Research interests:
Nick’s main research is in the following areas:
-Environmental valuation, especially with stated preference methods
-Environmental cost-benefit analysis
-Ecological economic modelling, including modelling of tree diseases
-The design of Payment for Ecosystem Service schemes and agri-environmental policy
-The economics of sustainable development
-Behavioural economics
Career history:
Nick is Professor of Environmental Economics. He previously worked at the universities of Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and a member of DEFRA’s Economic Advisory Panel. He is co-author (with Jason Shogren and Ben White) of three textbooks in environmental economics, and leads the coastal zone forum within MASTS .
Active research projects:
Designing questions for use in omnibus survey and econometric analysis of data
Hanley, N. D.
22/01/15 – 29/05/15
MASTS Visiting Fellowship – Cati Torres
Hanley, N. D.
1/09/15 – 31/01/16
Modelling economic impact and strategies to increase resilience against tree disease outbreaks
Hanley, N. D.
30/06/14 – 29/06/17
Recent publications:
Krawczyk, M., Bartczak, A., Hanley, N. and Stenger, A., 2016. Buying spatially-coordinated ecosystem services: An experiment on the role of auction format and communication. Ecological Economics, 124, pp.36-48.
White, B. and Hanley, N., 2016. Should We Pay for Ecosystem Service Outputs, Inputs or Both?. Environmental and Resource Economics, 63(4), pp.765-787.
Tatchley, C., Paton, H., Robertson, E., Minderman, J., Hanley, N. and Park, K., 2016. Drivers of Public Attitudes towards Small Wind Turbines in the UK. PLoS One, 11(3), p.e0152033.
Greasley, D., Hanley, N., McLaughlin, E. and Oxley, L., 2016. Australia: a Land of Missed Opportunities? (No. 2016-08).
Simpson, K. and Hanley, N., 2016. Managed Realignment for Flood Risk Reductions: What are the Drivers of Public Willingness to Pay? (No. 2016-06).