Dr. Benjamin Vu is a Senior Lecturer in Economics, Data Analytics, and Public Policy, and the Discipline Lead for the International Business major at the University of Canberra (UC), Australia. He also serves as an Associate Editor of Australian Economic Papers. Dr. Vu holds a PhD in Economics from Griffith University. 

His research interest is Applied Economics with a focus on

• Development Economics
• Health Economics 
• Economics of Education 
• Energy Economics 

He has published 22 journal articles in prestigious journals such as Renewable Energy, Applied Economics, Economic Analysis and Policy, Health Economics Review, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, and Public Health. He is currently leading a seed funding project, and as economic lead, he has completed 10 industry/government projects in Australia and overseas. His awarded academic and commercial grants were over $495,339.

He also won several full competitive scholarships with the value of more than $350,000 such as the Ministry of Education and Training Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate student, Petrol Vietnam Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate student, Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation Scholarship for talented undergraduate student, scholarship for outstanding postgraduate student, and scholarship for PhD student. 

Before UC, as a lecturer he worked for Griffith University, the University of Queensland, the University of Southern Queensland, and consulting firms. He was a senior lecturer at the National Academy of Politics and Public Administration of Vietnam in which his students were politicians and public servants from central to local governments.

He possesses strong skills in tertiary teaching, desktop research, field research, economics, economic modeling, data analysis, cost-benefit analysis, economic evaluation, policy evaluation, public policy, project management, stakeholder engagement, econometrics, Stata, Eviews, SPSS, Tableau, Power BI, ArcGIS. 

Recent award

Dean's Excellence Award in Research in 2024

Recent projects

1. BGL seed funding grant (2024): School funding inequality and its effects in Australia (Role: Lead investigator, in progress). 

2. Murray-Darling Basin Outlook Resilience, Adaptation, and Drivers of Change (RAD) Content Development and Advice (Role: Investigator, in progress)

3. A Targeted Road Safety Education and Engagement Program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities in the ACT (Role: Investigator, in progress)

4. Commercial project (2024): Patient experience and economic disadvantage in NSW 2024 (Role: Investigator, completed).

5. Commercial project (2024): Community Sector Disaster Capability (CSDC) Project Mapping Tool (Role: Investigator, completed). 

Current HDR supervision

1. Alek Van Hummel, PhD thesis:  Measuring Consumer Trust and Distrust Across the Energy Ecosystem (Role: Associate supervisor)

2. Tempa Gyeltshen, PhD thesis: The Impact of Climate Change on Inflation and Financial Stability in South Asia (Role: Associate supervisor)

3. Qi Min, PhD thesis: The Effects of Leverage on Firm Performance: A study of Banks and Non-Financial firms in Singapore and Australia (Role: Associate supervisor)

4. Abida Waqas, PhD thesis: Political Economy of Development: How Political Polarization affects the Inclusive Economic Development and Social Outcomes in Developing Countries (Incoming) (Role: Primary supervisor)

5. K Kinley, PhD thesis: Implications of applying corresponding adjustment to Carbon Trading (Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes) in the Bhutan-Singapore Implementation Agreement (Role: Primary supervisor)

6. Linlin Liu, PhD thesis: The Impact of Renewable Energy on the Coordinated Development of Economic Growth and Carbon Emission Reduction: China's Low - Carbon Economic Journey (role: Associate supervisor)

Past HDR supervision completion: 10

HDR Thesis examination (external role)

Serving as an examinator for universities e.g., Griffith University, Macquarie University, and Charles Darwin University.

Current teaching courses at University of Canberra

1. Evidence Based Policy Analysis G (11792) (Master of Public Policy)

2. Data Analytics and Public Policy G (11793) (Master of Public Policy)

3. Policy Analysis and Evaluation G (11794) (Master of Public Policy)

4. Cost Benefit Analysis (11208) (Undergraduate course)

5. International Business (9694) (Postgraduate course)

New course development at University of Canberra

1. Asia Pacific Business (11206)

Past teaching courses at Griffith University

1. Undergraduate courses

Why Money Matters; Business Decision Making; Economics for Decision Making; Business Data Analysis; Interest Rates, Money and Central Banking; Quantitative Methods for Business, Finance, and Economics; and Environmental and Energy Economics.

Postgraduate courses: Quantitative Methods; Evaluation Marketing Performance; and Government Budgeting and Fiscal Policy.

Past teacing course at University of Queensland

1.  Economics for Business

Past teaching courses at UniSQ

1. Undergraduate courses

Economics; International Business; Macro-economy and Business; International Economics and Trade; Business Economics; and Aviation Economics.

2. Postgraduate courses

Economics for Managers; Business in the International Economy; Managerial Economics; and Methods for Sustainable Development.

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