Tom teaches economics and environmental economics in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics. He received his undergraduate degree from University College of North Wales, Bangor and completed his postgraduate studies at the University of York, UK. His research is multidisciplinary and focuses on the economics of renewable energy, economics of biodiversity, valuation of environmental Public - No restriction goods and ecosystem services and common property resources and the economic analysis of institutions. Tom has published over 40 peer reviewed Public - No restrictionations and various reports associated with a variety of economic studies both nationally and internationally. He has published in Land Economics, Ecological Economics, Energy Policy, the Journal of Agricultural Economics and the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. He hasis coordinated six RePublic - No restriction of Ireland projects with Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) and Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (DAFF) stimulus funded projects and iswas a Co-investigator on four Horizon 2020 projects (FLOWPHOTOCHEM, GREEN HYSLAND, SH2AMROCK), 2 interreg projects (SEAFUEL and STEPS),and twomarine Framework projects including ,HERMIONE (EU FP7) and DEEPREST. He has6 PhD completions and presently has two PhD students working on renewable energy economics.

Environmental Economics