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1 Environment Department Graduate Courses 2014/15 MSc/Diploma in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management MSc/Diploma in Marine Environmental Management MSc/Diploma in Environmental Science and Management MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management MSc by Research in Environmental Science MSc by Research in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management MPhil/PhD in Environmental Science MPhil/PhD in Environmental Geography MPhil/PhD in Environment and Politics _cover.indd /09/ :03

2 Environment Department Graduate Courses 2014/2015 MSc/Diploma in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management MSc/Diploma in Marine Environmental Management MSc/Diploma in Environmental Science and Management MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management MSc by Research in Environmental Science MSc by Research in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management MPhil/PhD in Environmental Science MPhil/PhD in Environmental Geography MPhil/PhD in Environment and Politics

3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT 3 TAUGHT COURSES MSc/Diploma in Environmental Economics and Environmental 4 Management (EEEM) MSc/Diploma in Environmental Science and Management (ESM) 4 MSc/Diploma in Marine Environmental Management (MEM) 5 MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental 6 Management (CSREM) Modular structure EEEM course structure 6 9 ESM course structure 10 MEM course structure CSREM course structure Teaching and assessment 13 Dissertation and MEM summer placement 13 TERM DATES CONTACT DETAILS 15 DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES 16 RESEARCH PROGRAMMES (MSc/MPhil/PhD) 16 Research areas 17 Supervision 18 Ancillary research skills 18 Research away from campus 19 Taught modules 19 SERVICES AND FACILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK 20 Computing 20 Library 20 Careers service 20 The York Award and ILIAD 20 Welfare support services 21 Appendix A: Description of modules taught by Environment 23 Appendix B: Description of modules taught by Economics Appendix C: Description of modules taught by Management School Appendix D: Environment staff 40 2

4 Introduction The Environment Department was founded in 1992 to integrate ecological and environmental sciences with environmental economics. It is now established as one of the UK s leading centres for interdisciplinary teaching and research on key environmental issues. Our teaching is led by research, and students have the opportunity through their dissertation work to contribute to research taking place in the department. In our research and teaching we consider environmental, economic and social implications of the problems studied. These include topics such as air, soil and water pollution, global warming and forest, fishery and wildlife management. In teaching we collaborate closely with the university s departments of Biology, Economics, and Management. In research we have collaborative ties with a range of University departments, with the Stockholm Environment Institute at York, which is now part of the Environment Department and the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), which is situated just outside York. Located at the heart of the University campus, the Environment Department has a friendly atmosphere and an active research buzz. Every week during term time we host a lunchtime research seminar from either an invited guest or resident speaker. Seminar topics cover a wide range of subjects in environmental economics, ecology, environmental science and management. All MSc/Diploma students studying at the Environment Department have a pastoral supervisor, who they are scheduled to see twice each term, but may consult with more often if necessary. Meetings allow students to seek advice and to chat about general progress and welfare. The Environment Department offers MSc/Diploma/Certificate programmes in: Environmental Economics and Environmental Management (EEEM) Marine Environmental Management (MEM) Environmental Science and Management (ESM) Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (CSREM) The department also co-runs an MSc in Ecology and Environmental Management with the Biology Department. Details of this course are described in a separate handbook. MScs in EEEM and CSREM all contain modules that are taught in other departments. 3

5 MSc, Diploma and Certificate programmes run for 12, 9 and 6 months, respectively. Students take the same taught modules on both, but MSc dissertations requirements are different to those for Diplomas. Diplomas provide the opportunity for mid-career professionals to upgrade in skills for a relatively short investment of time. More information about the Department and its activities are available on the departmental web page: Detailed information for students enrolled on these programmes is given in the booklet Rules and Regulations and Helpful Information for Graduate Students, available on the departmental website. TAUGHT COURSES MSc/Diploma in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management (EEEM) This course provides advanced interdisciplinary knowledge and skills in the economics and management of natural resources. From the natural sciences, it offers insights into the functioning of ecological and environmental systems, feedback mechanisms between systems, and how the natural world responds to human use and governance. From the social sciences, it considers the use, and economic value, of scarce environmental resources, and the economic and social effects of human-induced environmental change (e.g., land cover, carbon management, pollution and contaminants, ocean resources, biodiversity loss). As a result, students gain fundamental insights into the functioning of complex social-ecological systems, with an emphasis on how economic decision-making can help inform policies to better sustain the natural systems that underlie human societies. MSc/Diploma in Environmental Science and Management (ESM) This course provides a firm grounding, through its core modules, in the fundamental principles of environmental science that underpin environmental management. It aims to prepare students for jobs in environmental consultancy and business, in government and nongovernmental organisations and in environmental research, either in the UK or overseas. A wide choice of optional modules allows students to structure their degrees according to their own specific interests in environmental science, ecology and conservation, and environmental policy and 4

6 economics. Through its emphasis on research, environmental assessment methods, and the application of critical thinking to specific case studies, the course equips students to analyse and tackle the complex, multi-faceted problems that characterise environmental management. Great emphasis is placed on problem solving, particularly on issues currently being investigated by research staff within the Environment Department and the Stockholm Environmental Institute at York (SEIY), which is part of the Environment Department. Students can do their dissertation work in the Environment Department, at the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) or SEIY, or with some other appropriate institution or organisation. Alternatively they might choose to use a combination of these, for example by being based at the Environment Department for the majority of their work, but also going to FERA to use special analytical facilities available there, or going overseas to work on SEIY field projects. The MSc/Diploma in Marine Environmental Management (MEM) There is now worldwide consensus that the marine environment needs much better management. Urgent calls are being made for greater protection of marine habitats and the reform of fisheries management. Through the marine Act which has recently passed through Parliament, the UK Government is working to create a system of spatial planning for the sea, something we have had on land for a very long time, and similar efforts are underway in many other countries. Consequently, there is a growing demand for people who have been trained in marine resource management. This course will equip graduates for careers within non-governmental conservation organisations, Government environmental, conservation or fishery agencies and environmental consultancy companies. It also provides a firm foundation from which to launch an academic career. During the course, students will be thoroughly grounded in environmental problems affecting the oceans and will discover the latest thinking in how to manage marine resources. The course will place a strong emphasis on the importance of understanding marine ecosystem structure, function and processes and how human activities and global change are affecting these and the socio-economic implications involved. The course will enable students to develop their research and practical skills to a high level. These skills will be built through a dissertation project and an external summer placement. For their placement, students undertake a study of relevance to marine environmental management, which is written into a report that is assessed for their degree. Institutions where placements can be done include government agencies, NGOs, other universities or research institutes. 5

7 MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management are becoming key issues for a wide range of businesses and organisations, both in the UK and overseas, as they seek to resolve longstanding operational and competitive challenges using socially and environmentally friendly technologies and processes. The course examines the social and environmental issues faced by private enterprise and other organisations, with a unique perspective on environmental management. The context of the programme is international, inter and multi - disciplinary and reflects the increasing trend towards the globalisation of business organisation and the transnational nature of environmental problems faced by the corporate sector and regulators and policy-makers. We offer our students a unique perspective on some of the hot challenges of contemporary corporate decision making, from risk to global supply chain management, and on the sustainability and resilience of corporate activities in the international arena. Finally, we provide our student with a solid theoretical background covering both methodological frameworks and case studies. The programme is suitable for those aiming for careers in management in private enterprises, consulting organisation and not-for-profit sectors. MODULAR STRUCTURE See Appendices A, B &C for short descriptions of all modules offered on the graduate programme. Further details can be obtained from the department website. All Environment degree programmes have a 'modular' structure, where each module comprises a 10 credit unit or multiple of this. A 10 credit module is equivalent to 100 hours of work, comprising contact hours with staff and private study. Week 7 of the autumn and spring terms is designated as a reading week when normally there won t be any timetabled classes within the Environment Department, although this may not apply to classes in the Economics Department or the York Management School. Our graduate programmes require students to accumulate 120 credits for the Diploma and 180 credits for the MSc from compulsory and optional modules. Students gain these credits from compulsory and optional taught modules and independent study modules (dissertations). Independent study modules vary in their duration and for MScs are worth 80 credits for EEEM and ESM, 70 credits for CSREM and 100 credits for MSc MEM. The MSc in MEM differs from all other courses in having two independent study 6

8 modules; the first being a dissertation worth 50 credits performed within the University, with a second, worth 50 credits and called a summer placement usually performed outside the University. Dissertations for the diplomas are worth 20 credits for EEEM and 30 credits for MEM. There is no dissertation for the Diploma in ESM. EEEM students have a core programme of taught modules worth 60 credits, then an open choice of 40 optional credits, taught predominantly by the Environment Department. ESM students have a core programme of taught modules worth 70 credits, then an open choice of 30 optional credits. Depending on their BSc, MEM students obtain 30 or 50 credits through compulsory taught modules then accumulate remaining credits through option choices. CSREM students obtain 60 credits through compulsory taught modules and then a choice of 50 optional credits. Choices for optional modules have to be made by the end of week 3 of the autumn term. Hence if timetabling constraints permit, students can test out autumn term modules before deciding which ones to select for credit. Subject to timetabling constraints it is also possible to audit other modules without taking any of the assessment. Students who have completed their UG degrees in the Environment Department at York are not permitted to sit modules as a PGT student that they sat as an UG student. Although assessments are different, much of the course material is the same and hence this option is not available. Postgraduate Certificate in Environment Students registered for any of these taught programmes can qualify for this certificate if they fail to achieve the full credit requirements of the programmes but achieve passes in 60 credits of taught material. Full details are given in the booklet Post Graduate Taught Handbook, available on the departmental website. 7

9 Course Evaluation Each year the Environment Department reviews its graduate programmes on the basis of student feedback and a report from its external examiners. Each module is also reviewed on the basis of student feedback. This enables us to constantly refine the courses, ensuring that student satisfaction is fully considered within our teaching. All Masters students are also given the opportunity to provide anonymous feedback on their degrees in September, when they submit their dissertations (or placement reports for MEM students). Student Representatives Each graduate course elects a student representative to sit on the Department s Board of Studies. This forum meets once a term to discuss teaching in general and any issues that students wish their representatives to raise. Course representatives also attend the Postgraduate Staff-Student Liaison committee, which provides a more informal forum for discussion of issues related to MSc and PhD programmes. Student representatives or students in general are also encouraged to discuss items of concern as they arise with MSc/Diploma Co-ordinators, the Board of Studies Chair, the Head of Department, or any appropriate member of staff. 8

10 MSc/Diploma in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management (EEEM) COURSE STRUCTURE 2014/2015 Module Autumn Spring Summer MSc Dissertation (for MSc EEEM) C 80 Diploma Dissertation (for Diploma in EEEM) C 20 Economic Theory for Environmental Management* C 10 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology* C 10 Environmental Economics* C 10 Environmental Valuation* C/O 10 Resource Economics and Management* C/O 10 Research Skills and Statistical Methods* C Climate Change: Adaptation and Carbon O 10 Management Development Economics [PEP] O 20 Environmental Governance O 10 Governance and Economics of Freshwater O 10 Resources Protected Areas: Theory, Design and O 10 Implementation Spatial Analysis O 10 Tools for Environmental Assessment O 10 C= Compulsory O = Optional C/O = at least one of these modules must be taken, the other is then available as an option [PEP] = taught by Politics, Economics and Philosophy * indicates compulsory module for Postgraduate Certificate (note either Resource Economics and Management OR Environmental Valuation needs to be taken). 9

11 MSc/Diploma/Certificate in Environmental Science and Management (ESM) COURSE STRUCTURE 2014/2015 Module title Compulsory/ Autumn Spring Summer Optional MSc ESM Dissertation C 80 Climate Change Science C 10 Ecotoxicology* C 10 Pollution control and waste C 10 management* Current research in C 10 environmental pollution* Research Skills and Statistical C Methods* Tools for Environmental C 10 Assessment* Biodiversity and Conservation O 10 Biology Spatial analysis O 10 Marine Ecosystems O 10 Climate Change Adaptation and O 10 Carbon Management Environmental Governance O 10 Oceans, Coasts and Climate O 10 Protected Areas: Design O 10 Implementation and Management Wildlife management O 10 C = compulsory O = optional Diploma students have the same choice of taught modules as MSc but do not undertake a dissertation. * indicates compulsory module for Postgraduate Certificate; there are no optional modules for this programme 10

12 MSc/Diploma in Marine Environmental Management (MEM) COURSE STRUCTURE 2014/2015 Module title Autumn Spring Summer MSc Dissertation C (MSc only) Start Ends week Diploma Dissertation C (Diploma only) 30 Summer Placement C (MSc only) 50 (occurs July-mid September) Fisheries Ecology and C 10 Management* Marine Ecosystems* C# 10 Oceans, Coasts and C# 10 Climate* Research Skills and C Statistical Methods* Biodiversity and O 10 Conservation Biology Climate Change Science O 10 Current Research in Marine O 10 Conservation Ecotoxicology O 10 Environmental Economics O 10 Environmental Governance O 10 Environmental Valuation O 10 Maldives Field Trip O Easter holiday 10 Protected Areas: Theory, O 10 Design and Implementation Spatial Analysis O 10 Tools for Environmental Assessment O 10 C = compulsory O = optional * indicates compulsory module for Postgraduate Certificate; there are no optional modules for this programme # optional for those with BSc in Marine Biology 11

13 MSc/Diploma/Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (CSREM) COURSE STRUCTURE 2014/2015 Module title Compulsory Autumn Spring Summer / Optional MSc CSREM Dissertation C 70 Corporate Social Responsibility I* C 20 Corporate Social Responsibility II* C 10 Qualitative Research Methods [M] C 10 Quantitative Methods and Data C 10 Analysis [M] Social and Environmental C 20 Accounting [M]* Tools for Environmental C 10 Assessment* Business Information Systems [M] O 10 Climate Change Adaptation and O 10 Carbon Management Continuity and Change in 20 Organisations Ethical Marketing and O 20 Sustainability [M] Environmental Governance O 10 Financial Management [M] O 10 International Political Economy O 20 and Business [M] C = compulsory O = optional [M] indicates taught in Management * indicates compulsory module for Postgraduate Certificate; there are no optional modules for this programme. 12

14 Teaching and assessment All modules on the MSc/Diploma programme are assessed by either, exams, course work or a mixture of the two. The majority of modules contain lectures with many also including seminars which require collaborative group work. Seminars may be assessed through oral presentations, and/or an independently written essay. Several modules include small group tutorials, which consolidate and further develop material from the lectures. Practical classes range from bench or laboratory practicals to sessions in computer classrooms and are usually assessed through a written report. All MSc/Diploma programmes contain fieldwork and excursions. The links between teaching, learning outcomes, and assessments are illustrated below. Teaching and Learning Lectures Seminars Tutorials Workshops Group-work Laboratory classes Computing classes Field trips Projects supported by supervision, printed hand-outs and webbased material Outcome Knowledge Comprehension Skills Experience Assessment Methods MSc/Diploma dissertation Closed University Exams Open University Exams Course work (essays, seminar presentations, laboratory reports, tutorial sheets, field reports) Individual and group research projects Written/oral presentations Dissertation and MEM summer placement All students enrolled in the MSc programme must undertake an independent research dissertation. The maximum length of this is 10,000 words for an MSc in CSREM, 8000 words for ESM and EEEM and 5000 words for MEM. Diplomas in EEEM and MEM require a 5,000 word dissertation. Environment staff provide titles and descriptions of dissertations although students can also suggest their own. A dissertation supervisor is available to provide regular guidance for this module, but otherwise students work largely alone. Supervisors will comment on a first draft of the dissertation. Those taking the MSc MEM also do a summer placement which usually takes place outside the university. This is written up into a 5000 word report. Only students taking the MSc MEM have an obligatory external summer placement. Students on all other graduate programmes have the 13

15 option of studying outside of the university during the summer as part of their dissertation work. MSc MEM dissertations are based within the university and completed before the summer placement begins. Leave of absence Subject to formal approval by the University, the Department allows students to take leave of absence for up to a year in order to resolve medical or personal problems before completing graduate programmes. Term dates Autumn Term: Monday 29 th September Friday 5 th December 2014 Spring Term: Monday 5 th January Friday 13 th March 2015 Summer Term: Monday 13 nd April Friday 19 th June 2015 Note that induction activities in Management for CSREM students are timetabled for the week commencing 29 th September 2014 and that the MEM Maldives field trip takes place over 11 days in the Easter holiday. 14

16 Contact details Post graduate Administrator: Maroula Hill Receptionist: Jacqui Woodall Undergraduate Administrator: Carol Jones Departmental Administrator: Kathryn Addison Deputy Departmental Administrator: Claire Hughes Website MEM Admissions Officer ESM Admissions Officer EEEM Admissions Officer CSREM Admissions Officer MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD Admissions Officer Head of Department Technical services Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) Julie Hawkins Alistair Boxall Murray Rudd Corrado Topi Roland Gehrels Colin Brown David Hay Rebecca Sutton 15

17 FACILITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT Computers: All the department s computers are connected to the campus network, the internet, and specialised software. Laboratories: The large teaching laboratory is particularly geared towards environmental work with a focus on the environmental chemistry of water, soil, and air. An instrumental analytical chemistry laboratory is used for environmental analysis of soils, water, and air samples. Masters students involved in practical laboratory work for their dissertation also have access to two more dedicated student research laboratories, which are designed partly for the storage, preparation and extraction of samples for analysis. For dissertation work students can also access specialised analytical facilities in other University departments and at Food and Environment Research Agency laboratories. Common Room: Graduate students and staff share a common room with tea and coffee making facilities, fridge and a microwave oven. RESEARCH PROGRAMMES (MSc/MPhil/PhD) The department offers a flexible research degree programme. The MSc by research is a 1-year, stand-alone research degree. The MPhil is a 2-year programme. A full-time PhD should be completed in three years while the minimum registration for a part-time PhD is 12 consecutive terms. A PhD thesis cannot normally be submitted before either of these times. If necessary full-time students are allowed a fourth year to complete their thesis. Students who embark on a PhD will normally enrol for a PhD provisionally. Confirmation of that enrolment is then considered within eighteen months for full-time students or within three years for part-timers with a final decision to recommend confirmation made by the end of the second year of study for full-time students or fourth year for part-timers. If PhD enrolment is not approved the student may be recommended to submit for an MPhil degree or MSc by research. Requirements for PhD enrolment to be approved Evidence that research is under way and that appropriate research training has been completed Production of a coherent and realistic plan for the completion and submission of the thesis within the required period A substantial piece of written work has been completed 16

18 Thesis examination All students have an oral examination (viva), which is conducted by at least one external examiner, who is an expert in the particular field of research, together with an examiner from the University of York. MSc/MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management Interdisciplinary research across economic and ecological sciences is concentrated in the following key areas: Economics of the environment Ecology and environmental management (with emphasis on aquatic systems, tropical and temperate forest systems, and agro-ecosystems) The nature and impacts of environmental pollution Sustainable use of terrestrial, marine and freshwater resources Economic growth and environmental health outcomes Environmental health, migration and socio-economic change MSc/MPhil/PhD in Environmental Science Research in this programme is focussed on: Effects of chemicals on the environment and human health Exposure modelling of chemicals in the environment Fate and behaviour of chemicals in soil, water and air Biogeochemistry Indoor and outdoor air pollution Risk assessment and management of pesticides Engineered nanomaterials and the environment Policy and regulation around environmental pollutants MPhil/PhD in Environmental Geography Research in this programme is focussed on: Sea level change Glaciology Tropical biogeography Remote sensing Biogeochemical cycling Geographical Information System Climate change International Development 17

19 MPhil/PhD in Environment and Politics This PhD programme is taught jointly with the Politics Department. Research in this programme can cover: Comparative analysis of environmental politics and policy Environment and development Environmental policy-making and implementation at all levels of governance (including global, regional, national and local) EU Environmental policy Environmental regulation The behaviour of political parties and movements in relation to the environment Supervision Students can have one or more supervisors, with joint supervision able to involve staff from other university departments. Most frequently, joint arrangements have been with Biology, Chemistry, Economics and Related Studies, Politics, or Social Policy and Social Work, but other combinations are possible. All students enrolled on one of the research degree programmes will be assigned a Thesis Advisory Panel (TAP), which will normally comprise of two members of staff including the student s supervisor. The TAP meets twice a year and is designed to assist students with ideas, to discuss training needs and to critically assess their progress. It is also responsible for making recommendations for upgrading a student s registration from the MPhil to the PhD. Research away day Each year all PhD and MPhil students registered either wholly or jointly in the Environment Department are obliged to present their work each year at our annual departmental student research conference. Ancillary research skills training and development Training in ancillary research skills is provided through the Department s programme of Research Training and Skills Development for Research Students. In accordance with recommendations from the UK Research Councils, all students must complete at least 180 hours of training during the three years of their study, which would normally comprise approximately 60 hours during each year of study. The Department s Training and Skills programme is part of a broader program of skills training coordinated by the Researcher Development Team 18

20 ( based around lectures, workshops, practical sessions and group-based project work, and is designed to enhance students expertise in specific techniques applicable to their research, as well as to enable their development of more generic skills in communication and team-working, and to assist with career planning. The Training and Skills programme is designed to be flexible, so that each student, in conjunction with their supervisor and TAP, can develop a programme that will be of greatest benefit to their research and further personal and career development. The development of training throughout the course of the research degree will be monitored against a Personal Development Plan that the student will present at the first TAP meeting; this being revisited at subsequent TAP meetings. Research away from Campus Students undertaking fieldwork away from the university campus must comply with the Department's Health and Safety guidelines (available from the website) and where applicable the Departmental Ethics Committee. Arrangements for undertaking fieldwork abroad will be tailored to the student s specific requirements but must involve affiliation to a local institution or individual which/who can facilitate contact between the student and their supervisor. Taught modules available to research students Research students can enrol for any module offered by the Environment Department (see Appendix A) and may also take modules in other departments subject to availability. If you want to do this, please also inform the module leader directly. 19

21 SERVICES AND FACILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK Computing Networked PCs with a comprehensive range of software are available throughout the campus. Students can get help and advice from the University s IT Services Library The J.B. Morrell Library has a large stock of books and journals, and provides access to electronic information and electronic journals, mostly via the Web. All major course textbooks are available in the J.B. Morrell University Library. Research Development Team (RDT) The RDT provides courses and workshops for research students and early career researchers, to help them learn and/or develop skills which will be valuable in their future careers ( these more general training opportunities complement the more specific discipline-orientated ones offered within the department. Numerical and Literacy Assistance The maths and writing skills centres provide numerical and literacy assistance on a drop-in and appointment based system ( Careers Service The Careers Service Information room is one minute s walk from the Department and is well stocked with information about careers in environmental science and management. This includes details about employers, job opportunities, further study and vacation opportunities. Career advisers are available for private consultation during term time and vacations. For more information see: The York Award and ILIAD The University's York Award is a unique certificate that students can gain by participating in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. The programme offers courses on an extensive range of subjects including: team building, financial management, numeracy, planning a business, project management and communication. Many of these courses are supported by public or private sector organisations. The York award is assessed by 20

22 portfolio and presentation. One course of particular interest to many students is the Information Literacy in All Departments (ILIAD) programme. More information about this and the York Award in general is available on the web site: Welfare Support Service The University's Student Support Network is designed to provide students with quick and easy access to a variety of sources of help and advice on all aspects of student life. Personal supervisors in academic departments are responsible for overseeing both academic progress and general welfare. In addition each college has a welfare team which includes the Provost and a College Dean who has special responsibility for student welfare. Every fulltime student belongs to a college and has access to all its facilities regardless of whether or not they live on campus. Central support services available to all students include the Accommodation Office, the Open Door Team, Counselling Service for Students, Disability Services, the Student Support Office, the Equal Opportunities Office, the International Office, the Student Financial Support Unit and the Harassment Advisers (who offer support in cases of harassment). In addition administrative offices such as the Undergraduate and Graduate Offices and the Timetabling and Examinations Offices, provide information and advice. Welfare support is also available through the student-run organisations, particularly the Students' Union and the Graduate Students Association. The Student Support Services Handbook is issued to all incoming students This publication describes the main contributors to the Student Support Network and includes information about the Campus Nursery, the Health Centre, and the Chaplaincy. Contacts for religions and faiths can be found from the Chaplaincy web-site or the Student Support Office web-site. The Graduate Students Association (GSA) - The GSA is the primary representative body for postgraduate students and aims to: Raise postgraduate views within departments through Postgraduate Academic Representatives [email protected] Provide services that enhance student wellbeing, including: free sport sessions, trips, events and peer to peer groups [email protected] 21

23 Provide assistance to postgraduates with mitigating circumstances and problems with progression. In cases of suspected academic misconduct the GSA can provide support and representation 22

24 Appendix A: MODULES PROVIDED BY THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT Graduate Student Modules: Information on modules is available through departmental web sites - and and The information on modules in this Appendix is correct at the time of going to press. Please note that optional modules will only run if a minimum number of students register for them. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology (Dr Bryce Beukers-Stewart, Dr Andrew Marshall) SITS code: ENV00003M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (EEEM), optional (EE, ESM, MEM) Assessment: coursework (30%), closed examination (70%) Biodiversity loss is occurring nearly everywhere. This module will introduce students to the science of biodiversity and to the ecological underpinnings of species extinction and conservation. The first three lectures provide a basic foundation for understanding what biodiversity is, how it is measured and where it is found. Next the course considers how human uses and pressures affect habitats and species, both directly and indirectly, leading to population decline, loss and eventual extinctions. This ecological foundation provides the basis for conservation solutions introduced in the last part of the module. From this module, students will gain an understanding of how ecological theory relates to conservation practice. It will allow them to appreciate the need for broad and critical thinking to integrate economic, legal, political, and social perspectives with biological ones in environmental management. Climate Change Science (Dr Sylvia Toet) SITS module code: ENV00040M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (ESM), optional (EEEM, MEM) Pre-requisites: some background knowledge of science Assessment: coursework (100%) This module will provide students with an insight into the science of climate change. The underlying science will be covered in a series of lectures, which will introduce the physics of climate change, changes in concentrations of greenhouse gases, measurement of climate change, the 23

25 impacts of climate change, and adaptation and mitigation to climate change. The lectures will be complemented by a computer practical to gain handson experience of working with a simplified model to predict future climate change, and three seminars from guest speakers. Students will be asked for the assessment to summarise and critically evaluate the current level of understanding for one specific topic on climate change and its impacts. Climate Change Adaptation and Carbon Management (Stokholm Environment Institute Staff, module organiser Harry Vallack) SITS module code: ENV00039M Credits: 10 Status: optional (CSREM,EEEM, ESM) Assessment: coursework (100%) This module will provide students with an insight into the management of climate change, through both mitigation and adaptation, with a particular focus on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. A combination of lectures, seminars and workshops will be used, to explain the policy measures used in mitigation and adaptation, explore the use of assessment tools to assess the impact of environmental policy and management options on carbon emissions, and to evaluate how effectively current knowledge and predictive models have been used in assessment of mitigation and adaptation options in different sectors. Corporate Social Responsibility I (Corrado Topi) SITS module code: ENV00043M Credits: 20 Status: compulsory (CSREM) Assessment: coursework (100%). The aim of the module is to consider a range of contextual questions that relate to our understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and business ethics, and their role in societies that are increasingly governed by sensitivities to risk and hazard. Whilst much of the CSR literature focuses upon the social responsibilities of corporations, including the ethical conflicts their activities raise, such developments are often viewed in isolation from broader social changes such as the evolution of the Risk Society and Globalisation. This module will introduce students to these issues, and examine the connectivity of risk, environment, global citizenship, and the international political economy of big business. 24

26 Corporate Social Responsibility II: Advanced Case Studies and Real World Challenges Meeting the Protagonists (Corrado Topi) SITS module code: ENV00051M Credits:10 Status: compulsory (CSREM) Pre-requisites: Corporate Social Responsibility I Assessment: coursework (100%) In this module students will meet 8 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) protagonists, i.e. practitioners, executives, managers and directors of private enterprises who have implemented CSR programmes, are implementing them or are resisting their introduction. Through this the module will illustrate some of the major challenges faced by corporate and small and medium enterprise decision makers when they attempt to implement CSR policies in the real world. Current research in environmental pollution (Environment staff) SITS module code: ENV00053M Credits:10 Status: compulsory (ESM) Assessment: coursework (100%) This module will introduce students to some of the cutting-edge research done in the Environment Department at York and elsewhere on environmental pollution. A different theme will be covered each week through a combination of interactive research lectures and discussions of key publications. Current research in marine conservation (Environment staff) SITS module code: ENV00055M Credits:10 Status: optional (MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%)(write a press release and design a poster) Each week students will receive a recently published paper from a topical subject in marine conservation to read before they discuss it in class. During this discussion they will critically appraise its scientific, political, economic and societal context and everyone will take a turn as the chair. 25

27 Dissertation / MEM Research Project (Environment staff) SITS code: ENV00017M (MSc in EEEM), ENV00023M (MSc in ESM), ENV00068M (MSc in MEM: ie MEM Research Project), ENV00065M (MSc in CSREM), ENV00018M (Diploma in EEEM), ENV00028M (Diploma in MEM) Credits: 80 MSc in EEEM; 60 MSc in ESM and CSREM; 50 MSc in MEM; 20 Diploma EEEM; 30 Diploma MEM Status: compulsory (all courses) Assessment: coursework (100%) All students are required to undertake an independent, but supervised research project, which must include critical review and data analysis. MSc dissertations are a maximum of 5000 words in length for MEM, 8000 words for ESM and EEEM and typically 10,000 words for CSREM. All Diplomas require a 5,000 word dissertation. Word limits exclude annexes that solely report material not produced by the student e.g. raw data, details of legislation. Dissertations may entail laboratory experiments, fieldwork, mathematical modelling, policy criticism, or theoretical study. Detailed rules and guidance for the dissertation are available from the MSc/Diploma Co-ordinator. Economic Theory for Environmental Management (Dr Peter Howley) SITS code: ENV00041M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (EEEM) Assessment: closed examination (40%), coursework (60%) The aim of this module will be to help students develop an appreciation of the insights which economic theory can bring to the management of environmental issues. From a methodological perspective, this module will provide an overview of principles for effective survey and experimental strategies of inquiry. Ecotoxicology (Prof Alistair Boxall) SITS module code: ENV00047M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (ESM), optional (MEM) Assessment: two pieces of coursework (100%) This module provides an overview of how chemical pollutants can affect aquatic and terrestrial organisms. The module will initially explore how chemicals are released to the environment and the factors and processes affecting their fate and transport in different systems. It will then move on to explore how chemicals can be taken up into and affect organisms. 26

28 Lectures will be backed up by laboratory sessions looking at how to measure chemical fate and ecotoxicity. A series of seminars will provide an overview of current research in the ecotoxicology area. Environmental Economics (Dr Julia Touza) SITS code: ENV00019M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (EEEM), optional (MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) This module shows how economic theory, methods and techniques can be applied to the analysis of environmental problems. The module encourages students to draw on the extensive literature and provides examples of recent empirical applications. Topics coverage include: welfare economics and market failure, environmental externalities and public goods, correcting environmental market failures using regulation, taxes, and tradable permits, environmental accounting, environmental decision-making, economics of climate change and biodiversity. Students will be asked for the assessment to summarise and critically evaluate the strengths and shortcomings of different policies for managing environmental quality at local or global scale. Environmental Governance (Prof. Piran White) SITS code: ENV00005M Credits: 10 Status: optional (EEEM, ESM, MEM, CSREM) Assessment: open examination (100%) This module provides an overview of the principles of governance concerning biodiversity and the environment, using some in-depth case studies in terrestrial and marine environments. The emphasis will be on the underlying principles and alternative approaches, rather than on specific laws and regulations. The module will start with an introduction to the role of law and policy in environmental protection. It will examine key principles that affect decisions regarding environmental regulation. It will then focus on some of the recent changes in our understanding of the environment and human interactions with it, and the challenges that these bring for environmental policy development. These themes will then be considered further through a number of methodological and topic-based case studies, to be drawn from: mechanisms for public participation in environmental policy; coastal governance; biodiversity conservation; ecosystems and public health; and the science-policy interface. 27

29 Environmental Valuation (Dr Murray Rudd) SITS code: ENV00020M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (EE), choice of compulsory (EEEM), optional (MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) The module will cover the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings for environmental valuation and methods for valuing market and non-market consequences of changes in environmental quality. The focus of this module is on demand-side revealed and stated preference valuation methodologies. Both data generation (survey design) and analysis (logit and probit regression analysis) will be emphasized. Fisheries Ecology and Management (Prof Callum Roberts) SITS code: ENV00004M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (MEM), optional (EEEM) Assessment: closed examination (50%), coursework (50%) Commercial sea fisheries can be traced back for 2000 years in Europe. Despite a long history of feeding people, fisheries have recently run into serious trouble. Over the last thirty years there have been widespread declines and collapse of marine fisheries. Even in the most technologically advanced regions with sophisticated mechanisms and policies for fishery management such as Europe declines seem inexorable and unstoppable. This module will introduce students to the science of fishery management, explaining the theory underlying population harvesting and describing the tools used by managers to control fisheries. The module will explore underlying reasons why fishery management is failing. Failure of management is leading to an environmental crisis for marine ecosystems that threatens not only supplies of fish but also critical ecosystem processes in the oceans. Effects of fishing on marine life will be described, as will the possibility that without action to improve management species will be driven extinct. The module will end with a look at how fishery management can be reformed reviewing the use of tools that could enable us to secure fishery sustainability as well as protecting the most vulnerable habitats and species in the sea. 28

30 Governance and Economics of Freshwater Resources (Dr Murray Rudd) SITS code: ENV00042M Credits: 10 Status: optional (EEEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) In the face of increasing water scarcity and stress due to development, water use, and climate change there is a critical need for effective research on, and management of, freshwater resources. The module aims to build the skills and capacity of students so they can understand the complexity of freshwater management in modern societies and contribute to freshwater research and management efforts in developed and developing countries. Maldives Field Trip (Prof. Callum Roberts, Dr Julie Hawkins) SITS code: ENV00030M Credits: 10 Status: optional (MEM only) Assessment: coursework (100%) The module provides a detailed introduction to the issues involved with monitoring and managing coral reefs. Students will have the opportunity to snorkel and dive (if already qualified) on spectacular coral reefs where they will learn to identify major functional groups within a coral reef ecosystem, plus gain more detailed identification skills for fish and corals. A variety of sampling techniques will be practised to gain field experience. The module will provide students with a broad knowledge of the range of environmental impacts affecting coral reefs, and the mechanisms involved. Marine Ecosystems (Dr Julie Hawkins) SITS code: ENV00027M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (MEM if no degree in marine biology), optional (EEEM, MEM if degree in marine biology) Assessment: closed examination (60%), coursework (40%) The sea covers approximately two thirds of the planet and reaches depths of almost 11,000m. Traditionally the marine environment has been viewed as less diverse than the terrestrial realm, but these views are being challenged by new research. It is possible that the deep sea alone could support tens of millions of species, most as yet undescribed. This course provides an introduction and overview of marine ecosystems. For each of ten key systems, the geographic distribution of the ecosystem will be described, 29

31 both locally and globally, together with a brief description of constituent habitats and characteristic species. The module will consider the many ways in which the ecosystems covered are important. Students will be introduced to key ecosystem processes occurring in each system and to ecosystem services of value to people. Finally, the major human threats to each system will be described, together with an assessment of management solutions to these problems. Consequences of failing to address these problems will be explored. All lectures will be illustrated by case studies. Ocean, Coasts and Climate (Dr Bryce Beukers-Stewart) SITS code: ENV00064M Credits: 10 credits Status: compulsory (MEM if no degree in marine biology), optional (MEM if degree in marine biology, EEEM,) Assessment: closed examination (60%), coursework (40%) The marine environment is very heterogeneous. Marine ecosystems are affected and shaped by a variety of forces including waves, currents, tides and climate. In turn, processes in the sea affect local and regional climates and so play a key role in determining how the planet responds to humaninduced global change. This module introduces students to the key physical factors shaping marine ecosystems and coasts and how they operate at local, regional and global scales. The module will discuss and explain processes and linkages across the land-sea and atmosphere-ocean boundaries, including how these are affected by human modification of the coastal environment. It will also describe present and predicted effects of climate change on the sea, including sea level rise, temperature increases, ocean acidification and shifting current patterns. Finally, it will explore possible effects of these changes on marine life and climate. Pollution Control and Waste Management (Prof Alistair Boxall) SITS module code: ENV00047M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (ESM) Assessment: one piece of coursework (50%), closed examination (50%) This module provides an overview of approaches to minimise the impact of waste and pollutants. Waste lectures will cover waste management and treatment technologies including landfill, incineration, composting and anaerobic digestion. Pollution lectures will cover green chemistry, wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment, air quality management and management of radioactive wastes. Lectures will be backed up by site 30

32 visits to a wastewater treatment plant, a drinking water treatment works, a power station and an anaerobic digester receiving food waste. Protected Areas: Design, Implementation and Management (Prof. Callum Roberts, Dr Julie Hawkins) SITS code: ENV00002M Credits: 10 credits Status: optional (EEEM, ESM, MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) (report 70%, presentation 30%) Many scientists now consider that we are experiencing the sixth mass extinction event in Earth s history. Without swift and decisive action to reverse biodiversity loss, millions of species could be driven extinct within the next few hundred years. Protected areas are viewed as critical to the survival of species and ecosystems. This module will introduce students to the science and management of protected areas in the sea and on land, and will examine the process of selection, design, implementation and management. The module will show how choice and design of protected areas must be founded on sound ecological understanding to ensure success. But it will also show how attention to human aspects of design and implementation are equally important to positive outcomes from protection. By the end of the module, students should have a good understanding of how to go about choosing, establishing and managing protected areas. The balance of material presented in this module is approximately 65% marine, 35% terrestrial. Research Skills and Statistical Methods (Dr Andrew Marshall) SITS code: ENV00049M. Credits: 20 Status: compulsory (EEEM, ESM, MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) Ecologists, environmental scientists, and environmental managers must monitor and evaluate the environment in order to measure and manage the effects of human activities. Designing robust monitoring schemes and experiments and handling both qualitative and quantitative data are essential skills for all environmental professionals and academics. This module will introduce students to commonly used methods for designing sampling schemes, managing data and performing statistical analyses. The module is taught primarily using computational software called R, which is freely available and becoming the prominent software choice of research scientists. The module will begin with three introductory lectures which will introduce the principles and basic assumptions. Subsequent practical sessions will begin with introductions to preparing and exploring data. 31

33 Further practical sessions will then guide students through a number of analytical procedures for determining differences and patterns among basic datasets. The technical elements of the module will also be complimented by sessions on practical research skills for improving employability for a research career in the environmental and social sciences, including ethical considerations, scientific writing, and tips for job application. Resource Economics and Management (Dr Julia Touza) SITS code: ENV00036M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (EEEM) Assessment: closed examination (50%), coursework (50%) This module aims to equip students with detailed insights into natural resource economics. The module mainly focuses on fisheries, forests, water and minerals, including fossil fuels, addressing issues related to optimal level of extraction, sustainability, property rights, public policies, and biodiversity. It introduces to students to analytical and numerical application examples to develop basic computer skills in bioeconomic modelling for natural resource management. Policy implications of current research in natural resource economics, and empirical applications of modelling work in this area will be discussed. Spatial Analysis (Dr Colin McClean) SITS code: ENV00007M Credits: 10 Status: optional (EEEM, ESM, MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) This module aims to give students an appreciation of how geographical information systems (GIS) can be a useful tool in the integration of ecology, environmental sciences and environmental management. Students will find out about the theoretical problems associated with capturing, handling and analysing spatial data by computer. They will also learn about these problems through the practical use of ArcGIS, a widely used, commercially available GIS. It is this practical work which will be assessed by coursework. 32

34 Summer Placement (External field supervisors, Module organiser Dr Julie Hawkins) SITS code: ENV00031M Credits: 50 Status: compulsory (MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) (5000 word report 80%, presentation 20%) Students will work on a research project for 8-10 weeks within an organisation that is normally outside the University of York. The intention of the placement is to give students experience of marine research and/or management practice, working in a professional environment. Tools for Environmental Assessment (Prof Colin Brown) SITS code: ENV00001M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (EEEM, ESM, CSREM), optional (EE, MEM) Assessment: coursework (100%) This module will train students in a range of methodologies for assessing and managing impacts to the environment. Students will be introduced to the core set of assessment tools included in environmental impact assessment, environmental risk assessment, environmental audit, environmental management systems and life cycle analysis. Lectures will be supplemented with case studies from invited external experts and practical sessions giving hands-on experience in key techniques. By the end of the module, students will understand the different approaches for assessing impacts to the environment and how to apply these to real world situations. Wildlife Management (Prof Piran White, Dr Kathryn Arnold) SITS code: ENV00006M Credits: 10 Status: optional (EEEM, ESM) Pre-requisites: BSc level ecology Assessment: coursework (100%) This module will examine selected topics in the management of wild vertebrate populations, emphasising the role of relatively new research methods such as advances in telemetry, physiological assessment, GIS, computer modelling and socio-economic analysis. These will be introduced around three themes: wildlife conservation; human-wildlife conflicts including disease and invasions, and animal welfare. Seminars to provide 33

35 detailed case studies will be led by various people from York and elsewhere, who are actively researching in the relevant areas. 34

36 Appendix B: MODULES AVAILABLE TO ENVIRONMENT STUDENTS TAUGHT BY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND RELATED STUDIES (and Politics, Economics and Philosophy) Development Economics Dr Mozaffar Qizilbash SITS code: PP00001M Credits: 20 Status: optional (EEEM) Pre-requisites: none Assessment: 50% coursework essay 50% closed exam. The module will cover a wide range of topics in development economics such as conceptions of development; well-being and human development and their measurement; economic growth; poverty; corruption and rentseeking; child labour; population; environment; gender; trade; and globalization - at an advanced level. It will involve in depth examination of relevant topics and analysis of policy issues relating to these. 35

37 Appendix C: MODULES AVAILABLE TO ENVIRONMENT STUDENTS ON MSc CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TAUGHT BY YORK MANAGEMENT SCHOOL International Political Economy and Business Dr Simon Sweeney SITS code: MAN00019M Credits: 20 Status: optional (CREM) Assessment: 100% coursework (3,000 word essay). This module provides a critical examination of the relationship between contemporary economic globalisation and its perhaps most prominent ideology, neoliberalism, and multinational corporations. The module begins from a basis in International Relations theory, and examines the relationship between politics and economics. It looks at the responsibility of governments and international governmental organisations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation to ensure effective governance in the interests of stability and sustainability. The role of corporations and the need to exercise genuine corporate social responsibility is vital in order to secure a better future for global capitalism and its participants, as well as communities directly affected by key decision makers. The module refers to financial crisis and matters of human security in a comprehensive and polemical fashion. Ethical Marketing and Sustainability (Prof Bob Doherty) Sits code: MAN00055M Credits: 20 Status: optional (CSREM) Assessment: 100% coursework (3000 word essay) This module looks at the foundations and current approaches to ethical and sustainability marketing from a global perspective. The module takes a critical perspective and investigates new models and theories to assist organisations in developing marketing strategies that both communicate and facilitate a sustainable approach. The module will cover key topics such as the importance of building long-term, trusting relationships with customers and various stakeholder groups, the role of ethical and sustainability marketing strategies in the maintenance of a coherent and consistent image of an organization, the various tools of sustainability and ethical marketing and how you can develop a brand positioning using social and environmental attributes, plus consumer behaviour to enhance sustainability 36

38 and the opportunities and challenges of implementing ethical and sustainability marketing across national, linguistic and cultural borders. Social and Environmental Accounting (Prof Josephine Maltby) Sits code: MAN00034M Credits: 20 Status: optional (CSREM) Assessment: closed examination (100%) The module develops knowledge and understanding of the origins and development of social and environmental accounting (SEA), the theoretical arguments about its relevance, and the extent of its use in the UK and internationally. It also introduces students to a number of techniques of social and environmental accounting and reporting. Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis (Harry Venables) Sits code: MAN00029M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (CSREM) Assessment: coursework (100%) This module provides an introduction to quantitative data analysis and will enable students to understand and apply the principles and techniques involved. It covers statistical ideas/concepts and theoretical principles underpinning quantitative data analysis as well as the practical aspects and procedures of analysing quantitative data using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). It links the principles and processes of generating quantitative data (including probability sampling, normal distribution, operationalising variables, categories of data and levels/scales of measurement and questionnaire design) with the actual techniques of analysing and interpreting data and producing statistical results. The topics will cover descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequencies, measures of central tendency, graphs and charts, statistical tests, correlation and regression. Qualitative Research Methods (Prof Stephen Linstead) Sits code: MAN00028M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (CSREM) Assessment: coursework (100%) The aim of the module is to familiarise students with and develop understanding of key techniques of qualitative analysis. The module 37

39 explores in greater depth the assumptions, advantages, merits and problems of the respective approaches to qualitative and multi-method research. Financial Management (Joanne Fernandes) Sits code: MAN00012M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (CSREM) Assessment: closed exam (100%) This module analyses the techniques of financial appraisal in a series of decision-making contexts. It provides a detailed examination of the principles of financial management and financial reporting and their links with accounting, economic and organisational theory, highlighting their links to corporate governance and stakeholder institutions. It enables students to acquire an understanding of company performance through the analysis of accounts, whilst critiquing their usefulness for the needs of stakeholders. The module also examines sources of finance and mechanisms for financial planning in a variety of organisations, together with a range of financial management tools and concepts available to managers to facilitate financial decision-making. Finally, the module provides a foundation of knowledge and understanding as a basis for further in-depth study of financial modules or the dissertation. Business Information Systems (Dr Kiran Fernandes) Sits code: MAN00005M Credits: 10 Status: compulsory (CSREM) Assessment: closed exam (80%), group presentation (20%) This module describes the organisational and managerial foundations of information systems. This includes the critical role played by various types of information systems in organisations, sweeping changes created by the Internet and digital integration of the enterprise, and the need to demonstrate the business value of information systems investments. Students on this course will be exposed to real-world systems, focusing on their relationships to organisations, management, business processes, strategy and important ethical and social issues. Continuity and Change in Organisations (Dr L F Baxter) Sits code: MAN00007M Credits: 20 Status: optional (CSREM) 38

40 Assessment: coursework split in two sections to be handed in at different times (100%) This module aims to provide a critical introduction to theories of change as they are presented in management areas such as organisation behaviour, strategy and operations. Change is integral to both the theory and practice of management, but is rarely deconstructed as a concept. Functionalist theories of change tend to ignore paradoxes in organisations, and that time, space and individuals vary, and that continuity is an accomplishment in itself. They assume that change usually improves an organisation, whereas a more critical perspective will recognise that change lead to no improvement and indeed can cause damage. 39

41 Appendix D: ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC STAFF The following list summarises the careers and research interests of academic staff in the Environment Department. Dr Kathryn Arnold: BSc (East Anglia), PhD (Queensland). Lecturer Kathryn is an ecologist working mainly on the behavioural and physiological responses of vertebrates to changes in the environment. The main two areas are: 1) the assessment of exposure to and effects of contaminants on wildlife and 2) the ecology of rural and urban birds. Kathryn also maintains an interest in the social behaviour of birds, insects, fish and manta rays. Her work has included projects in Australia, the Maldives, Malaysia and Scotland. Kathryn chairs the Environment Department's Ethical Review Committee and sits on the University's Athena Swan working group which aims to promote the interests of women in science. Dr Roman Ashauer: BSc (Trent, Canada), Dipl. Geookol. (Karlsruhe), PhD (York) Lecturer Roman s research focuses on the effects of synthetic chemicals in the environment. Questions investigated include: Why do organisms differ in their sensitivity to chemicals? What are the general principles that govern toxicity of different chemicals? How do critical transitions propagate from cells to organisms and ecosystems? Roman is particularly interested in the development of ecotoxicological effect models and tools for risk assessment of chemicals. He is on the steering committee of the SETAC Advisory Group Mechanistic Effect Models for Ecological Risk Assessment of chemicals and a member of two editorial advisory boards: Environmental Sciences Europe and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Dr Bryce Beukers Stewart: BSc (Melbourne), PhD (James Cook). Lecturer Bryce is a fisheries biologist and ecologist whose work has ranged from temperate estuaries to tropical coral reefs and the deep-sea. The central thread in his research has been to gain an increased understanding of the factors regulating marine populations and communities so as to ensure their sustainable exploitation, primarily by fisheries. His work on deep-sea fishes was among the first to demonstrate their extreme longevity, and on coral reefs he proposed new mechanisms for community regulation of prey fish by predators. More recently his focus has been on how to improve the management of scallop fisheries through the use of predictive recruitment 40

42 models, marine protected areas and stock enhancement. Bryce has also been especially active in promoting the sale and consumption of sustainable seafood by working with everyone from government ministers to fishermen, restaurants and supermarket chains. Charlotte Burns: BA (York), MA (Newcastle), PhD (Sheffield). Lecturer Charlie comes from a politics and policy background and is an expert on EU environmental policy and EU decision-making processes. Her work has involved analysing the environmental reputation of the European Parliament, and the way that environmental policy outcomes are shaped by the behaviour of the European Union's (EU) institutions. She is currently working on the relationship between the politics of austerity in Europe and environmental policy. Professor Alistair Boxall: BSc (Leicester Polytechnic), PhD (Sheffield). Alistair s research focuses on the environmental fate, behaviour and effects of emerging environmental contaminants (especially veterinary medicines, pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials and transformation products), and on understanding the risks of these substances to human and environmental health. He is a past member of the UK Government Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee and is director of the EU-Funded CAPACITIE Innovative Doctoral Programme on pollution assessment in cities. Professor Colin Brown: BSc (Leeds), PhD (Newcastle). Head of Department Colin is an environmental chemist with research interests covering the fate, effects and risk assessment of a range of chemical contaminants in the environment. His current work focuses on pathways for transfer of contaminants between environmental compartments; catchment-level processes and management strategies; development of mathematical models for exposure to contaminants; quantifying toxic effects from complex exposures to chemicals; and enhancement of risk assessment methodologies. Colin s research group is based alongside that of Alistair Boxall at the Food and Environment Research Agency in York. Colin is a member of the UK Advisory Committee on Pesticides and chairs its Environmental Panel. He is a member of the European Food Safety Authority s Working Group on Ecotoxicology and of Defra s Demonstration Test Catchment Research Advisory Group. 41

43 Dr Nic Carslaw: BSc, MSc, PhD (East Anglia). Reader Nic is an atmospheric chemist specialising in the development and utilisation of models to gain insight into the chemistry of air pollution, both indoors and out. Her research has involved participating in field campaigns that aimed to study the clean background atmosphere at locations such as Cape Grim, Tasmania, and Mace Head on the west coast of Ireland, as well as the more complex chemistry that occurs in urban areas such as Birmingham and outer London. The models are used to make predictions of various atmospheric constituents that can be compared with field measurements. The models can also be used to yield information about the detailed chemical reactions that occur in the atmosphere, reactions that underpin urban pollution, global warming, acid deposition and stratospheric ozone loss. In the indoor environment, it is possible to use detailed chemical models to predict which pollutants may reach significant concentrations indoors and hence be potentially harmful to human health. Professor Malcolm Cresser: BSc, PhD, (London), FRSC, FIBiol. Emeritus Professor Malcolm is an environmental chemist with particular interests in modelling river water quality for catchment management purposes, biogeochemical cycling of nutrient elements (particularly in the context of long-term soil sustainability and environmental protection), predicting ecotoxicity from soil characteristics, and quantifying effects of atmospheric and soil pollution on the functioning of the soil/plant/water system, especially in UK uplands. His research is highly interdisciplinary, and as a consequence he is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Biology. He has written nine books and more than 300 research papers, serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the Science of the Total Environment and Chemistry and Ecology, and has served on a number of Government and Research Council committees. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Aberdeen. Dr Lisa Emberson: BSc (Manchester), PhD (Imperial College). Reader - Joint appointment with Stockholm Environment Institute Lisa has over 15 years of experience in the field of air pollution focussing on the effects of tropospheric ozone and climate change on agricultural yields, forest productivity and the functioning of terrestrial semi-natural ecosystems. In recent years she has developed research in Asia, Africa and Latin America investigating the effects of a range of air pollutants (SO 2, NOx, O 3, SPM and fluorides) on both agro- and forest ecosystems with a view to investigating the subsequent impacts on social and economic 42

44 systems. In addition to her developing country experience she retains an active research role in Europe, developing methodologies for use within the UNECE LRTAP Convention. This research focuses on investigating the biological, economic and social impacts of ground-level ozone on agriculture, forests and grasslands and has led to the revision of methods to estimate both the deposition and impacts of tropospheric ozone using flux based Critical Levels as a policy tool across Europe. Dr Adriana Ford-Thompson: BA (Cambridge), MSc (Imperial College), PhD (York) Teaching & Research Fellow Adriana is an inter-disciplinary scientist whose research predominantly focuses on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and socioecological systems (including stakeholder participation, human-wildlife conflict, environmental attitudes and policy). Her current research examines interactions between habitats in the delivery of ecosystem services in the UK, developing a tool to assist with land management decisions. She is involved in a new project titled Health of Populations and Ecosystems (HOPE), which aims to integrate the biophysical environment into population health research and policy. Adriana is also currently investigating biodiversity metrics for soil-vegetation models. Her previous research includes invasive species management in Australia and community-based wildlife management in Tanzania. Professor Roland Gehrels: MSc (VU Amsterdam), PhD (Maine) Roland is a geologist and a physical geographer specialising in sea-level studies. His research is focused in several key areas: (i) Recent accelerations of sea-level rise; (ii) Rapid sea-level change during interglacials; (iii) Quantitative methods of sea-level reconstruction using microfossils (foraminifera, testate amoebae); and (iv) Patterns of Holocene relative sea-level change. He uses salt-marsh sediments, and the fossils preserved within, to reconstruct sea-level changes over decadal, centennial and millennial timescales. His work on recent sea-level rise is particularly relevant to societal issues related to future climate change. As a consequence Roland is a contributing author for the sea-level chapter of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. Roland has worked along the coasts of Britain, eastern North America, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, New Zealand, Tasmania and the Falkland Islands. He is the President of the INQUA Commission on Coastal and Marine Processes and a member of the editorial board of Marine Geology, the NERC Peer Review College, the NERC Radiocarbon Facility Steering Committee and the PALSEA (PAGES/IMAGES) Steering Committee. 43

45 Dr Julie Hawkins: BSc (York), MSc (Liverpool), PhD (York). Senior Lecturer Julie s research focuses on human impacts on marine ecosystems and how to reduce the problems these create. Her recent work explores the impacts of fishing and how marine protected areas can help rectify the failings of other forms of fishery management. This has included work on extinction risk in the sea and how necessary it is to protect areas of the sea from fishing. Her work provided the first proof that protection from fishing can increase catches in surrounding fisheries. Over the years her research on the effects recreational scuba diving on coral reefs has moved from firstly playing a major role in getting the issue recognised, to then seeing it become addressed throughout the tropics. The majority of Julie s field work has taken place in the Caribbean and Middle East. Dr Jon Hill: BSc (Edinburgh), MSc (Edinburgh), PhD (Edinburgh). Lecturer Jon's research is focussed on using advanced numerical techniques to investigate a wide range of environmental phenomena. He currently focusses on assessing the tsunami hazard caused by large sediment flows off the continental shelves; evaluating the environmental impacts of marine energy devices; and the physical oceanography of ancient seaways. All this work involves using the latest numerical models coupled with field and observational data from a variety of sources. In the past Jon has worked on a variety of projects including ocean biogeochemistry, geological preservation of coral reef environments, and high performance computing. Professor Mark Hodson: ALCM, BA (Oxon.), PhD (Edinburgh). Mark is a low temperature geochemist and mineralogist. He carries out research into biogeochemical cycling in pristine and human-impacted environments. More specifically he studies the release of nutrients and contaminants to soil via the dissolution of soil minerals, the mobility and availability of inorganic contaminants at mine sites and the remediation of such sites using inorganic and organic amendments and earthworm ecology. His work on earthworm ecology initially focussed on the impact of contaminants on earthworms, but has widened to consider the adaptation and evolution of earthworms in other extreme environments, the role of earthworms in the carbon cycle and their response to environmental change. Out in the wider world Mark is on the Editorial board of the journals Environmental Pollution and has been involved in public lectures, radio and television programmes. He has served on various committees involved in the funding of environmental science and currently sits on the Research 44

46 Excellence Framework (REF) panel that is currently assessing research quality in the UK university Environmental Science sector for the period Dr Peter Howley: B.A., M.Econ.Sci. (Galway), PhD (Dublin). Lecturer Peter s areas of expertise are varied and include environmental economics, farm level modelling, agricultural policy analysis and urban and rural development. More generally, Peter has extensive experience with econometric modelling and recent examples of his work include investigating the formation and valuation of preferences for environmental public goods and services, incorporating psychological constructs reflecting diverse farming motivations and values into economic models of farmer decision making and finally quality of life issues surrounding high-density living. Dr Claire Hughes: BSc (Newcastle), MSc (Dalhousie), PhD (East Anglia). Lecturer Claire is a marine biogeochemist specialising in understanding the processes that control the emission of environmentally-significant trace gases from the marine biosphere to the atmosphere. Her work involves measuring trace gas concentrations in seawater during ship- and land-based field campaigns and carrying out laboratory experiments to improve understanding of their sources and sinks. The ultimate aim of this work is to determine the magnitude of the oceanic source of key trace gases so that their impact on processes taking place in the atmosphere such as ozone depletion and secondary aerosol formation can be established. The majority of Claire s research has been done on the volatile halogens but she has also worked on the alkyl nitrates and dimethyl sulphide (DMS). Her most recent research has focussed on assessing the impact of a climate-induced change in phytoplankton community structure on biogenic bromine emissions from coastal waters of the western Antarctic Peninsula. Dr Rob Marchant: BSc, PhD (Hull). Reader Rob s research focuses on unravelling ecosystem dynamics, in particular the interaction on ecosystems of climate change, human interaction and ecosystem function. Rob uses palaecological, ecological modelling, archaeological and biogeographical tools to determine the role of past events in shaping the present day composition of ecosystems. Understanding how ecosystems have changed in the past allows us to determine how ecosystem composition will change in the future. Crucial for using such information to manage the impacts of future predicted 45

47 change is an assessment on the value of tropical ecosystems and how they sustain human livelihoods and well-being areas central to Rob s research. Rob works extensively in the tropics, in particular East Africa where areas of high biodiversity interact closely with socio-economic issues concerning past changes and future management. Rob has active projects in a range of different environments and ecosystems - from the high altitudes of Kilimanjaro to the mangrove forests of Zanzibar Dr Andrew Marshall: BSc (Cardiff), MRes, PhD (York). Senior Lecturer Andy is a conservation biologist specialising in tropical forest systems. Andy's research focuses on measuring ecosystem conservation success through ecological and socio-economic survey, aiming to influence conservation decision-making, through input to management plans and education of the general public. Andy established and directs the Udzungwa Forest Project in Tanzania, which aims to protect tropical forests through ecological monitoring, habitat restoration, community education, and capacity building. The public outreach element of Andy's work is further emphasised in his joint appointment with Flamingo Land, the UK's most visited zoo, where he is Director of Conservation Science and Director of CIRCLE (Collaboration for Integrated Research, Conservation and Learning; Andy is also Associate Editor for the journal Tropical Conservation Science and Vice Chair of the Field Program Committee of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Dr Colin J. McClean: BSc (Edinburgh), PhD (Durham). Senior Lecturer Colin is a geographer specialising in the application of geographical information systems (GIS) to environmental management. Current research interests include: modelling the impacts of climate change on biodiversity; reserve selection algorithms; land use modelling; the uncertainty associated with ecological field data; the integration of spatial data sets in order to overcome uncertainty; digital terrain modelling to extract information on geomorphometry and hydrology, and to provide important base environmental data for a wide variety of economic, ecological and hydrological modelling efforts. Dr Richard Payne: BSc (Southampton), MRes (Lancaster), PhD (London). Lecturer Richard Payne is a broad-ranging Environmental Scientist interested in environmental change and it's management. With a background in palaeoecology his research increasingly bridges both modern ecosystem 46

48 processes and the palaeoenvironmental record. Much of his work focuses on peatlands which are both the most important terrestrial carbon store by area and a valuable archive of past environmental change. His work uses experimental, observational and palaeoecological approaches to study how peatlands respond to environmental change with a particular focus on climate change and air pollution by sulphur, nitrogen and ozone. He has worked widely in the UK, Europe, North America and the near east. Professor Andrew R.G. Price: BSc, MSc (Bangor), PhD (Swansea). Emeritus Professor Andrew is a marine biologist, environmental advisor and international consultant. He has specialist knowledge of the Arabian Gulf, Middle East and wider Indian Ocean. Andrew's current research is on biodiversity, robustness/resilience and environmental disturbance. For his evaluation of coastal damage from the 1991 Gulf War, Andrew received the British Consultant of Year Award. He is currently an honorary professor at York University and visiting professor at Warwick University. In 2003, Andrew was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society. Besides journal articles, his scientific publications include three books on the Gulf/Middle East and several book chapters. His most recent book is Slow-Tech: Manifesto For An Overwound World (Atlantic Books, 2009). This shows how robustness helps ensure smooth-running in nature, in what we do and in the things we create. He has discussed robustness on the radio and TV. Professor David Raffaelli: BSc (Leeds), PhD (Wales). Dave Raffaelli has broad ranging interests in pure and applied ecology, in both aquatic and terrestrial systems. His current work focuses on the dynamics of food webs; marine community ecology; the relationships between catchment land-use, water quality and impacts on coastal receiving systems; the application of manipulative field experiments to large-scale conservation and management issues; biodiversity and ecosystem function; and the influence of species body-size in community dynamics. He is also working on the analysis of discourses surrounding environmental issues and how an understanding of these may assist in policy formation. Dave is Vice President of the British Ecological Society and sits on the editorial boards of several international journals. He has edited and authored several books and serves on a number of UK Research Council and international research committees. He is Director of UKPopNet and is co-chair of the DIVERSITAS programme BioSUSTAINABILITY. 47

49 Dr David Rippin: BSc (Birmingham), PhD (Cambridge). Senior Lecturer David's research interests are focussed on the controls on the dynamics of glaciers and ice-sheets, and in the use of ground-based and airborne radioecho sounding (RES) techniques in exploring englacial and subglacial environments. He is also increasingly interested in supraglacial environments specifically the role of supraglacial debris on energy and mass balance (and the use of remote techniques for assessing debris thickness) and the role of surface water on energy balance. David is currently involved in projects working in Arctic Sweden and West Antarctica, and has large amounts of field experience from Antarctica, the Arctic, the European Alps and Iceland. Professor Callum Roberts: BSc, PhD (York). Callum is a marine conservation biologist whose research aims to provide a scientific underpinning for the management and conservation of the sea. His research covers subjects as disparate as the origins and maintenance of biodiversity on coral reefs, and the effects of fishing and recreational tourism on reef ecosystems. He has helped demonstrate that use of marine reserves, areas closed to fishing, can improve the success of fishery management and boost catches from surrounding areas by acting as a reservoir of productive fish stocks. His findings attract interest among fishermen, governmental organisations and societies dedicated to conservation. He is a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation and in 2001 was Hrdy Visiting Professor of Conservation Biology at Harvard University. Callum is a frequent contributor to radio and newspapers on the impacts of fishing on the sea and how to achieve sustainable fisheries. He is author of The Unnatural History of the Sea, an account of 1000 years of exploitation and the impacts it has had on ocean ecosystems. Dr Murray Rudd: BSc, MSc (British Columbia), PhD (Wageningen). Senior Lecturer Murray is a conservation social scientist with broad research interests at the intersection of environmental economics and policy. His research explores issues of when, where, and how to invest scarce societal resources to achieve ecological, social, and economic sustainability. He has completed projects on ecosystem service valuation (watersheds, coastal wetlands, estuaries, endangered aquatic species), research impacts and prioritization, community-based fisheries governance, and the economic effects of environmental change. Much of his current research effort focuses on the environmental science-policy interface and the role of environmental scientists in the policy design process. 48

50 Dr Katherine Selby: BSc (Manchester), PhD (Coventry). Senior Lecturer Katherine is a Quaternary Scientist and Physical Geographer specialising in coastal environments. She is particularly interested in the reconstruction of past sea levels and has worked extensively in the North and West of Scotland, Newfoundland and more recently East Africa. Katherine uses two techniques, diatom and pollen analyses, to establish how sea levels have fluctuated and has also used these in lacustrine environments to establish lake level, ph and trophic status changes. Combined with Katherine's sea level research, she also investigates how the associated changing coastal configuration may have affected cultural development, including settlement patterns and utilisation of marine resources. Dr Samarthia Thankappan: BSc, MSc (Allahabad), PhD (Aberystwyth). Senior Lecturer Samarthia s research broadly focuses on three key areas: (i) Sustainability and the agri-food sector, where her research covers a wide range of issues from impact of water use in the food supply chains, climate change adaptation and mitigation to understanding the ways in which current behaviours or changed behaviours may affect the sustainability of consumption and production systems in the future; (ii) Sustainability and the automotive sector, looking at environmental, economic and social costs of enhanced transport systems. Her principal research focus in this area is on exploring the impacts of bio-based material substitution in the automotive sector. (iii) Environment, society & governance, where Samarthia s research focuses on examining the complexity & impact of climate change policy on businesses in the supply chain and mapping social and ecological knowledge flows in coastal ecosystems. Dr Karen Thorpe: BSc (Brunel), PhD (Brunel). Senior Lecturer Karen's research interests are focussed on understanding the mechanisms via which novel environmental contaminants (e.g. endocrine active chemicals, pharmaceuticals and microplastics) impact the reproductive health of fish and the potential implications of any such effects for wild populations. She is also interested in using this information to develop biological tools that can be used in environmental monitoring for endocrine active chemicals. A further goal of Karen's research is the development of test methods using embryonic stages of aquatic vertebrates that could be used as potential replacements for current OECD test methods that are reliant on the use of adult life-stages of fish for identification of endocrine active chemicals. 49

51 Dr Sylvia Toet: BSc (Delft), BSc/MSc, PhD (Utrecht). Lecturer As an environmental biogeochemist, Sylvia s research focuses on how environmental change, including air pollution (tropospheric ozone and nitrogen), climate change (warming, altered precipitation), elevated carbon dioxide and changes in management practices (e.g. blockage of draining channels) may affect ecosystem functioning. She is particularly interested in greenhouse gas emissions, often exploring novel field, stable isotope and molecular microbial approaches. The ecosystem responses observed in field manipulation studies and detailed process studies, are crucial for improving ecosystem carbon and greenhouse gas budget models simulating different future environmental change scenarios. Her most recent project, studies the effects of elevated tropospheric ozone on methane and carbon dioxide fluxes in peatlands and grasslands, and their underlying plant, soil and microbial processes. Corrado Topi: Laurea (Turin). Senior Teaching Fellow Corrado comes from a career in private enterprises. He focuses on sustainability, resilience and change in a context of integrated social, economic and environmental systems. He works with corporations and with cities and collaborates with policy makers and corporate decisions makers on real world cases to make corporations, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and cities sustainable and resilient. His research focuses on two areas: (1) the sustainability and resilience of private enterprises, in particular the social, environmental and economic sustainability and resilience of corporations and SMEs (2) urban sustainability and resilience, in particular economic development paradigms and economic transition pathways at local level (i.e. local community, city, province, region), with a specific focus on cities. In addition, he is involved in several interdisciplinary research projects as consulting economist, in particular on valuation of ecosystem services at local level. He is particularly interested in the Mediterranean basin, in transition countries and lesser developed countries. Dr Julia Touza: BA (Santiago de Compostela), MSc, PhD (York). Lecturer Julia is an environmental economist whose research explores environmental problems driven by economic factors, and evaluates the strategic behaviour of natural resource users/managers in a temporal-spatial context. She has worked on the dynamic optimisation of natural resource management, relationships between trade and global environmental change driven by invasive species, strategic interactions in environmental cooperation at local 50

52 and international scales, economic analysis of forest wildfires, stakeholder participation in decision-making, and cost-efficiency of conservation policies. In order to address these issues she works in interdisciplinary teams, using a variety of methodological approaches, including Hamiltonian-based optimisation techniques, econometrics and multivariate analysis (e.g. panel data, count data modelling and choice modelling), and agent based computational economics. She has held visiting research posts at ecoservices Group, Arizona State University (USA), and a Marie Curie Research Fellowship at the Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research-UFZ (Germany). Dr Harry Vallack: BSc (Exeter), MSc (Stirling), PhD (York). Senior Research Associate - Stockholm Environment Institute Harry has over 20 years of experience researching various aspects of air pollution at scales ranging from local to global. This has included capacity building within non-oecd countries (including development of suitable manuals/software) for the preparation of air pollutant/ghg emissions inventories, producing emission scenario projections for developing country regions, and developing methodologies for monitoring and assessing nuisance dust. His current research interests concern short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), global change ecology, soil carbon dynamics and capacity building for emissions inventory preparation in developing countries. Recent projects have included a review of low carbon technologies within key UK energy intensive sectors, networking on sustainable transport in sub-saharan Africa, and developing an emission scenario and benefit assessment toolkit to support national action planning on SLCPs. Dr Dean Waters BSc (UEA), PhD (Bristol). Teaching Fellow Dean s research areas span sensory ecology, bioacoustics, bat ecology and more recently ecosystem services. He has also worked at the interface between biology and engineering. He has a special interest in teaching numerical aspects of ecology including modelling and statistics as well as field ecology. Professor Piran White: BSc (East Anglia), PhD (Bristol). Piran s research is focused in two principal areas: (1) wildlife ecology, conservation and management; and (2) biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem services. Much of this work involves the use of interdisciplinary approaches alongside more traditional ecological research. He has held visiting research posts at New South Wales Agriculture (Orange, Australia), 51

53 AgResearch (Lincoln, New Zealand) and the University of Waikato (Hamilton, New Zealand). He is Editor of Wildlife Research journal, and was formerly an Associate Editor of Journal of Animal Ecology. He has served on the Peer Review College of both NERC and the ESRC. His work on wildlife disease has included projects in Australia, New Zealand and continental Europe and he leads the University of York s involvement in the Australian-based Co-operative Research Centre on Invasive Animals. He has carried out research on ecosystem services as part of Defra s Ecosystem Services project, which has contributed directly to the development of Defra strategy in this area. For information on academic staff in the Department of Economics and Related Studies see: 52