Water Economics and Politics Seminar Series
/ Urban water management

Pricing and individual choice in urban water conservation

Speaker: Distinguished Prof. Emeritus Gary Libecap | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Bren School of Environment, United States

Moderator: Prof. Djiby Thiam | Director: WPE – Water and Production Economics, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa

Time: 16:00 South African Standard Time (SAST) | GMT +2

UCT-UCR Seminar Series - Gary Libecap

About the speaker: Gary D. Libecap is Emeritus Distinguished Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and Economics Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA. He was Erskine Professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2019 and Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions, Cambridge University, Economics Faculty and Saint Catharine's College, 2010–11. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from the University of Montana and served in the US Air Force from 1969–1973. His research focuses on the role of property rights institutions in addressing the open access losses for natural resources such as fisheries and freshwater, as well as the role of water markets in encouraging efficient use and allocation. He also has examined the conditions for successful collective action to address open access losses. The Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) in 2021 recognised this research record with the Elinor Ostrom Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). Previously, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. More on garylibecap.com.

Seminar format:

  • Live online session on Microsoft Teams
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Live presentation with Q&A session

Who should attend: This series is open to students and faculty from academic institutions across South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, policymakers, engineering and technical professionals, advocacy groups, NGO staff, and anyone with a keen interest in water economics and policy.

The UCT-UCR Seminar Series

This seminar is part of the UCT-UCR Seminar Series: Water Economics and Politics, a collaboration between the University of Cape Town (UCT) and University of California, Riverside (UCR). Subscribe to our mailing list to receive updates on upcoming sessions.

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