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Dr Liam Carr

B.Sc.,M.Sc.,PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer & Course Director
MSc in Coastal & Marine Environments
NUI Galway
T: (091) 49-2314
E: liam.m.carr@nuigalway.ie

Biography

Dr Liam Carr is a critical environmental geographer examining marine resource management, with a focus on marine spatial planning. He investigates how policy decisions impact communities and economies dependent upon the health of those natural resources. He began at NUI Galway in 2015 as a visiting US Fulbright Scholar, and has since joined the faculty in the Discipline of Geography as Lecturer and Coordinator for the MSc in Coastal and Marine Environments.

His current areas of research include measuring stakeholder perspectives and policy consensus in Ireland's salmon aquaculture industry, tourism impacts to rural Ireland along the Wild Atlantic Way, and environmental ethics of coastal communities. He teaches modules on marine spatial planning.

Originally from New London, Connecticut, Liam has traced his paternal ancestry to the village of Kilcar, County Donegal. He earned his PhD in Geography from Texas A&M University in 2012, where he incorporated local knowledge of Virgin Islands fishing communities to evaluate the effectiveness of fishery regulations.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'A geography of marine litter' Black, J.E., Holmes, D., and Carr, L.M. (2020) 'A geography of marine litter'. Irish Geography, [Details]
	(2019)	'Marine spatial planning in a climate of uncertainty' Carr, L.M. (2019) 'Marine spatial planning in a climate of uncertainty'. Irish Geography, 52 :1-20 [Details]
	(2019)	'Seeking stakeholder consensus within Ireland's conflicted salmon aquaculture space' Carr, L.M. (2019) 'Seeking stakeholder consensus within Ireland's conflicted salmon aquaculture space'. Marine Policy, 99 :201-212 [Details]
	(2017)	'On the subject of typology: how Irish coastal communities' subjectivities reveal intrinsic values towards coastal environments' Farrell, D.; Carr, L.; Fahy, F. (2017) 'On the subject of typology: how Irish coastal communities' subjectivities reveal intrinsic values towards coastal environments'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 146 :135-145 [Details]
	(2016)	'Measuring stakeholder perspectives on environmental and economic stability for a tourism-dependent community' Carr, L.M.; Liu, D.Y. (2016) 'Measuring stakeholder perspectives on environmental and economic stability for a tourism-dependent community'. International Journal Of Tourism Research, 18 :620-632 [Details]
	(2016)	'Testing fisher-developed alternatives to fishery management tools for community support and regulatory effectiveness' Carr, L.M.; Heyman, W.D. (2016) 'Testing fisher-developed alternatives to fishery management tools for community support and regulatory effectiveness'. Marine Policy, 67 :40-53 [Details]
	(2014)	'Using a coupled behavior-economic model to reduce uncertainty and assess fisheries management in a data-limited, small-scale fishery' Carr, L.M.; Heyman, W.D. (2014) 'Using a coupled behavior-economic model to reduce uncertainty and assess fisheries management in a data-limited, small-scale fishery'. Ecological Economics, 102 :94-104 [Details]
	(2012)	''It's about seeing what's actually out there': quantifying fishers' ecological knowledge and biases in a small-scale commercial fishery' Carr, L.M.; Heyman, W.D. (2012) ''It's about seeing what's actually out there': quantifying fishers' ecological knowledge and biases in a small-scale commercial fishery'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 69 :118-132 [Details]
	(2010)	'Diver ecotourism and disturbance to reef fish spawning aggregations: it is better to be disturbed than to be dead' Heyman, W.D.; Carr, L.M.; Lobel, P. (2010) 'Diver ecotourism and disturbance to reef fish spawning aggregations: it is better to be disturbed than to be dead'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 419 :201-210 [Details]
	(2009)	'Jamaica bound? Marine resources and management at a crossroads in Antigua and Barbuda' Carr, L.M.; Heyman, W.D. (2009) 'Jamaica bound? Marine resources and management at a crossroads in Antigua and Barbuda'. Geographical Journal, 175 :17-38 [Details]
	(2003)	'Valuing coral reefs: a travel cost analysis of the Great Barrier Reef' Carr, L.M.; Mendelsoh, R. (2003) 'Valuing coral reefs: a travel cost analysis of the Great Barrier Reef'. Ambio, 32 :353-357 [Details]

Education

Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
2012	Texas A&M University	PhD	Geography
2002	Yale University	Master of Forest Science	School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
1999	University of Southern California	BACHELOR OF SCIENCE	Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
1999	University of Southern California	Bachelor of Arts	Environmental Studies - Social Sciences