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Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP)

People

Together with our international research partners, LEEP brings together experts from the diversity of social, economic and natural sciences needed to provide an integrated understanding of the ways in which these complex systems interact.

Members

Dr Ethan Addicott

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Dr Timothée Bacri

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ADD-TREES

Dr Ben Balmford

Lecturer in Economics

Prof Ian Bateman

Co-Director of LEEP Institute, Professor of Environmental Economics and Director of NetZeroPlus

Dr Pedro Henrique Batista de Barros

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NetZeroPlus

Prof Amy Binner

Associate Professor in Environmental Economics

Dr Cassandra Bird

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NetZeroPlus

Dr Mingyuan Chen

Postdoctoral Research Associate, VISIONARY project

Dr Jack Daniels

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Prof Brett Day

Co-Director of LEEP Institute and Professor of Environmental Economics

Dr Neha Deopa

Lecturer in Economics

Dr Martina Egedusevic

Impact Fellow, Green Futures Solutions

Dr Kate Gannon

Programme Manager, NetZeroPlus

Tatiana Carolina Cantillo Garcia

Postgraduate Research Associate, NetZeroPlus

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Sharon Gove

Project Administrator, NetZeroPlus

Catherine Graham

Personal Assistant to Professor Ian Bateman, LEEP Institute

Prof Ben Groom

Dragon Capital Chair of Biodiversity Economics, Co-Director of LEEP Institute and Professor of Economics

Dr Chunying Guo

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dragon Capital Team

Dr Muhammad Hasan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ADD-TREES

Dr Ville Inkinen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dragon Capital Team

Prof Alex Inman

Professor of Practice, Farmer Discussion Network

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Shijin Jollands

Finance Manager

Dr Ivis Kerama

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ADD-TREES

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Phillip Laws

Senior Administrator, Farmers Network

Dr Christopher Lee

Senior Research Fellow, NetZeroPlus

Dr Mattia Mancini

Joint Lecturer in Environmental Economics with the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW)

Dr Sarah Meier

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dragon Capital Team

Dr Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da Silva

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainable King Prawn Project

Dr Bertrand Nortier

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NetZeroPlus

Dr Daniele Rinaldo

Lecturer in Economics

Dr Jack Reed

Dr Jack Reed

LEEP Associate & Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nature Recovery and Regional Development

Dr Lorenzo Sileci

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Empirical Environmental Economics, Dragon Capital

Dr Aditi Samant Singhar

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Valuing Outdoor Culture and Heritage Capital

Dr Dawn Scott

LEEP Centre Manager

Dr Alessandro Silvestri

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Diana Tingley

Project Manager and Business Fellow, Sustainable King Prawn Project

Prof Daniel Williamson

LEEP Director of Impact, Principal Investigator for ADD-TREES project

PhD students

Kevin Donkers

PhD Researcher, LEEP Institute

Boyun Song

PhD Researcher, ADD-TREES project

Affiliates

Dr Matthew Agarwala

Environmental Economist, University of Cambridge

Professor Martin Attrill

Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Plymouth

Professor Melanie Austen

Professor of Ocean and Society, University of Plymouth

Dr Siân de Bell

Impact Fellow, University of Exeter Medical School

Dr Sabrina Eisenbarth

Associate Professor for Environmental Economics, University of St. Gallen

Dr Katrina Davis

Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Oxford

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Gemma Delafield

Regional Energy Officer, Cyngor Sir CEREDIGION County Council

Dr Michela Faccioli

Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Università di Trento

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Dr Hannah Fluck

Senior National Archaeologist, National Trust

Professor kevin gaston.

Professor Kevin Gaston

Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation, University of Exeter

Professor William Gaze

Professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter

Dr Solmaria Halleck-Vega

Associate Professor, Wageningen University & Research

Dr Amii Harwood

Lecturer in Geography and GIS, University of East Anglia

Dr keith howe.

Dr Keith Howe

Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter

Joseph Lowe

Editor of the Green Book, Head of Economics of Social Value, HM Treasury

Prof Ilya Maclean

Professor of Global Change Biology, University of Exeter

Professor Gerd Masselink

Professor of Coastal Geomorphology, University of Plymouth

Dr Jonathan Mosedale

Associate Research Fellow at the Biological Sciences Department, University of Exeter

Professor Alistair Munro

Professor in Economics at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, Japan

Professor Juliet Osborne

Chair in Applied Ecology at the Biological Sciences Department, University of Exeter

Dr Jonathan Owen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

Dr Timothy Poate

Senior Research Consultant, University of Plymouth

Dr Sian Rees

Associate Professor of Social-Ecological Systems (Research), University of Plymouth

Alex Rusby

Behavioural Science Associate, Influence At Work

Dr Greg Smith

Environmental Economist, CSIRO

Dr Kit Stokes

Senior Research Fellow (Impact), University of Plymouth

Professor Kerry Turner

Professor of Environmental Economics, University of East Anglia

Professor Charles Tyler

Professor of Environmental Biology/Academic Lead, University of Exeter

Sir Robert Watson

Chair of LEEP Science Advisory Board

Dr James Webber

LEEP Associate & Lecturer in The Centre for Water Systems (CWS)

Dr Ben Wheeler

Senior Research Fellow at the College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter