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Dr Stephen McIlwaine

School of Natural and Built Environment
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Dr Stephen McIlwaine

School of Natural and Built Environment

1. Environmental and social assessment and risk management.

2. Water demand management and policy in water-scarce and non water-scarce environments.

3. Waste management - policy, incentives and drivers for behaviour change. 

4. Consultation and stakeholder engagement during planning, construction and project operation. Social license to operate. 

5. Sustainable finance, impact investing - how the increasing appetite for 'acceptable' investments can affect project planning and implementation.

6. Multi-cultural teams, improving teamwork on large international projects.

Contact info

  • S.McIlwaine@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5092

Research Interests

Interested in taking interested PhD students with an interest in one of the below, particularly in application to a developing (non-OECD) country.

  • Environmental and social assessment and risk management
  • Water demand management and policy in water-scarce and non water-scarce environments
  • Waste management - policy, incentives and drivers for behaviour change
  • Consultation and stakeholder engagement during planning, construction and project operation. Social license to operate
  • Sustainable finance, impact investing - how the increasing appetite for 'acceptable' investments can affect project planning and implementation
    Multi-cultural teams, improving teamwork on large international projects

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