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Beginning my working life as an economist in the UK Government Department of Environment, I have specialised in the Economics of the Environment at the University of Bath since 1998. My research is applied and relates directly to the formulation of environmental policy. I primarily work with inter-disciplinary research teams in Europe and around the world, and, for large donor organisations including the EC, OECD, World Bank and UNEP. I recently co-ordinated the EC DG Research project: Economics of climate change adaptation in Europe (ECONADAPT).
Current areas of interest include climate change risks, adaptation and mitigation in local and national contexts, and; non-market valuation, with focus on stated preference methods and value transfer.
Current Research projects:
- Wellcome Trust: Moving health and sustainability upstream into strategic urban development decision-making.
- Urban Land Institute/New Climate Economics: Supporting Smart Urban Growth: Successful Investing in Density.
- OECD: Socio-Economic Analysis of Chemicals: quantification and monetisation of morbidity and environmental impacts.
My research is in Environmental Economics and my two main areas of research interest are Non-Market Valuation and Project/Policy Appraisal in the context of climate adaptation. Specific areas of interest include the following:
Non-Market Valuation:
- Monetary valuation of disutility associated with morbidity and premature mortality
- Energy and Transport-related externalities, including energy security
- Green Accounting methods and applications
- Monetary valuation of ecosystems
- Economics of Crime
Project/Policy Appraisal:
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Portfolio analysis and Real Options analysis in Climate Change context
I am Research Co-ordinator for the Department of Economics.
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Projects 2004 2024
Tackling the Root Causes of Unhealthy Planning, Economics and Decision-making: An Urban Systems Approach
1/06/19 → 31/05/24
Project: Research council
NextGen - Towards a next generation of water systems and services for the circular economy
1/07/18 → 30/06/22
Project: EU Commission
Waste Food-Energy-Water Urban Living Labs - Mapping and Reducing Waste in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
1/06/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
Evidence Base for Local Industrial Strategy Swindon and Wiltshire
Schneider, M., Hunt, A., Papps, K. & Postl, P.
1/07/19 → 30/09/19
Project: UK industry
Research Output 2000 2018
Protest treatment and its impact on the WTP and WTA estimates for theft and robbery in the UK
Ignacio Hernandez, J., Hunt, A., Pazzona, M. & Vasquez Lavın, F., 1 Apr 2018, In : Oxford Economic Papers. 70, 2, p. 468-484 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The economic value of climate information in adaptation decisions: learning in the sea-level rise and coastal infrastructure context
Dawson, D., Hunt, A., Shaw, J. & Gehrels, R., 1 Aug 2018, In : Ecological Economics. 150, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
We must look further upstream to enable planetary health-literate urban development
Hunt, A., Black, D., Scally, G., Pilkington, P. & Orme, J., 1 Apr 2018, In : Lancet Planetary Health. 2, 4, p. e145-e146 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Conservation of grassland butterflies in Finland under a changing climate
Tainio, A., Heikkinen, R. K., Heliölä, J., Hunt, A., Watkiss, P., Fronzek, S., Leikola, N., Lötjönen, S., Mashkina, O. & Carter, T. R., Jan 2016, In : Regional Environmental Change. 16, 1, p. 71-84Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The use of new economic decision support tools for adaptation assessment: a review of methods and applications, towards guidance on applicability
Watkiss, P., Hunt, A., Blyth, W. & Dyszynski, J., 1 Oct 2015, In : Climatic Change. 132, 3, p. 401-416 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Thesis
Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Tidal Range Energy Generation
Author: Hooper, T., 31 Mar 2014Supervisor: Cooper, P. (Supervisor) & Hunt, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
Fishing for Litter: A cost-benefit analysis of how to abate ocean plastics.
Author: King, P., 7 Sep 2018Supervisor: Hunt, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters Thesis › MRes