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Hayley Hesseln is the Department Head of Agricultural and Resource Economics and an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on environmental and forestry economics, particularly addressing challenges in wildfire management, agricultural policy, and biotechnology regulation. She has contributed to studies on ecosystem services valuation, gene-edited crop regulations, and the economic impacts of wildfire prevention strategies.
Her work integrates interdisciplinary approaches to evaluate policy effectiveness, such as analyzing cattle grazing’s role in mitigating wildfires and understanding consumer attitudes toward gene-edited foods. Hesseln has authored numerous papers on topics like data challenges in plant genome editing, expert opinions on agricultural big data, and regulatory frameworks for new breeding techniques.
Key areas of expertise include economic analysis of wildfire suppression costs, adaptation to climate change in forest management, and the socio-economic barriers to adopting FireSmart Canada programs. Though no awards or grants are explicitly listed, her publications highlight collaborations with experts in biotechnology, forestry, and environmental policy.
