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Karel Nolles
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Karel Nolles was previously a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Commerce & Economics at The University of New South Wales, and joined SIRCA at the start of 2006 to establish the SIRCA Experimental Economics Laboratory (SEE Lab). Karel has worked as a consultant in the energy and environmental markets since 1993, and commenced a PhD using experimental economics in 2001, which he is currently finalising. He was a Visiting Research Fellow for 3 months in each of 2003 & 2004 with the Nobel Prize winning experimental economics team at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic Science at George Mason University.

He has published in both academic and industry journals, and received a number of academic scholarships. In 2005 he was awarded a grant from the Australian Stock Exchange to develop experimental economics tools for education purposes.

Karel has undertaken consulting and research work with a wide range of groups including Ergon Energy (Using experiments to inform trading strategy), the Australian Financial Markets Association and the Government of Tasmania (Implementing the Basslink settlement residue auctions) and the NSW EPA (advising on the design of the primary issuance auction for the Hunter River Salinity Scheme).

Karel Nolles presents at SIRCA Breakfast Forum
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