Our research is ranked joint second in the UK for impact, according to the Times Higher Education's ranking of the latest REF results (2021). The Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York offers an outstanding, dynamic and multidisciplinary environment in which to carry out postgraduate research. Our current Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) come from many countries around the world and are funded via research councils, charities, industry, government grants, and private resources. The PhD is a higher degree awarded for a thesis presenting original research that makes a publishable contribution to knowledge or understanding. A student will be working on their own research project, working closely with their academic supervisor and with the support of other postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and staff in their research group. The MPhil and PhD programmes in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management offer interdisciplinary research across economic and ecological sciences, concentrated in the following key areas:<br><br>Economics of the environment<br>Ecology and environmental management, with emphasis on marine systems, tropical and temperate forest systems, and agro-ecosystems<br>The nature and impacts of environmental pollution<br>Sustainable use of terrestrial, marine and freshwater resources<br>Economic growth and environmental health outcomes<br>Environmental health, migration and socio-economic change