I joined the Institute in December 2017, having previously held chairs at the universities of Stirling, Edinburgh and St Andrews. I am an environmental economist who mainly works on the application of economic methods (including behavioural economics) to biodiversity conservation, one health problems, and measures of sustainability. I am also interested in choice modelling and cost-benefit analysis, marine and coastal systems; and the design of Payment for Ecosystem Service schemes. I am an Associate Editor of Resource and Energy Economics, and an Editor of Ecological Economics.