Dr Atakelty Hailu is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Previously, he was at Alemaya (Haremaya) University in Ethiopia and the University of Alberta in Canada. His research interests include bioeconomic modelling (including agent-based modelling), marine resources and recreational fishing management, agricultural economics, efficiency and productivity analysis, whole-farm and land-use optimization, environmental policy and conservation auction design, non-market valuation, and economics of water management. Dr Hailu won the prestigious Publication of Enduring Quality Award (2018) from the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) for his pioneering work on environmentally sensitive productivity analysis.