Grete Gansauer

Grete Gansauer is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Wyoming's Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. She concurrently serves as a Trustee at Montana State University and has held visiting appointments with the US Department of Agriculture, National Academies of Sciences, and University of Cambridge.

Her research integrates economic geography and public policy, emphasizing:

• Regional development in rural/peripheral regions
• Place-based policy design for 'left behind' communities
• Sustainability challenges in natural resource production
• Spatial inequality dynamics

She co-organizes EdgeNet, a research network examining the role of peripheries in global systems.