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Michael Christie

Prof, BSc (Hons), PhD. Aberdeen.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-9140

  • Aberystwyth University
    Cledwyn Building
    Penglais
    Aberystwyth

    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1999 …2026

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Research interests

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.

 

Profile

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).

 

Responsibilities

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)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  3. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  4. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  5. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  6. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  7. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  8. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  9. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  10. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  11. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • A systems reset for sustainable development

    Obura, D., Agrawal, A., Christie, M., Fromentin, J.-M., Harrison, P. A., Jones, M., O’Brien, K., Pauchard, A., Roy, H. E., Settele, J. & Stoett, P., 08 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Communications Sustainability. 1, 1, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

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  • Applying multispecies justice in nature-based solutions and urban sustainability planning: Tensions and prospects

    Raymond, C. M., Rautio, P., Fagerholm, N., Aaltonen, V. A., Andersson, E., Celermajer, D., Christie, M., Hällfors, M., Saari, M. H., Mishra, H. S., Lechner, A. M., Pineda-Pinto, M. & Schlosberg, D., 03 Feb 2025, In: npj Urban Sustainability. 5, 1, 9 p., 2.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

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    31 Citations (Scopus)
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  • Enhancing the quality of urban nature to support the shared wellbeing of people and other species: a multispecies justice approach

    Christie, M., Fagerholm, N., Hällfors, M., Raymond, C. M., Lechner, A. M. & Janonen, K., 30 Sept 2025, University of Helsinki. 13 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Technical Report

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  • Toward a relational biodiversity economics: Embedding plural values for sustainability transformation

    Kenter, J. (Corresponding Author), Carmenta, R., Christie, M., Griffiths, H., Ihemezie, E., Martin, A., Gomez-Osorio, T., Pascal, U., Raymond, C., Remoundou, K. & Waters, R., 07 Oct 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 40, 10 p., e2314586122.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    10 Citations (Scopus)
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  • Economic, Social and Health Benefits of Leisure Walking in Great Britain.

    Christie, M., 2024, Ramblers Association. 47 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Geographic and epistemic pluralism in the sources of evidence informing international environmental science-policy platforms: Lessons learnt from the IPBES values assessment

    Guibrunet, L., Gonzalez-Jimenez, D., Arroyo-Robles, G., Cantu-Fernandez, M., Contreras, V., Mendez, D. F., Castrejon, A. V. O., Lliso, B., Monroy-Sais, A. S., Mwampamba, T. H., Pascual, U., Baptiste, B., Christie, M. & Balvanera, P., 25 Sept 2024, In: Global Sustainability. 7, 15 p., e36.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    5 Citations (Scopus)
    34 Downloads (Pure)

  • Valuing the economic benefits of species recovery programmes

    Browning, E., Christie, M., Czajkowski, M., Chalak, A., Drummond, R., Hanley, N., Jones, K. E., Kuyer, J. & Provins, A., 02 Apr 2024, In: People and Nature. 6, 2, p. 894-905 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    3 Citations (Scopus)
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  • An inclusive typology of values for navigating transformations towards a just and sustainable future

    Raymond, C. M., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Vatn, A., Amin, A. M., Arias-Arévalo, P., Christie, M., Cantú-Fernández, M., Gould, R. K., Himes, A., Kenter, J. O., Lenzi, D., Muraca, B., Murali, R., O'Connor, S., Pascual, U., Sachdeva, S., Samakov, A. & Zent, E., 31 Oct 2023, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 64, 101301, p. 1877-3435 64 p., 101301.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

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    96 Citations (Scopus)
    11 Downloads (Pure)

  • Diverse values of nature for sustainability

    Pascual, U., Balvanera, P., Anderson, C. B., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Christie, M., González-Jiménez, D., Martin, A., Raymond, C. M., Termansen, M., Vatn, A., Athayde, S., Baptiste, B., Barton, D. N., Jacobs, S., Kelemen, E., Kumar, R., Lazos, E., Mwampamba, T. H., Nakangu, B. & O’Farrell, P. & 66 others, Subramanian, S. M., van Noordwijk, M., Ahn, S. E., Amaruzaman, S., Amin, A. M., Arias-Arévalo, P., Arroyo-Robles, G., Cantú-Fernández, M., Castro, A. J., Contreras, V., De Vos, A., Dendoncker, N., Engel, S., Eser, U., Faith, D. P., Filyushkina, A., Ghazi, H., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Gould, R. K., Guibrunet, L., Gundimeda, H., Hahn, T., Harmáčková, Z. V., Hernández-Blanco, M., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Huambachano, M., Wicher, N. L. H., Aydın, C. İ., Islar, M., Koessler, A. K., Kenter, J. O., Kosmus, M., Lee, H., Leimona, B., Lele, S., Lenzi, D., Lliso, B., Mannetti, L. M., Merçon, J., Monroy-Sais, A. S., Mukherjee, N., Muraca, B., Muradian, R., Murali, R., Nelson, S. H., Nemogá-Soto, G. R., Ngouhouo-Poufoun, J., Niamir, A., Nuesiri, E., Nyumba, T. O., Özkaynak, B., Palomo, I., Pandit, R., Pawłowska-Mainville, A., Porter-Bolland, L., Quaas, M., Rode, J., Rozzi, R., Sachdeva, S., Samakov, A., Schaafsma, M., Sitas, N., Ungar, P., Yiu, E., Yoshida, Y. & Zent, E., 24 Aug 2023, In: Nature. 620, 7975, p. 813-823 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    622 Citations (SciVal)
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  • Editorial overview: Leveraging the multiple values of nature for transformative change to just and sustainable futures — Insights from the IPBES Values Assessment

    Pascual, U., Balvanera, P. & Christie, M., 01 Oct 2023, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 64, 101359, p. i-ix 9 p., 101359.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

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    42 Citations (Scopus)

  • A Bayesian Modelling Framework for Integration of Ecosystem Services into Freshwater Resources Management

    Bruen, M., Hallouin, T., Christie, M., Matson, R., Siwicka, E., Kelly, F., Bullock, C., Feeley, H. B., Hannigan, E. & Kelly-Quinn, M., 30 Apr 2022, In: Environmental Management. 69, 4, p. 781-800 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    21 Citations (Scopus)
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