Research Projects

Members of the CRMA currently hold ARC Discovery-Projects and ARC Linkage-Projects and are recipients of a variety of other grants. Current projects include:

Project Title & Leader(s)	Client(s)

Improving water market outcomes through a better understanding of market behaviour (Sarah Wheeler)	Australian Research Council (Linkage-Project); Murray Darling Basin Commission; Goulburn Murray Water; NSW Department of Energy and Water; Department of Sustainability and Environment; University of Lethbridge, Canada
A cancer on our economy? An empirical interdisciplinary study of the criminalisation of serious cartel conduct (David K Round)	Australian Research Council (Discovery-Project)
Should rational individuals be optimistic? Theory, survey evidence, experimental evidence, and policy implications (Gigi Foster)	Australian Research Council (Discovery-Project)
Distributional consequences of mass-market higher education in business (Gigi Foster)	Australian Research Council (Discovery-Project)
Enhancing court safety by managing people, places and processes (Rick Sarre)	Australian Research Council (Linkage-Project);Western Australian Department of the Attorney-General; Family Court of Australia; Courts Administration Authority; Myriad Consultants; PTW Architects; Connleywalker Pty Ltd; Magistrates Court of Victoria; Lyons Architects
The influence of gaming machine expenditure on crime: local area evidence in Victoria (David K Round & Sarah Wheeler)	The Relationship between Crime and Gaming Expenditure in Victoria
Water scarcity and rural social hardship can water markets alleviate the problem? (Henning Bjornlund)	Australian Research Council (Linkage-Project);Goulburn-Murray Water; Murray-Darling Commission; Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources; Department of Sustainability and Environment; Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity; Conservation; and Up-market Pty Ltd
Private Security and Public Interest: Exploring Private Security Trends and Directions for Reform in the New Era of Plural Policing (Rick Sarre)	Australian Research Council (Linkage-Project); Australian Security Industry Association Limited