Assoc Professor (adjunct), Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program CIRAD (France) representative in Australia. (College of Asia and the Pacific)

MSc Agr (Montp)
PhD Envt (Montp)

Professional Background

Pascal is currently an Associated Professor at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. He is also a Graduate School lecturer with the Master of Applied Anthropology for the Development (MAAPD). He is the representative in Australia of his French research agency, Centre for International Research on Agriculture for Development

Co-Chair, Modelling and Decision Support Group, (CRTR project); Task Leader, Companion Modelling Evaluation project (ADD-ComMod); Chief Investigator, Integrated Modelling Group, (DPMP project); ARC-International Linkage Fellowship in 2002.

Research and Teaching Interests

Pascal is a specialist in Integrative Social Simulation, using Multi-Agent Systems technologies to explore complex and adaptive systems. He is the co-Convenor of the Agent Based Modelling Theme within the ARC funded, COSNet Network of Excellence. He is also Co-Chair of the Modelling and Decision Support Working Group within the Global Coral Reef Targeted Project (CRTR, World Bank).

Notable Publications

Gatot Sumarjo I., Perez P., Duchesne J. (2001). Modelling the influence of irrigated terraces on the discharge of a small catchment. Environmental Modelling and Software 16, 31-36.

Perez P., Ardlie N., Kuneepong P., Dietrich C., Merritt W.S.  (2002). CATCHCROP: Modelling crop yield and water demand for Integrated Catchment Assessment in northern Thailand. Environmental Modelling and Software, vol.17, pp 251-259.

Becu N., Perez P., Walker A., Barreteau O., Le Page C. (2003). Agent based simulation of a small catchment water management in northern Thailand: Description of the CatchScape model. Ecological Modelling, vol. 170, pp 319-331.

Becu N., Bousquet F., Barreteau O., Perez P., Walker A. (2003). A methodology for eliciting and modelling stakeholders’ representations with Agent Based Modelling. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2927, pp 131-149.

Merritt W.S., Croke B.F.W., Jakeman A.J., Letcher R.A. and Perez P. (2004). A biophysical toolkit for assessment and management of land and water resources in rural catchments in northern Thailand. Ecological Modelling, vol.171, pp 279-300.

Dray A., Perez P., Jones N., Le Page C., D’Aquino P., White I., Auatabu T. (2006). The AtollGame experience: from Knowledge Engineering to a Computer-assisted Role Playing Game. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 9, no. 1, [online: http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/9/1/6.html]

Perez P. and Batten D. (eds) (2006), Complex Science for a Complex World. Exploring Human Ecosystems with Agents. ANU E Press, Canberra Australia, 334p, ISBN 1-920942-38-6.

Barreteau O., Le Page C., Perez P. (2007). Contribution of simulation and gaming to natural resource management issues: An introduction. Simulation & Gaming, vol. 38-2, pp 185-194.

Dray A., Perez P., LePage C., D’Aquino P., White I. (2007). Who wants to terminate the Game? The role of vested interests and meta-players in the AtollGame experience. Simulation and Gaming, vol. 38-4, pp 494-511.

White I., Falkland T., Metutera T., Metai E., Overmars M., Perez P., Dray A. (2007). Climatic and Human Influences on Groundwater in Low Atolls. VadoseZone Journal, vol. 6-3, [online: http://www.vadosezonejournal.org/].

Moglia M., Perez P., Burn S. (2008). Urbanization and Water Development in the Pacific Islands. Development, vol 51-1, pp 49-55.

Moglia M., Perez P., Burn S. (2008). Water troubles in a Pacific atoll town. Water Policy, vol 10-6, pp 613-637.