Professor Jonathan Atkins

Professor Jonathan Atkins

Professor of Economics

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Business, Law and Politics
  • Hull University Business School

Summary

Jon Atkins is Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, and is Professor of Economics. He has previously held posts at the University of Manchester and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

He specialises in estuarine, marine and terrestrial environmental economics - especially the economics of ecosystem services, environmental valuation and management.

He also has long standing interests in development economics and agricultural economics.

Jon has contributed to the delivery of numerous multidisciplinary projects funded by the European Union, Natural Environment Research Council, Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the wildlife trusts, and others.

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Green shoots: Emergent systemic leadership and critical systems practice

Gregory, A. J., & Atkins, J. P. (2022). Green shoots: Emergent systemic leadership and critical systems practice. In A. Taylor (Ed.), Rethinking Leadership for a Green World (176-189). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190820-10

Journal Article

Investigating the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in UK agro-ecosystems: An application of the DPSIR framework

Moss, E. D., Evans, D. M., & Atkins, J. P. (2021). Investigating the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in UK agro-ecosystems: An application of the DPSIR framework. Land use policy, 105, Article 105394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105394

Stakeholder identification and engagement in problem structuring interventions

Gregory, A. J., Atkins, J. P., Midgley, G., & Hodgson, A. (2020). Stakeholder identification and engagement in problem structuring interventions. European journal of operational research, 283(1), 321-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.10.044

Community operational research and citizen science: two icons in need of each other?

Gregory, A. J., & Atkins, J. P. (2018). Community operational research and citizen science: two icons in need of each other?. European journal of operational research, 268(3), 1111-1124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.07.037

"And DPSIR begat DAPSI(W)R(M)!" - A unifying framework for marine environmental management

Elliott, M., Burdon, D., Atkins, J., Borja, A., Cormier, R., de Jonge, V., & Turner, R. (2017). “And DPSIR begat DAPSI(W)R(M)!” - A unifying framework for marine environmental management. Marine pollution bulletin, 118(1-2), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.049

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes

Funder

NERC Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£774,884.00

Started

31 August 2014

Status

Complete

Project

CERES: Climate change and European aquatic RESources

Funder

EC European Commission

Grant

£58,108.00

Started

1 March 2016

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Environmental economics; ecosystem services; development economics; agricultural economics; local and regional development. Completed PhDs Ecological and Economic Valuation of Managed Realignment Sites, Humber Estuary, UK: Benefits for Society. UK's Climate Change Levy and Emission Trading Scheme: Its Implications for Competitiveness and Efficiency. Evidence for the Yorkshire and Humber Region. Analysis of the International Tourism Demand in Egypt in Light of the International Changes and Developments. Efficiency of the Zimbabwean Mining and Quarrying Sector. Aspects of Sudanese Trade 1960 - 1999. Cost Structures and Efficiency of the Zimbabwean Engineering Sector. Racial Wage Discrimination in the 1994 South African Labour Market. Current PhD supervisons Assessing and Developing Methods to Robustly Measure the Economic Impact of Major Investments on Local Economies. A Farm Level Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Bangladesh. Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services in UK Agro-Ecosystems.

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