Biography

Dr Cooper Schouten is the Project Leader for Bees for Sustainable Livelihoods Research Group at Southern Cross University. Cooper has extensive beekeeping research, capacity building, training and extension experience working in developing countries with local government, private sector and NGO’s. Cooper currently oversees projects with AgriFutures Australia and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research projects in the Indo-Pacific region, he is an editorial board member of the journal Bee World, an active member of the NSW Apiarists Association and is a keen beekeeper with experience in organic commercial operations.