Prof Michael Christie
BSc (Hons), PhD. Aberdeen.
Professor
Contact Details
- Email: mec@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-8346-9140
- Office:C12 Hugh Owen Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 2217
- Twitter: mike.christie5
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=fzdSte8AAAAJ
- Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/4288ec8f-ce9c-4b37-bf16-465d6874b306)
I am a Professor of Environmental and Ecological Economics in Aberystywth University's Business School.
Previous appointments include
- 1996 - 2012: Lecturer in Environmental Economics (Aberystwyth University's Institute of Rural Studies (now IBERS)).
- 2012 - present: Professorship of Environmental and Ecological Economics (Aberystywth Business School).
Current Responsibilities
- Director of Research, Aberystywth Business School.
- Member of Aberystywth University Research Committee.
- Director of Centre for Responsible Societies (CRiSis)
- Programme Director for the Brickfields Asia College Franchise schemes with Aberystwyth University.
- Member of the Aberystwyth University Collaborative Provision Board.
Previous Responsibilities
- Head of Aberystwyth Business School (2015 - 2018)
- Institute of Business and Law Director of research (2013 - 2018)
- Director of Learning and Teaching, Aberystywth Business School (2012 - 2013)
- AB1 Microeconomics Theory and Policy Applications (AB23120)
- AB1 Environmental Economics (AB33220)
- AB1 Environmental Economics (ABM3020)
- ABS Environmental Economics (ABM3020)
- BAS Business Leadership and Corporate Responsibility (MM34220)
- BA2 Business Leadership and Corporate Responsibility (MM34220)
Module Coordinator
- AB2 Accounting and Finance for Specialists (AB11220)
- AB2 Data Analytics (AB15220)
- AB1 Dissertation (AB35540)
- AB2 Economic Theory and Policy (AB13220)
- AB1 Environmental Economics (AB33220)
- AB1 Environmental Economics (ABM3020)
- AB2 Ethics, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility in Organisations (MMM1120)
- AB1 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance (AB11120)
- AB1 Fundamentals of Management and Business (AB15120)
- AB2 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change (EN19920)
- AB2 Marketing Principles and Contemporary Practice (AB17120)
- AB1 Microeconomics Theory and Policy Applications (AB23120)
- AB2 Principles of Tourism Management (AB19120)
- AB1 Understanding the Economy (AB13120)
Lecturer
- Thursday 14:00-15:00
My research specialises in the economic and social valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. I have utilised a wide range of non-market valuation methods including choice experiments, contingent valuation, contingent behaviour and travel cost method. These studies have addressed a wide range of natural resource and environmental issues including, both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, water quality, biodiversity, agri-environmental schemes, recreation and tourism. Increasingly, I am focusing my research to examine the human welfare impacts of biodiversity loss in developing countries, with recent studies in Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Solomon Islands and the Caribbean.
I also was a lead author of TEEB (2010), the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2011) and the IPBES European and Central Asia assessment (2018) report, and was co-chair of the IPBES ‘Values’ assessment.
Recent projects have been funded by 4 of the UK Research Councils and have included:
- NERC / ESRC - NAVIGATE: Understanding NAture’s multiple Values for InteGrATion into dEcisions
- NERC’s BESS - Diversity of Upland Rivers for Ecosystem Services and Sustainability (DURESS),
- NERC / ESRC VNN - Bridging the gap from Values to Decisions (BRIDGE),
- NERC / ESRC ESPA - Can capturing global ecosystem services reduce poverty (P4GES),
- AHRC - Re-valuing pollinators through arts and science collaboration(Cross-pollination),
- BBSRC - Impact and Value for money of BBSRC research institutes and campuses,
- Global Innovation Initiative - Global innovation for sustainable forest management in Indonesia
In addition to the above, I have had a wide range of more applied research projects founded by UK and International governments, agencies and NGOs.
In: Communications Sustainability, Vol. 1, No. 1, 08.01.2026.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
In: npj Urban Sustainability, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2, 03.02.2025.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
University of Helsinki, 2025. 13 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Technical Report
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 122, No. 40, e2314586122, 07.10.2025.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ramblers Association, 2024. 47 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report