Dr Tara Hooper

Dr Tara Hooper is an environmental economist with a background in marine ecology, whose work focuses on interpreting ecological information in ecosystem service terms and in exploring ecosystem service approaches to impact assessment, considering in particular the simultaneous assessment of multiple environmental benefits. She has applied techniques including multicriteria analysis and monetary valuation using choice experiment, contingent valuation and travel cost methods. She has a particular interest in the environmental and social impacts of marine renewable energy, but her work has also encompassed estuarine habitats and coastal recreation. Her work requires engagement with industry, regulators and planning authorities, and with wider stakeholders and the general public, and she has regularly led and supported the implementation of workshops, focus groups, surveys and interviews. Her recent work has been focused in the UK, but she also spent six years working in the western Indian Ocean.