Mr Mike Brock
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Research Student | Michael dot Brock at uea dot ac dot uk |
Biography
I am entering my second year of Postgraduate Research study here at UEA, with my primary focus being in Environmental Valuation and its incorporation into the field of Economics.
I completed both Undergraduate and Master courses here at UEA in Economics and I currently represent the Economics Postgraduate Research Students on the Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC) and the ECO School Board. I also represent the Economics Department on the Social Sciences Faculty PGR Programmes Policy Group (PPG).
Key Research Interests
My Postgraduate study here at UEA is sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This research looks to explore the various contributions that environmental assets make towards our Subjective well-being and then looks to value such entities so as to give them appropriate weighting in economic policy decisions or proposals.
Currently, I am exploring the scale and dynamics of wildlife valuation and have just completed a Discrete Choice Modelling study which deciphered the value that respondents held for different garden birds. I hope to now apply such investigations into a more theoretical economic context, exploring why and to what extent people hold value to local wildlife.
Since beginning my Postgraduate Research studies in October 2011, I have presented my research at both the TEEB Conference (March 2012), Leipzig, Germany and the EIB Stirling Environmental Camp (September 2012), Scotland UK. The most recent version of this work is accessible through the link below:
http://www.eco-delivery.stir.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mike-Brock.pdf
Throughout the remainder of my Postgraduate research studies here at UEA, I hope to broaden my research area to both incorporate a wider spectrum of valuation methods and more deeply investigate the psychological and behavioural underpinnings of people’s engagement with nature and how this translates to the pleasure they attain from doing so.
I believe that grasping a sound and rigorous understanding of how humans derive well-being from the environmental is a key tool in delivering economic policies which are both effective and welfare maximising to society.
Contact Details:
Email: michael.brock@uea.ac.uk
Location: ARTS 0.28/0.29
