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Helena Hansson
March 2015
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March 12, 1980
Vråkvägen 16B, SE-75652 Uppsala
Johan Brauners väg 3, P.O. Box 7013, SE-75007 Uppsala
+46-(0)18-671714 (work)
Helena.Hansson@slu.se
Degrees
2007
2003
Ph.D. in business studies, SLU
Magister in business studies, Uppsala University
Present position
2012 -
Ph. D. Thesis
Previous positions
2003 – 2007
2008 – 2010
2010 – 2012
Researcher, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, SLU
Appointed Associate Professor in 2012.
Driving and restraining forces for economic and technical
efficiency in dairy farms - What are the effects of technology
and management? Date of defense: November 29, 2007.
Ph. D. Student, Department of Economics, SLU
Researcher, Department of Economics, SLU
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, SLU
Leave of Absence
Parental leave 2011-04-18 – 2011-12-31 (full time), 2012-10-01 – (part time),
2014-04-20 – 2014-12-31
Publications
Publications in referee journals
(25) Hansson, H. & Lagerkvist C J. (2015). Identifying use and non-use values of animal welfare:
Evidence from Swedish dairy agriculture. Food Policy (accepted for publication)
(24) Manevska Tasevska G., Hansson, H. & Rabinoviwcz, E. (2014). Input saving possibilities and
practices contributing to more efficient beef production in Sweden. Agricultural and Food Science,
23: 118 – 134.
(23) Ferguson, R. & Hansson, H. (2014) Measuring Embeddedness and its Effect on New Venture
Creation - A Study of Farm Diversification. Managerial and Decision Economics. (accepted for
publication).
(22) Hansson, H. & Lagerkvist, CJ. (2013) Decision making for animal health and welfare: Integrating
risk-benefit analysis with prospect theory. Risk Analysis, 34: 1149-1159.
(21) Hansson, H. & Lagerkvist, CJ. (2013) Defining and measuring farmers’ attitudes to farm animal
welfare. Animal Welfare, 23: 47-56
(20) Hansson, H., Ferguson, R, Olofsson C. & Rantamäki-Lahtinen, L. (2013). Farmers’ motives for
diversifying their farm business – the influence of family. Journal of Rural Studies. 32, 240-250.
(19) Ferguson, R. & Hansson, H. (2013). Expand or exit? Strategic decisions in milk production.
Livestock Science. 155, 415-423.
(18) Lagerkvist, CJ., Hess, S., Okello, J., Hansson, H. & Karanja, N. (2013). Food health risk perceptions
among consumers, farmers, and traders of leafy vegetables in Nairobi. Food Policy. 38, 92-104
(17) Lagerkvist, CJ. & Hansson, H. (2012). Machinery-sharing in the presence of strategic uncertainty:
evidence from Sweden. Agricultural Economics. 43, 113-123.
(16) Hansson, H. Ferguson, R. & Olofsson, C. (2012). Psychological constructs underlying farmers’
decision to diversify or specialise their businesses – an application of Theory of Planned Behaviour.
Journal of Agricultural Economics. 63, 465 - 482
(15) Hansson, H. Lagerkvist C.J. (2012). Measuring farmers’ preferences for risk: a domain-specific
risk preference scale. Journal of Risk Research. 15, 737-753
(14) Hansson, H. & Lagerkvist C.J. (2012). Measuring farmers’ attitudes to animal welfare and health.
British Food Journal. 114, 840 – 852
(13) Manevska-Tasevska G., Hansson, H. & Latruffe L. (2011). Evaluating the potential effectiveness
of Rural Development Programme targets on farms in FYR Macedonia – An efficiency study of grapegrowing family farms. Food Economics. 8, 161-172
(12) Lagerkvist, C.J., Hansson, H., Hess, S. & Hoffman, R. (2011). Provision of Farm Animal Welfare:
Integrating Productivity and Non-Use Values. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 33, 737-753.
(11) Hansson, H. & Ferguson, R. (2011). Factors influencing the strategic decision to further develop dairy
production – A study of farmers in central Sweden. Livestock Science,135, 110-123
(10) Hansson, H. Szczesna-Rundberg, M. & Nielsen, C. (2011) Which preventive measures against
mastitis can increase technical efficiency of dairy farms? Animal: An International Journal of Animal
Bioscience. 5: 632-640.
(9) Manevska-Tasevska, G. & Hansson, H. (2011). Does Managerial Behavior Determine Farm
Technical Efficiency? A Case of Grape Production in an Economy in Transition. Managerial and
Decision Economics. 32, 399–412
(8) Hansson, H., Oskarsson, M. & Öhlmér, B. (2010). Successful implementation of new strategies in
the farm business– Facilitators and inhibits found at Swedish sugar beet farms. Journal of
International Farm Management, 5(2) april.
(7) Hansson, H. Ferguson, R. & Olofsson, C. (2010). Understanding the diversification and specialization of
farm businesses. Agricultural and Food Science, 19, 269-283.
(6) Lindberg, G. & Hansson, H. (2009). Economic impacts of agriculture in Sweden: a disaggregated
input-output approach. Food Economics – Acta Agricult Scand C, 6, 119 - 133.
(5) Hansson, H. & Öhlmér B. (2008). The effect of operational managerial practices on economic,
technical and allocative efficiency at Swedish dairy farms. Livestock Science. 118: 34-43.
(4) Hansson, H. (2008). How can farmer managerial capacity contribute to improved farm
performance? A study of dairy farms in Sweden. Food Economics – Acta Agricult Scand C. 5: 44-61
(incl. in thesis)
(3) Hansson, H. (2008). Are larger farms more efficient? A study of the relationships between farm
level efficiency and size in Swedish dairy farms. Agricultural and Food Science. 17: 325-337 (incl. in
thesis)
(2) Hansson, H. (2007). Strategy factors as drivers and restraints on dairy farm performance:
Evidence from Sweden. Agricultural Systems. 94: 726-737. (incl. in thesis)
(1) Hansson, H. (2007). The links between management's critical success factors and farm level
economic performance on dairy farms in Sweden. Food Economics - Acta Agricult Scand C. 4: 77-88.
(incl. in thesis)
Books and book chapters
Hansson, H., Larsén K., Öhlmér, B. (2010). Drivers and Restraints for Economically Efficient Farm
Production. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York
Dalberg, J. Hansson, H. Driving Forces Underlying Farmer's Decisions to Develop or Exit Dairy
Production: Six Case Studies From Sweden. In: di Alberto, P. & Costa, C. (2009). New Research on
Livestock Science and Dairy Farming. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York.
Hansson, H. Drivers and Restrainers for Economic and Technical Efficiency in Dairy Farms. In:
Castalonge, O. W. (2009).Agricultural Systems: Economics, Technology, and Diversity. Nova Science
Publishers, Inc. New York
Andersson, H. Hansson, H. Larsén, K. Hur ska jordbruket överleva? In: Formas (2008). Ska hela
Sverige leva? Formas fokuserar. Stockholm
Working papers
Lindberg, G. & Hansson, H. (2009). Economic impacts of livestock production in Sweden - An inputoutput approach. Working Paper Series. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Department of
Economics. vol 2009:1.
Johansson*, H. (2006). Mathematical and econometric approaches to technical efficiency estimation
- how sensitive are the efficiency scores to methodology choices and functional forms? Working
paper series. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics vol 2006:2
Johansson*, H. (2006). The input and output economic efficiency aspects of profit maximization: the
case of Swedish dairy farms. Working paper series. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
Department of Economics vol 2006:3
*
Published under my maiden name
Miscellaneous publications
Hansson, H. (ed) (2010). Axel 1 – Utvärdering av åtgärder för att förbättra konkurrenskraften i jordoch skogsbruk. Report, NL-faculty and Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, Uppsala
Hansson, H. & Waldenström, C. (eds.) (2010). Axel 3 – Utvärdering av åtgärder för att diversifiera
landsbygdens ekonomi samt förbättra livskvaliteten på landsbygden. Report, NL-faculty and
Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
Hansson, H. (2010). Om grisnäringens lönsamhet och kalkyler för framtiden. Svensk Gris med knorr,
issue 3/2010, 6-7.
Hansson, H. (2007). Drivkrafter och hinder för ekonomisk effektivitet i mjölkföretaget - Hur påverkas
mjölkgårdarnas lönsamhet av skillnader i teknik, gårdsstruktur och företagsledning? I: Svensk Mjölk
(2007). D & U Djurhälso- och utfodringskonferens. sid. 59-60. Ågerups Grafiska AB.
Astner H., Johansson* H. (2005). Som man frågar får man svar - en rapport som beskriver ett
tillvägagångssätt för att ta fram ett frågeformulär, genom att exemplifiera med en effektivitetsstudie
av svenska mjölkföretag. Småskriftserien vol 126. Institutionen för ekonomi, SLU.
Work in progress
A project about profitability in pig production (with Katarina Labajova, Carl Johan Lagerkvist, Maria
Neil and Leif Göransson)
A project about farmers’ incentives and motivation to work with animal welfare at dairy farms (with
Carl Johan Lagerkvist and Ulf Emanuelson)
In addition to this, I am assistant supervisor of three of the Department’s PhD students, which means
that I am involved also in their research.
Grants and awards
November 2011: I was as the main applicant awarded a three-year research grant from Formas of
KSEK 3650. The co-applicants were Carl Johan Lagerkvist, Christel Nielsen and Ulf Emanuelson.
Project title: Successful strategies for improving the welfare of dairy cows - what are the farmers´
incentives and motivational factors?
May 2011: I was as the main applicant awarded a three-year research grant from SLF of KSEK 1800.
The co-applicants were Carl Johan Lagerkvist and Maria Neil. Project title: Drivers for profitable pig
production in Sweden.
November 2009: I was co-applicant of a two-year research grant from Formas, of KSEK 1170. The
main applicant was Christel Nielsen, and the other co-applicants were Carl Johan Lagerkvist and Ulf
Emanuelson. Project title: Assessment of Technical and Economic Efficiency of Mastitis-Control
Actions in Order to Improve Udder Health Management and Increase the Welfare of Dairy Cows
January 2009: I received a prize from KSLA for “an outstanding thesis”.
November 2008: I was as the main applicant awarded a three-year research grant from Formas of
KSEK 1640. The co-applicants were Richard Ferguson and Christer Olofsson. Project title:
Development strategies in small-scale rural firms: Specialization versus diversification
May 2008: I was awarded a scholarship of KSEK 1140 from Handelsbanken. The scholarship lasts for
three years.
Referee assignments
Agricultural and Food Science
Agriculture and Human Values
Animal
Animals
Journal of Rural Studies
Food Economics
International Journal of Production Economics
Journal of Dairy Science
Journal of Environmental Management
Livestock Science
Operational Research – an international journal
Participation in conferences and seminars
III Workshop on Valuation Methods in Agro-food and Environmental Economics "Decisions and
Choices under uncertainty in Agrofood and Environmental Economics ", Castelldefels, Spain. July 1 –
2, 2010. Presentation.
Rural Nordic Futures, May 2 – 5 2010. Co-organizer of a workshop session. One presentation.
FEKIS 2008. Ämneskonferens för föreningen företagsekonomer i Sverige. November 11-12, 2008.
Presentation.
X11:th congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), August 26-29, 2008.
Poster
9 th International Scientific Conference Economic Science for Rural Development, 2008, April 24 - 25,
2008, Jelgava, Latvia. Presentation.
Nordisk workshop i ekonomi- och verksamhetsstyrning, January 31 - February 1, 2008. Presentation
American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting 2007, Portland OR USA, July, 29 August, 1, 2007. Two presentations.
NJF:s 381 seminar The Northern European Food Industry. Helsinki, November, 24-25, 2005.
Presentation.
XI:th congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Copenhagen, August
24-27, 2005. Poster.
Teaching experience
Course responsibility
Företagsekonomi (Business Economics) 5 hec, responsible for course 2005-2008, 2010. I did 100% of
the lecturing.
Tillämpad ekonomi i företag (Applied Economics in Business), 15 hec, responsible for course 20062008. I did 40 - 50% of the lecturing. Responsible for course in 2012, I did 80% of the lecturing.
Responsible for course in 2013, I did 60% of the lecturing
Ekonomistyrning II, 15 hec. Responsible for course 2013. I did 10% of the lecturing.
Tillämpad mikroekonomi (Applied Microeconomics), 10 hec, responsible for course 2013-2015.
Lectures.
Strategic management, 10 hec, 2008. I did 100% of the lecturing
Other participation in teaching
Företagsledning (Strategic management)10 p, 2006-2007 (seminars), 2009 (lectures)
Areella näringar 10 p, 2006 (One lecture about farm businesses)
Applied micro economics 10 p, 2006 (Lectures in production economics), 2012 (lectures in consumer
theory and externalities).
Basic courses in business economics, Alnarp, 2006-2007, 2009 (Lectures in the quantitative parts of
business administration)
Tillämpad ekonomi i företag (Applied Economics in Business), 10 hec. 2009-2010, Lectures in
production economics and finance.
Quantitative Finance, theory and applications, 15 hec 2009. Lectures in capital budgeting.
Supervisor in thesis work, in total twelve completed theses and nine which are in progress.
Other professional activities
Director of post graduate studies at the Department of Economics, SLU. 2010 Assistant supervisor of Gordana Manevska Tasevska (dissertation January 20, 2012).
Assistant supervisor of Goudarz Azar (dissertation March 21, 2013)
Assistant supervisor of Lovisa Nilsson (licentiate June 2010)
Assistant supervisor of Lovisa Nilsson, Katarina Labajova and Suvi Kokko.
Member of the examination committee of Cecilia Wolf’s thesis Validation of the Nordic Disease
Recording Systems for Dairy Cattle (January 2012)
Member of the examination committee of Björn Gunnar Hansen’s thesis Problem solving in dairy
farming (May – June 2013)
Member of the Swedish evaluation team in the half time evaluation of the Swedish Rural
Development Program 2007 – 2013. I coordinated, and conducted parts of the evaluation of Axis 1
and parts of Axis 3. This occupied about 65% of my time in 2010.
Secretary in an interdisciplinary group working with questions concerning the farm animals.
(Kommitté lantbrukets djur). 2007-06 – 2008-12
Ph. D. student representative in docentnämnden (a group that suggests appointments to Associate
Professor) at the NL-faculty at SLU. 2006-2007.