Chief Investigator and Deputy CEO at CEBRA, University of MelbourneAssociate Professor at University of New England, ArmidaleI am an applied economist who has worked almost exclusively on issues related to invasive-species management since 2002. Recent projects have involved reviewing methods and tools available for post-border surveillance; incorporating incentives into the design of biosecurity inspection rules; investigating resource allocation problems in pest and disease management; and understanding the value of passive surveillance. II collaborate extensively with weed scientists, ecologists, mathematicians, epidemiologists, agricultural scientists and natural resource managers. See https://www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/business/shester for more details.Latest publications: Cacho, O.J and Hester, S.M. 2022. Modelling biocontrol of invasive insects: an application of European Wasp in Australia. Ecological Modelling, 467 (109939).Stoneham, G., Hester, S.M., Li, J., Zhou, R. and Chaudhry, A. (2021). The boundary of the market for biosecurity risk insurance. Risk Analysis, 41(8), 1447-1462. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13620