PhD in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management

University of York

The PhD is a higher degree awarded for a thesis presenting original research that makes a publishable contribution to knowledge or understanding. A student will be working on their own research project, working closely with their academic supervisor and with the support of other postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and staff in their research group.The MPhil and PhD programmes in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management offer interdisciplinary research across economic and ecological sciences, concentrated in the following key areas:Economics of the environmentEcology and environmental management, with emphasis on marine systems, tropical and temperate forest systems, and agro-ecosystemsThe nature and impacts of environmental pollutionSustainable use of terrestrial, marine and freshwater resourcesEconomic growth and environmental health outcomesEnvironmental health, migration and socio-economic change