{"id":2504,"date":"2014-03-14T11:41:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T11:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=profile&p=2504"},"modified":"2016-04-22T16:28:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:28:05","slug":"murray-collins","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/murray-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Murray’s PhD is on the quantification and valuation of forest carbon and forest biodiversity. The research draws on both the social and natural sciences and is funded by the NERC-ESRC. He is hosted at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Zoological Society of London.<\/p>\n

Murray is supervised by Susana Mourato, Marcus Rowcliffe and Chris Carbone.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

Murray studied for a BSc in Anthropology and Geography at University College London and La Sorbonne (Paris V, Rene Déscartes; ‘Mention Excellent’). He has an MSc from Imperial College London in Conservation Science (Distinction).<\/p>\n

Murray has most recently worked on the economics team of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment<\/path><\/svg><\/a>, and for the Grantham Research Institute, producing the 3rd GLOBE review of climate change legislation<\/path><\/svg><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prior to PhD research, he worked for the government of Gabon, undertaking research on forest carbon stocks, to help the country build its position in UNFCCC discussions over a potential international REDD+ mechanism. He has also worked in Indonesia, as a field researcher, placing camera traps for National Geographic. In addition, Murray made a natural history mystery film <\/path><\/svg><\/a>with Banyak Productions about a primate said to live in the mountain rainforests of Sumatra.<\/p>\n

Research interests<\/h3>\n