Dr Debbie Templeton

Dr Debbie Templeton is the Program Manager for the Impact Assessment program. The program is responsible for monitoring, evaluating and assessing the impact of ACIAR-funded research.

Dr Templeton undertook her economics graduate degree at the Australian National University in Canberra, while employed as a research officer by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. In 1993, she combined work with study completing her Graduate Diploma of Agricultural Economics in 1995 and her Master of Economics Degree in 1997. In 1998, she commenced her PhD. The post-graduate degrees were undertaken through the University of New England, and the research component of each focused on economic impact assessment.

Debbie joined ACIAR as a senior economist in 2000. After completing her PhD in 2002, she became the Manager of ACIAR’s Impact Assessment Unit. In 2005, she took up a three-year contract at IRRI as the Impact Assessment Specialist, returning to ACIAR in 2008.

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 6217 0541
Email: templeton@aciar.gov.au