Shahbaz Mushtaq

Professor Shahbaz Mushtaq serves as Professor and Director of the Centre for Applied Climate Sciences at the University of Southern Queensland's Toowoomba Campus, with contact details including phone +61 7 4631 2019 and email Shahbaz.Mushtaq@unisq.edu.au.

His educational qualifications include:

• MSc (Hons) from NWFP Agricultural University
• PhD from the Philippines

Professor Mushtaq's research integrates environmental science, agricultural systems, and economic modeling with critical focus areas:

• Hydrological-economics modeling for water allocation, demand management, and trading systems
• Economic impacts of climate variability and change on agricultural/water resources
• Policy analysis of water and climate interventions on production efficiency
• Adoption dynamics of water-saving irrigation technologies
• Common-pool resource governance and sustainability implications
• Energy-water-economic productivity metrics for crop systems
• Water-energy tradeoffs in biofuel production and agricultural systems
• Development of climate-responsive financial instruments and insurance mechanisms

His research supervision spans Environmental Science and Management, Agricultural Economics, and Applied Economics domains, with active projects examining social-ecological approaches to water markets, cotton industry adaptation under climate stress, climate-forecast-integrated coffee production modeling, multi-criterion irrigation optimization under climate change, and seasonal forecast applications for agricultural decision support.