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      Dr Tanya O'Garra

      ROLE: Senior Lecturer in Economics
      SCHOOL: Business School
      DEPARTMENT: Economics
      EMAIL: T.Ogarra@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr Tanya O’Garra joined the Dept of Economics at Middlesex University in September 2016. She has a PhD in Environmental and Resource Economics from Imperial College London.
         
        Tanya’s research uses behavioural, experimental and environmental economics approaches to identify, develop and test interventions aimed at motivating environmentally and socially optimal behavior, particularly in rural developing country communities.
         
        Prior to joining Middlesex University, she was an Earth Institute Fellow at Columbia University. She has also worked at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, and the University of the Basque Country in Spain.
         
        Tanya leads the Sustainable Development Research Cluster at Middlesex University.
         

        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Teaching (from Sept 2016)

        Statistics and Inference (Module leader, First Year BA/BSc Economics)

        Experimental Economics (MSc Behavioural Economics in Action)

        Data Analysis (MSc Behavioural Economics in Action)

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Publications

        O’Garra, T. (2012). Economic valuation of a traditional fishing ground on the Coral Coast of Fiji. Ocean and Coastal Management, 56, 44-55

        O’Garra, T. (2009). Bequest values for marine resources: how important for indigenous communities in less-developed economies? Environmental and Resource Economics, 44(2), 179-202

        O’Garra, T., Mourato, S. and Pearson, P. (2008). Investigating attitudes to hydrogen refuelling facilities and the social cost to local residents. Energy Policy, 36(6), 2074-2085

        O’Garra, T. and Mourato, S. (2007). Public preferences for hydrogen buses: comparing interval data, OLS and quantile regression approaches. Environmental and Resource Economics, 36(4), 389-411

        Publication Feed

        The effect of anchors and social information on behaviour

        O'Garra, Tanya and Sisco, Matthew R. (2020) The effect of anchors and social information on behaviour. PLoS One . ISSN 1932-6203 (Accepted/In press)

        Preferences for water treatment provision in rural India: comparing communal, pay-per-use, and labour-for-water schemes

        Alfredo, Katherine Ann and O'Garra, Tanya (2020) Preferences for water treatment provision in rural India: comparing communal, pay-per-use, and labour-for-water schemes. Water International , 45 (2). pp. 91-111. ISSN 0250-8060

        Communication, observability and cooperation: a field experiment on collective water management in India

        O'Garra, Tanya and Alfredo, Katherine Ann (2019) Communication, observability and cooperation: a field experiment on collective water management in India. Water Resources and Economics , 27 . p. 100134. ISSN 2212-4284

        Economic value of ecosystem services, minerals and oil in a melting Arctic: a preliminary assessment

        O'Garra, Tanya (2017) Economic value of ecosystem services, minerals and oil in a melting Arctic: a preliminary assessment. Ecosystem Services , 24 . pp. 180-186. ISSN 2212-0416

        Are we willing to give what it takes? Willingness to pay for climate change adaptation in developing countries

        O'Garra, Tanya and Mourato, Susana (2016) Are we willing to give what it takes? Willingness to pay for climate change adaptation in developing countries. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy , 5 (3). pp. 249-264. ISSN 2160-6544

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        British Academy Knowledge Frontiers grant. Project: Strengthening Knowledge Co-Production in Locally Managed Marine Areas: a Fijian Case Study Amount awarded: £47,960 to Middlesex University. Role: Principal Investigator. Date of award: Feb 2019

        Newton Fund Institutional Links Grants - Biodiversity (UK-LATAM). 5-day workshop: Social innovation for maintaining and restoring natural capital in Latin America.  Amount awarded £53,000. Role: Co-Applicant. Date of award: Feb 2018

        Earth Institute Cross Cutting Initiative Seed Funding. Project: Evaluating the Technical and User Sustainability of Defluoridation Treatment in India. Role: Co-PI. Amount awarded: US$30,000. Date of award: Jul 2014

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Research Fellow, Earth Systems Governance Network (https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/)

        Member of the Pool of Experts, UN Regular Process for Global Reporting & Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment (https://www.un.org/regularprocess/)

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