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Research Statement
Alberto Longo is a professor in Agri-food and Environmental Economics and is the Director of Education for Postgraduate Taught Studies in the School of Biological Sciences.
Alberto has a PhD and a BSc in Economics from the University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy.
Before joining Queen’s in 2005, he held research positions in environmental economics at the University of Bath (2004-2005), and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2000-2004).
RESEARCH FOCUS
Alberto is an applied economist with main interests in environment, energy, health, food, and human behaviour. He is particularly interested in cost-benefit analysis and non-market valuation. His work has appeared in Journal of Health Economics, Social Science & Medicine, Land Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Journal of Environmental Management. He is particularly interested in microeconometrics, households' choices, methodological issues in non-market valuation and nudges for behaviour change.
He is currently leading for Queen's University a BBSRC project, SeaGas, on using seaweed (kelp) for anaerobic digestion. He is also a partner in the Centre of Excellence for Public Health NI and a co-investigator in a NIHR project on incentives for physical activity. He is involved in the Horizon2020 ALICE project on innovation in wastewater treatment to deal with climate change pressures. Alberto is also co-leading two projects funded by the UK Energy Research Centre on marine energy governance and on the role of ageing and gender in households' energy decisions.
He holds a visiting position at the Basque Centre for Climate Change, BC3, Bilbao, Spain.
He has advised several organizations, including the World Bank, UNEP, the Minister of the Environment of the Basque Country, Northern Ireland Energy Networks.
His complete list of publications can be found on Scholar Google
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Alberto is interested in exploring how behaviour change methods can be used to mitigate environmental and public health problems. His recent work has looked at food choices and physical activity, how green infrastructure can facilittate the increase in physical activity, and how information and other nudges can influence behaviour change. He has advised several organizations in the use of nudges for behaviour change, including the European Commission, the Basque Government, NIE Networks.
Alberto is also interested in methodological issues in applying stated and revealed preferences methods for valuing environmental goods and services.
Enquiries from prospective students, interested in his work, are always welcome.
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PhD Title: Monetary incentives for Physical Activity | PhD Title: The effect of area based policies for wellbeing | PhD Title: The effect of green infrastructure on people's wellbeing | PhD Title: Carbon Capture and Storage: people's attitudes and willingness to pay | |
Name: Eileen Mitchell | Name: Ryan McGuire | Name: Marios Zachariou | Name: Tanisha Waring | |
Years Study: 3 | Years Study: 3 | Years Study: 3 | Years Study: 1 | |
Country: Northern Ireland | Country: Northern Ireland | Country: Cyprus | Country: Northern Ireland |
TEACHING
Alberto is the co-ordinator and Advisor of Studies for BSc Environmental Management (with professional Studies). He co-ordinates and teaches the module BIO1102 Environmental Management where he introduces students to major environmental problems, such as climate change, energy production, air pollution, waste management, protecting biodiversity, food production - exploring environmental, social and economic perspectives when addressing these problems.
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Education for Postgraduate Taught courses, School of Biological Sciences
Degree co-ordinator for:
BSc (Land Use and) Environmental Management (with Professional Studies)
BSc Energy, Environment & Sustainability (taught at South West College, Omagh)
FdSc Energy, Environment & Sustainability (taught at South West College, Omagh)
Adviser of Studies for students in the BSc (Land Use and) Environmental Management (with Professional Studies)
Research Interests
Applied econometrics, behavioural economics, health economics, environmental economics
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Projects
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R6711GFS: Optimising behaviour change initatives for food waste prevention in Ireland
03/07/2020 → …
Project: Research
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R1935GFS: UKERC Whole Systems Networking Fund
Mooney, K., Flannery, W., Kregting, L. & Longo, A.
03/06/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R1924GFS: Gender, ageing and latency in the transition to a low-carbon system: empowering women as decision makers
15/11/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R6986NBE: Maritime, Ocean Sector and Ecosystem Sustainability: Fostering Blue Growth in Atlantic Industries
Flannery, W., Ellis, G., Longo, A. & Murtagh, B.
21/05/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R6573BSC: AcceLerate Innovation in urban wastewater management for Climate changE
10/07/2017 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
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Trading off visual disamenity for renewable energy: Willingness to pay for seaweed farming for energy production
Demel, S., Longo, A. & Mariel, P., 20 Mar 2020, In : Ecological Economics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Willingness-to-Pay for Eco-Labelled Forest Products in Northern Ireland: An Experimental Auction Approach
Higgins, K., Hutchinson, W. G. & Longo, A., 04 Jun 2020, In : Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A loyalty scheme to encourage physical activity in office workers: a cluster RCT
Hunter, R., Gough, A., Murray, J., Tang, J., Brennan, S., Chrzanowski-Smith, O., Carlin, A., Patterson, C., Longo, A., Hutchinson, W. G., Prior, L., Tully, M., French, D., Adams, J., McIntosh, E., Xin, Y. & Kee, F., Aug 2019, In : Public Health Research. 7, 15, 114 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Economic valuation of ecosystem goods and services: a review for decision makers
Tinch, R., Beaumont, N., Sunderland, T., Ozdemiroglu, E., Barton, D., Bowe, C., Börger, T., Burgess, P., Cooper, C., Faccioli, M., Failler, P., Gkolemi, I., Kumar, R., Longo, A., McVittie, A., Morris, J., Park, J., Ravenscroft, N., Schaafsma, M., Vause, J. & 1 others, , 11 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Post-conflict area-based regeneration policy in deprived urban neighbourhoods
Mohan, G., Longo, A. & Kee, F., 14 Aug 2019, In : Regional Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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External Examiner for the PhD of Suwanna Sayruamyat (2018) “Impacts of attitudes and personality traits on weight goals and willingness to pay for a personalised nutrition programme in Thailand”, University of Reading, UK
Alberto Longo (Examiner)
2018Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Journal)
Alberto Longo (Peer reviewer)
2018 → 2099Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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External Examiner for the PhD of Kush Thakar, “Quantifying the value of data obtained from river gauging stations in Scotland: A users’ perspective”, University of Liverpool, UK
Alberto Longo (Examiner)
25 Jan 2018Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
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World congress of environmental and resource economists
Alberto Longo (Member of scientific committee)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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External examiner for the PhD of Tomas Badura (2018) “Spatial Dimensions of Biodiversity Values: analyses of Preference Heterogeneity and Conservation Priorities Across National Landscapes”, University of East Anglia, UK
Alberto Longo (Examiner)
2018Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination