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The NZIER Ed Hearnshaw Environmental Economics Award

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Nominations are now open for the 2026 NZIER Ed Hearnshaw Environmental Economics Award

Nominations close 5pm, Friday 10 July 2026.

The nomination form is here.

Instructions for nominators and nominees are available here.

Read the policy document here.

Please email any questions about the Award to the Secretary to the awarding panel.

About the NZIER Ed Hearnshaw Environmental Economics Award

The NZIER Ed Hearnshaw Environmental Economics Award was established in 2024 by the Hearnshaw family and NZIER to recognise and support outstanding contributions to environmental economics and its application in New Zealand.

The Award honours the memory of Ed Hearnshaw, a talented environmental economist who died in a tramping accident in 2020.

Read about Ed's life here.

This Award of $4,000 has been inaugurated, organised, and underwritten by the Hearnshaw Family and the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

Past Award winners

Inaugural recipient: Ilan Noy

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