Dr. Stephen Hynes

Stephen joined NUI Galway in June of 2009 as a Senior Researcher in the Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit. He has a B.Com., a M. Econ. Sc. and a Ph.D. (Economics) from the National University of Ireland, Galway and a Ph.D. (Environmental Economic) from Stirling University, Scotland. He is currently the Principle Investigator on a project entitled “Economic & Social Research related to the Development of the Dynamics of the Marine Sector in Ireland”. This project is funded by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Beaufort Award.

Stephen has a strong background in applied environmental/natural resource economic research and extensive work experience in econometric modelling. Stephen has previously worked as an environmental economist in the Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc and as a lecturer in Economics in the Department of Economics NUI Galway. Stephen’s main research interest is in microeconomic behaviour analysis, related to natural resource/environmental and rural development policy and his work has been published by a number of the top ranked journals in the fields of environmental and natural resource economics.

Recent Publications

Hynes, S. and Farrelly, N. (2012). Defining standard statistical coastal regions for Ireland, Marine Policy 36: 393–404

Howley, P., Doherty, E., Buckley, C., Hynes, S., van Rensburg, T. and Green, S. (2012). Exploring preferences towards the provision of farmland walking trails: A supply and demand perspective, Land Use Policy, 29: 111– 118

Howley, P., O’Donoghue, C. and Hynes, S., (2012). Exploring public preferences for traditional farming landscapes: An Irish case study, Landscape and Urban Planning

Hynes, S. and Campbell, D (2011). Estimating the welfare impacts of agricultural landscape change in Ireland: a choice experiment approach, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 54: 1019-1039.

Hynes, S., Campbell, D. and Howley, P. (2011). A Holistic vs. an Attribute-based Approach to Agri-Environmental Policy Valuation: Do Welfare Estimates Differ? Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62 (2): 305–329.

Barry, L., van Rensburg, T. and Hynes, S. (2011). Improving the recreational value of Ireland’s coastal resources: A contingent Behavioural application. Marine Policy, 35: 764–771.

Cullinan, J., Hynes, S., O'Donoghue, C. (2011). Using spatial microsimulation to account for demographic and spatial factors in environmental benefit transfer, Ecological Economics: 70 (4) pp 813-824.

Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C. and Hynes, S. (2011). Quantifying the value of multi-sectoral marine commercial activity in Ireland, Marine Policy 35 (2011) 721–727

Byrne, F., Waters, P., Waters, S., Hynes, S., Ní Thuairisg, C., O'Sullivan, M. (2011). Demographics, nature and treatment of orthopaedic trauma injuries occurring in an agricultural context in the West of Ireland, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 180 (1) pp 185-189(5)

Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and O’Donoghue, C. (2010). A Combinatorial Optimization Approach to Non-market Environmental Benefit Aggregation via Simulated Populations, Land Economics, 86 (2): 345–362.

Dillon, E.J., Hennessy, T. and Hynes S. (2010) Assessing the sustainability of Irish Agriculture, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 8 (3): 131-147.

Howley, P., Hynes, S. and O'Donoghue, C. (2010). The citizen versus consumer distinction: An exploration of individuals' preferences in Contingent Valuation studies, Ecological Economics 69: 1524–1531.

Morrissey, K., Hynes, S., Clarke, G. and O’Donoghue, C. (2010). Examining the factors associated with depression at the small area level in Ireland using spatial microsimulation techniques, Irish Geography, 43 (1): 1-22

Hynes, S. and Garvey, E. (2009) Modelling Farmers’ Participation in an Agri-Environmental Scheme using Panel Data: An Application to the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme in Ireland. Journal of Agricultural Economics 60: 3, 546–562

Dillon, E.J., Hennessy, T. and Hynes S. (2009) Towards Measurement of Farm Sustainability. EuroChoices 8(2): 24-25.

Buckley, C., Hynes, S., van Rensburg, T. and Doherty, E. (2009) Walking in the Irish Countryside – Landowners attitudes to improved public access provision. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 52(8): pages 1053 - 1070

Hynes, S., Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C. and Clarke, G. (2009). Building a Static Farm Level Spatial Microsimulation Model for Rural Development and Agricultural Policy Analysis in Ireland. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 8 (3): 282-299.

Hynes, S., Morrissey, K., O'Donoghue, C. and Clarke, G.. (2009) A Spatial Microsimulation Analysis of Methane Emissions from Irish Agriculture. Journal of Ecological Complexity 6: 135– 146.

Buckley, C. Hynes, S. and van Rensburg, T. (2009) Recreational demand for farm commonage in Ireland: A contingent valuation assessment, Land Use Policy 26 (3): 846 – 854.

Hynes, S. and Hanley, N., (2009). The ’’Crex crex’’ lament: Estimating landowners willingness to pay for corncrake conservation on Irish farmland, Biological Conservation 142: 180-188.

Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and O'Donoghue, C. (2009). Alternative treatments of the cost of time in recreational demand models: an application to whitewater kayaking in Ireland. Journal of Environmental Management 90(2):1014-1021.

O’Donoghue, C., Hynes, S. and Lennon, J (2009). The Life-Cycle Income Analysis Model (LIAM): A Study of a Flexible Dynamic Microsimulation Modelling Computing Framework. International Journal of Microsimulation 2 (1): 16-31.

Hynes, S., Hanley, N. and Scarpa, R. (2008). Effects on Welfare Measures of Alternative Means of Accounting for Preference Heterogeneity in Recreational Demand Models. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90 (4): 1011-1027.

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