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Hugh Bigsby is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce at Lincoln University in New Zealand, a position he has held since 2013. His academic leadership spans interdisciplinary research connecting economics with natural resource management, particularly in forestry contexts where he has built a distinguished career bridging economic analysis with practical field applications.
Hugh Bigsby's educational foundation includes:
- PhD from The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Master of Arts from University of Alberta, Canada
- Bachelor of Arts from University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
As an empirical resource economist, Professor Bigsby specializes in forest-related economic issues with over 25 years of experience in Small-Scale and Community Resource Management, particularly in tropical developing countries. His research spans multiple interconnected domains including the economics of biosecurity and quarantine risk assessment (working to integrate economic criteria into biological decision-making processes), forest carbon markets within New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme, and sustainable resource management through certification systems. He has collaborated extensively with international organizations including FAO, ASEAN, and the International Plant Protection Convention, demonstrating his ability to translate academic research into practical policy applications.
Professor Bigsby has supervised numerous postgraduate students across diverse topics in community forestry, agroforestry adoption, and sustainable resource management in countries including Nepal, Zambia, Guatemala, and Kenya. His teaching career includes developing and coordinating the BCom (Forestry) degree at Lincoln University from 1994-2006, and creating a postgraduate diploma in sustainable tropical forest management delivered in Sarawak, Malaysia. He has extensive experience in distance education formats, including blended and online delivery systems for forestry business programs in New Zealand and collaborative degree programs with Yunnan Agricultural University, reflecting his commitment to innovative educational approaches.