Dr. Brian Danley

Biography

Brian Danley began his academic career studying and researching multiple disciplines in international, cross-cultural environments. His studies have taken him from the Midwest United States to various destinations including Tokyo, Japan, Umeå, Sweden, Stirling, Scotland, Amherst, Massachusetts, and Seattle, Washington. Danley holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Economics from William Jewell College, a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Kansas, and a PhD in Environmental Resource Economics from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He completed his postdoctoral studies at the Family Forest Research Center at the University of Washington's School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. His research explores diverse topics at the intersection of nature and society, including geography entrepreneurship, ecosystem services, environmental attitudes, forest policy, and biodiversity protection in Sweden. Danley has also investigated the economic impacts of policies in Washington State aimed at protecting endangered fish habitat and non-market valuation of endemic species. He teaches undergraduate, master's, and PhD level courses on environmental economics, resource economics, public policy, and nature-based tourism, delivering lectures in both English and Swedish.

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