Dimensions. WOS:000883277400001 https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2022.2141179
Villamor GB, Dunningham A, Stahlmann-Brown P, Clinton PW 2022. Improving the representation of climate change adaptation behaviour in New Zealand's forest growing sector. Land 11: 1-18. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/land11030364
Stahlmann-Brown P, Walsh P 2022. Soil moisture and expectations regarding future climate: evidence from panel data. Climatic Change 171(1-2). WOS:000762724000001 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03317-y
Knook J, Dorner Z, Stahlmann-Brown P 2022. Priming for individual energy efficiency action crowds out support for national climate change policy. Ecological Economics 191: 107239. WOS:000704805400018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107239
Edwards P, Sprague R, Stahlmann-Brown P 2021. Removing invasive conifers-considerations, complexity and costs. Environmental Research Communications 3(7). WOS:000676029400001 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac13c7
Yletyinen J, Perry GLW, Stahlmann-Brown P, Pech R, Tylianakis JM 2021. Multiple social network influences can generate unexpected environmental outcomes. Scientific Reports 11(1). WOS:000656464900001 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89143-1
Munguia OMD, Pannell DJ, Llewellyn R, Stahlmann-Brown P 2021. Adoption pathway analysis: Representing the dynamics and diversity of adoption for agricultural practices. Agricultural Systems 191. WOS:000659318000006 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103173
Mason NWH, Burge O, Price R, Sprague R, Dymond J, Watt M, Roberts T, Paul T, Richardson B, Rolando C, Wyse S, Hulme PE, Stahlmann-Brown P, Awatere S, Peltzer DA 2021. Integrating across knowledge systems to drive action on chronic biological invasions. Biological Invasions 23(2): 407-432. WOS:000583401100002 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02388-1
Robertson T, Greenhalgh S, Korovulavula I, Tikoibua T, Radikedike P, Stahlmann-Brown P 2020. Locally managed marine areas: Implications for socio-economic impacts in Kadavu, Fiji. Marine Policy 117. <Go to ISI>://WOS:000541263200059
Tadaki M, Sinner J, Stahlmann-Brown P, Greenhalgh S 2020. Does collaborative governance increase public confidence in water management? Survey evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand. Water Alternatives-an Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development 13(2): 302-323. WOS:000539962700006
Booth P, Walsh PJ, Stahlmann-Brown P 2020. Drought intensity, future expectations, and the resilience of climate beliefs. Ecological Economics 176(106735). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106735
Knowles S, Stahlmann-Brown P 2020. Cash is not king in incentivizing online surveys. Applied Economics Letters 25 Feb 2020. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1734524
Robertson T, Greenhalgh S, Korovulavula I, Tikoibua T, Radikedike P, Stahlmann-Brown P 2020. Locally managed marine areas: Implications for socio-economic impacts in Kadavu, Fiji. Marine Policy 117. WOS:000541263200059 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103950
Grimson D, Knowles S, Stahlmann-Brown P 2020. How close to home does charity begin? Applied Economics 52(34): 3700-3708. WOS:000512287000001 https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2020.1720906
Edwards P, Stahlmann-Brown P, Thomas S 2020. Pernicious pests and public perceptions: Wilding conifers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Land Use Policy 97. WOS:000558748500069 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104759
Tadaki M, Sinner J, Stahlmann-Brown P, Greenhalgh S 2020. Does Collaborative Governance Increase Public Confidence in Water Management? Survey Evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand. Water Alternatives-an Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development 13(2): 302-323. WOS:000539962700006
Grimson D, Knowles S, Stahlmann-Brown P 2020. How close to home does charity begin? Applied Economics 52(34): 3700-3708. WOS:000512287000001 https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2020.1720906
Brown P, Newstrom-Lloyd LE, Foster BJ, Badger PH, McLean JA 2018. Winter 2016 honey bee colony losses in New Zealand. Journal of Apicultural Research 57(2): 278–291. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2018.1430980
Wright W, Brown P 2018. Succession and investment in New Zealand farming. New Zealand Economic Papers [early view online]. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779954.2017.1419501
Brown P, Daigneault AJ, Tjernström E, Zou W 2018. Natural disasters, social protection, and risk perceptions. World Development 104: 310–325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.12.002
Yletyinen J, Tylianakis J, Brown P, Pech R 2017. Planning for tipping points and enhancing resilience in production landscapes. Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua Policy Brief no. 18, Landcare Research. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/142282/Policy-Brief-18-Tipping-Points.pdf
Brown P, Roper S 2017. Innovation and networks in New Zealand farming. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 61(3): 422–442. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12211
Cradock-Henry NA, Greenhalgh S, Brown P, Sinner J 2017. Factors influencing successful collaboration for freshwater management in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Ecology and Society 22(2): 14. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09126-220214
Brown P 2017. New Zealand Colony Loss Survey report - 2016. MPI Technical Paper No: 2017/16. Ministry for Primary Industries. 69 p. https://www.mpi.govt.nz/document-vault/16711
Greenhalgh S, Samarasinghe O, Curran-Cournane F, Wright W, Brown P 2017. Using ecosystem services to underpin cost–benefit analysis: is it a way to protect finite soil resources? Ecosystem Services 27(Part A): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.07.005
Brown P, Wright W, Fernandez M, Dawson J, Roper S, Robertson T 2016. Survey of Rural Decision Makers: understanding decision makers in primary industry. Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua Policy Brief no. 17, Landcare Research. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/128241/Policy-brief-17-survey-of-rural-decision-makers.pdf
Sinner J, Brown P, Newton M 2016. Community perceptions of collaborative processes for managing freshwater resources. Ecology and Society 21(4): 5. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08851-210405
Brown P, Hart G, Small B, Montes de Oca Munguia O 2016. Agents for diffusion of agricultural innovations for environmental outcomes. Land Use Policy 55: 318–326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.04.017
Brown P, Newstrom-Lloyd L 2016. Report on the 2015 New Zealand Colony Loss and Survival Survey. MPI Technical Paper No: 2016/07. Ministry for Primary Industries. 114 p. https://www.mpi.govt.nz/document-vault/11512
Gawith D, Daigneault A, Brown P 2016. Does community resilience mitigate loss and damage from climate-related disasters? Evidence based on survey data. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 59(12): 2102–2123. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2015.1126241
Daigneault A, Brown P, Gawith D 2016. Dredging versus hedging: comparing hard infrastructure to ecosystem-based adaptation to flooding. Ecological Economics 122: 25–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.11.023
Small B, Brown P, Montes de Oca Munguia O 2016. Values, trust, and management in New Zealand agriculture. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 14(3): 282–306. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2015.1111571
Russell JC, Innes JG, Brown PH, Byrom AE 2015. Predator-free New Zealand: conservation country. BioScience 65(5): 520–525. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biv012
Brown P, Daigneault A 2015. Managing the invasive small Indian mongoose in Fiji. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 44(3): 275–290.
Morgan FJ, Brown P, Daigneault AJ 2015. Simulation vs. definition: differing approaches to setting probabilities for agent behaviour. Land 4(4): 914–937. https://doi.org/10.3390/land4040914
Brown P, Daigneault A, Gawith D, Aalbersberg W, Comley J, Fong P, Morgan F 2014. Evaluating ecosystem-based adaptation for disaster risk reduction in Fiji. Landcare Research. 161 p. http://preventionweb.net/go/39496
Brown P, Daigneault A 2014. Cost-benefit analysis of managing the Papuana uninodis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) taro beetle in Fiji. Journal of Economic Entomology 107(5): 1866–1877. https://doi.org/10.1603/EC14212
Brown P, Mortimer C 2014. Econometric analysis of landscape preferences in Canterbury, New Zealand. Economics Research International 2014: 259471. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/259471
Brown P, Daigneault A, Greenhalgh S 2014. Economic instruments for management of mongooses in Fiji. Kararehe Kino - Vertebrate Pest Research 24: 20–21.
Brown P, Daigneault A 2014. Cost–benefit analysis of managing the invasive African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) in the Pacific. Environmental Science & Policy 39: 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.02.004
Brown P, Small B, Morgan F, Lynch C, Burton R, Montes de Oca Munguia O, Brown M 2013. Survey of rural decision makers in Canterbury, Southland and Waikato: report prepared for Ministry for the Environment. RE500/2013/062. 157 p. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/water/freshwater/supporting-papers/survey-rural-decision-makers-canterbury-southland-waikato.pdf
Daigneault A, Brown P 2013. Invasive species management in the Pacific using survey data and benefit-cost analysis. Proceedings: 57th Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Sydney, 5-8 February, 2013. Pp. 27. http://purl.umn.edu/152140
Daigneault A, Brown P, Greenhalgh S, Boudjelas S, Mather J, Nagle W, Aalbersberg B 2013. Valuing the impact of selected invasive species in the Polynesia-Micronesia hotspot. Landcare Research contract report ; LC1227. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 239 p. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/researchpubs/CEPF-valuing-invasives.pdf
Yletyinen J, Perry GLW, Burge OR, Mason NWH, Stahlmann-Brown P 2021. Invasion landscapes as social-ecological systems: Role of social factors in invasive plant species control. People and Nature 3(4): 795-810. WOS:000655210400001 https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10217
Knowles S, Stahlmann-Brown P Cash is not king in incentivizing online surveys. Applied Economics Letters. <Go to ISI>://WOS:000516435500001
Memberships
- Member, Apiculture New Zealand Science and Research Focus Group