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Principal Investigator in Ecological Economics

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I specialise in individual and community adaptation and the functioning and resilience of social-ecological systems. Of interest is the dynamics of feedback loops within marine social-ecological systems; individual and community decision making processes and conflict resolution.

 

At the Scottish Marine Institute I am a member of the ...

 

Career / education

2009 - present Lecturer & Principal Investigator in Ecological Economics, SAMS
2009 - present External Collaborator/Guest Lecturer, Environmental Physics Program, University of Split, Croatia
2005 – 2009 Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2002 – 2007 PhD Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University (Supervisor: Dr. Susan Hanna)
2001 – 2002 Research Assistant, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 – 2001 Research Assistant, Fishery Industrial Technology Center, Kodiak, Alaska
1999 – 2001 M.Sc. Applied and Resource Economics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1994 – 1999 B.A. Economics (Specialisation: Management), University of Zagreb

 

 

Research

Research

Current Research Projects

 

Past Research and Commercial Projects

Publications

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Tett, P., Valcic, B, Potts, T., Whyte, C., Culhane F., Fernandes, T. 2012. Mussels and yachts in Loch Fyne, Scotland: a case study of the science-policy interface. Under review, Ecology and Society.

  • Brennan, Ruth, and Branka Valcic. 2012. Shifting perceptions: how the masks we wear can facilitate and inhibit channels of communication. Ocean and Coastal Management 62: 1-8. Available online http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.02.004

  • Krupa, Meagan and Branka Valcic. 2011. Sustainable fisheries: how externalities impact urban fishery management. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 1: 159-168. Available online http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13412-011-0023-2

  • Valcic, Branka. (2009). Spatial policy and the behaviour of fishermen. Marine Policy 33: 215-222. Available online http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2008.06.001

  • Giraud, Kelly, and Branka Valcic. 2004. Willingness-to-pay estimates and geographic embedded samples: Case study of Alaskan Steller sea lion. Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 7(1&2): 57-72.

  • Giraud, Kelly, Turcin, Branka, Loomis, John, and Joseph Cooper. 2002. Economic benefit of the protection program for the Steller sea lion. Marine Policy 26(6): 451-458.

Books, book chapters, reports

  • Valcic, B., Hastings, E., O'Higgins, T., Potts, T., and J. Garcia. 2012. Impact Evaluation of the GEF in the South China Sea and the Seas of East Asia: Outlook of Environmental Trends in the South China Sea: A Driver-Pressure-State-Welfare-Response (DPSWR) Approach. Impact Evaluation Information Document No. 20. Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office, Washington, DC.
  • Bell, Elanor, Brennan, Ruth, Nickell, Thom, Potts, Tavis, Valcic, Branka, and Helen Wilson. 2010. Report to LINK: Making the case for the sound management of Marine Protected Areas. Scottish Association for Marine Science Internal Report No. 267, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Scotland.

  • Valcic, Branka. 2008. The Economics of Spatial Choice and Displacement: How Fishing Choices Change with Policy. Saarbrücken, Germany, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

Recent talks and posters

  • Valcic, B, Barausse, A., Palmieri M.G., and T. O’Higgins. The Northern Adriatic: Towards A Comparison of Pressures and Responses in Italian and Croatian Fisheries. Poster presented at the KnowSeas 3rd Scientific Workshop, November 2011, Helsinki, Finland.

  • deRoo, C., Kofinas, G., Valcic, B. Towards modelling behaviour to understand adaptation, mitigation, and transformation in northern subsistence systems, Poster presented at Resilience 2011: Resilience, Innovation and Sustainability: Navigating the Complexities of Global Change, March 2011, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
  • Renaud, P.E., Potts, T., Carroll, J., Valcic, B., Camus, L., Evenset, A., Carroll, M.L. Toward a pan-Arctic approach to research-based environmental management, Talk given at Arctic Frontiers: Arctic Tipping Points, Balancing human use and ecosystem protection, January 2011, Tromsø, Norway.

External

Administrative and professional activities

Competencies

Core’s Certificate of Competence in Mediation Skills (June 2011)

Moderating/Facilitating

CPD course in Marine Spatial Planning: Understanding the Policy Framework, SAMS (January 2011) (Co-facilitator)

CPD course in Marine Spatial Planning: Mapping & GIS, SAMS (March 2011) (Facilitator)

Lessons from Continuity and Change in the Fourth International Polar Year Symposium, Marine Resource Governance Panel Chair, Fairbanks, Alaska (March 2009) (Session Moderator)

Reviewing responsibilities

  • Ecology & Society journal (2011, 2010, 2009)
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series (2010)
  • Environmental and Resource Economics journal (2008, 2007)
  • Marine Resource Economics journal (2006)
  • Applications for the Alaska EPSCoR Early Career Award (2008)
  • Applications for the Alaska EPSCoR Course Buy-Out Program (2007)

Selected administrative experience

  • Academic leader, M.Sc. Program in Marine Spatial Planning in development, SAMS, UHI, MASTS, January 2010 – present.
  • Coordinator and academic leader, continuing professional development (CPD) courses in marine spatial planning, SAMS, 2010 – 2011.
  • Past member of following committees: IGERT – Resilience & Adaptation Program Steering Committee, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) (2006-2009); Committee for the development of the PhD Program in Natural Resources & Sustainability, UAF (2007-2008); M.S. Resource & Applied Economics Graduate Committee, UAF (2005-2009).

 

Working groups

  • Research Working Group - U.S. NSF IGERT Institutional Meeting on the Impact of Transformative Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education on Academic Institutions, Washington D.C., USA, May 2008. Report Available at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf0933/index.jsp

 

 

Teaching

Students/Teaching

Current research students

  • Suzi Billing (PhD)
  • Colette de Roo (PhD, UAF, co-supervised with Dr. Gary Kofinas)
  • John Bainbridge (PhD)

 

Past research students (alumni)

  • Vanessa Spencer (M.Sc. UAF, 2009, supervisor)
  • Matthew Klick, (M.Sc. UAF, 2008, supervisor)
  • Kawa Ng (M.Sc. UAF, 2008, co-supervised with Dr. Joe Little)
  • Meagan Krupa (Ph.D. UAF, 2009, committee member),
  • Lumir Lang (M.Sc. UAF, 2009, committee member),

 

Module leadership & primary lecturing responsibility

  • Marine Resources (B.Sc.), UHI, 2012
  • Marine Conservation (B.Sc.), UHI, 2012
  • Environment & Vulnerability (M.Sc.), U. of Split, 2009-now
  • Integrated Assessment and Adaptive Management (M.Sc. & Ph.D.), Resilience and Adaptation Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), (co-leading & co-lecturing), 2006-2009
  • Econometrics (M.Sc.), UAF, 2005-2009
  • Renewable Resource Economics (M.Sc.), UAF, 2006
  • Statistics (B.A.), UAF, 2005-2009
  • Political Economy (B.A.), UAF, 2005

 

Guest lecturing

  • Marine Resources (B.Sc.), SAMS, 2010
  • Integrated Modelling (M.Sc. & Ph.D.), UAF, 2006, 2008
 
My contact details

Dr Branka Valcic SAMS

Dr Branka Valcic

E: branka.valcic@sams.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1631 559 444

F: +44 (0)1631 559 001

Scottish Marine Institute

Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK

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