Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We have a rich portfolio of research in public and environmental economics. We are interested, for example, in: climate change; corruption; health; international environmental treaties; social disorder; social norms; wage discrimination; waste disposal and recycling.
Members of the group publish in leading economics journals, such as the Journal of Public Economics, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Some of our recent working papers and publications are listed in the sections below.
We contribute to numerous externally-funded international research projects, in collaboration with scholars across Europe.
Our professional activities also include: editorial membership, policy reports and consultancy work for major public sector organisations.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Alistair Hunt
- Department of Economics - Senior Lecturer
- Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC)
- Public and Environmental Economics
- Centre for Climate Adaptation & Environment Research (CAER)
- Centre for 21st Century Public Health
- Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Researcher, Affiliate staff
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Philip Jones
- Department of Economics - Professor Emeritus
- Public and Environmental Economics
Person: Honorary / Visiting Staff
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Thanos Mergoupis
- Department of Economics - Lecturer
- Labour, Education and Health Economics
- Public and Environmental Economics
Person: Research & Teaching
Projects
- 14 Finished
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ESRC IAA - Policy alternatives to current UK SPL
Clifton-Sprigg, J. (PI) & Hunt, A. (CoI)
1/04/25 → 31/07/25
Project: Research council
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Institute of Mathematical Innovation: P3 project: A Computational Approach to Collective Decision-Making
Hinvest, N. (CoPI), Kreusser, L. (CoPI), Mergoupis, T. (CoPI) & Dimov, D. (CoPI)
11/11/23 → 11/11/24
Project: Other
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Research England PSF 2022/23 - Combatting e-waste
O'Shea, L. (PI) & Hunt, A. (PI)
1/12/22 → 31/07/23
Project: Research-related funding
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Relative importance of climate versus socio-environmental development changes to 2050 in rural coastal Bangladesh—a system analysis
Lázár, A. N., Nicholls, R. J., Hutton, C. W., Payo, A., Adams, H., Haque, A., Clarke, D., Salehin, M., Hunt, A., Allan, A., Adger, W. N., Rahman, M. M. & Smith, R., 31 Mar 2026, In: Regional Environmental Change. 26, 1, 38.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A randomised crossover trial of staff time with proned patients in the ICU using the 'BathMat'
Condry, J., Georgiou, A., Vangsgaard, A., Mills, H., Smith, T., Hunt, A. & Lunt, A. J. G., 13 Nov 2025, In: Trials. 26, 1, p. 503 503.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can Politics Explain Contracting Out?
Abbott, A., Nandeibam, S. & O'Shea, L., 30 Nov 2025, In: Economics & Politics. 37, 3, p. 915-930 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Student theses
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Essays on Climate Change Agreements
Sayin, L. (Author), Rivas Ruiz, F. (Supervisor), Postl, P. (Supervisor) & Finus, M. (Supervisor), 19 Feb 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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