Welcome!

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta, where I specialize in environmental and resource economics. My current research focuses on climate change, insurance, and the use of markets to manage water resources.

Link to CV

Education

PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics (2024), UC Davis
Committee: Katrina Jessoe, Jens Hilscher, Pierre Mérel, Colin Carter

MSc. in Agricultual and Resource Economics (2018), University of Saskatchewan

BA in Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics (2016, with distinction), University of Guelph

Working Papers

“Running from Wildfires: The Role of Risk Preferences in Natural Disaster Sorting”
Winner of 2023 CAES-WAEA Annual Meeting Student Paper Competition
Winner of best short presentation at 2023 CREEA Annual Meeting

“Climate Change and the Regulation of a Crashing Insurance Market,” with R. Taylor and J. Weill
Winner of 2023 CREEA Early Career Researcher Workshop Best Paper and Presentation

“Storage Reduces Climate Change Induced Price Volatility in Water Markets,” with K. Jessoe, J. Hilscher, B. Gafarov, and C. Carter

Publications

“Farmers’ willingness to participate in a big data platform,” with P. Slade. Agribusiness, 2019. 36(1):20-36.

Outreach

• “Canadian-U.S. Dairy Trade Dispute: A Tempest in a Teapot,” with C. Carter and R. Barichello. ARE Update, 2023. 26(3):5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.

• “Canada’s Supply of Agricultural Land,” with A. Weersink, N. Bannon, and J. Riddle. Working Papers 292272, University of Guelph, Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, 2019.

In The News

“Farmers favour sharing data with universities,” Western Producer, 2018

Contact

Madeline Turland
turland@ualberta.ca