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PhD Modelling the dynamics of expenditure on recreational access to marine services ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are looking for a bright and motivated graduate for a PhD on modelling the dynamics of expenditure on recreational access to marine services. This is a 3.5 year MASTS (http://www.masts.ac.uk/) studentship in the Mathematics & Statistics department of the University of Strathclyde (http://www.strath.ac.uk/mathstat/) that will be supervised by Prof Mike Heath, Dr Douglas Speirs, Sam Anson, and Dr Kieran Hyder. In the UK, the economic interest of most people in the sea is not related to employment or the sale of seafood, but to recreation, transport and energy. The recreational aspect is particularly significant due to high value and participation, strong dependence on environmental status, and inter-dependence with traditional fisheries activity. Economic valuation of recreational use (e.g. angling, water-sports, wildlife tourism) is difficult, but is very important for management of the marine environment. The project aims to evaluate the opportunities that arise from societal interest in recreational uses of the marine environment, and the dynamics of how these may change in response to the environmental. These changes affect the sustainability of interactions between commercial activities servicing the recreational demand, and those directly exploiting the living resources (traditional fisheries), or physical resources (e.g. renewable energy). The research will be carried out by statistical analysis and modelling of existing national census and survey databases on public expenditure and recreation, and gather new data from stakeholders using interview and questionnaire methods. Please click here for full description of the PhD studentship and how to apply: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=55631 You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.