Rate My Professor Paul Hansen

Hansen's research focuses on priority-setting and resource allocation, particularly in the health sector, multi-criteria decision analysis, and conjoint analysis. He teaches microeconomics and health economics. Notable publications include "A new method for scoring multi-attribute value models using pairwise rankings of alternatives" (Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 2008), "Which criteria for prioritising new technologies, and what are their relative weights?" (Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2012), "How significant are 'high' correlations between EQ-5D value sets?" (Medical Decision Making, 2018), "Rapid development of a tool for prioritizing Covid-19 patients for intensive care" (Critical Care Explorations, 2021), and "Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis" (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2018). His contributions include work on WHO Bacterial Priority Pathogens Lists. Awards encompass the Otago Business School Best OBS Citizen Award (2023), Research Impact Award (2018), multiple Otago University Students' Association teaching awards (2003, 2007, 2016 finalist, 2015 and 2017 nominee), and innovation awards for 1000minds such as NZ Hi-Tech Awards finalist (2024) and TUANZ Healthcare Innovation Award (2005). He edited EcoNZ@Otago (2003-2006, 2016-2019), served on the University Senate (2019-2022) and other committees, and delivered his Inaugural Professorial Lecture in 2018 titled "Can we help people make better ones?"