£1 million grant for new National Centre for Statistical Ecology

The new National Centre for Statistical Ecology (NCSE), a pioneering project which links research in the universities of Kent, Cambridge and St Andrews, has received a foundation grant of £1,101,447 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).


The three partners in the new centre are the primary groups in the UK in the field of wildlife assessment, and all three are recognised internationally for their work on modelling population dynamics. By linking together these three groups, it is intended to create an inspirational environment for research in statistical ecology, with a major international reputation.

The first director of the NCSE is Professor Byron Morgan, from Kent’s top-rated research group in statistics, and the centre co-directors are Professor Steve Brooks from Cambridge and Professor Steve Buckland from St Andrews.

The combined expertise of the proposed centre is unparalleled anywhere. The centre will be genuinely interdisciplinary, with great strength in statistical ecology. The senior members have strong track records of innovative research, both in statistics and in ecology, and at the interface of the two will be a commitment to an international visitor programme, to encourage greater interaction with both statistical and applied ecologists.

The work of the centre will be publicised through the production of books and research papers, new computer software and through its website. Members of all three groups have extensive experience of providing international workshops to train ecologists, and the new centre will co-ordinate an expanded workshop programme.

Media Contact

Gary Hughes alfa

More Information:

http://www.kent.ac.uk/news

All latest news from the category: Ecology, The Environment and Conservation

This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.

innovations-report offers informative reports and articles on topics such as climate protection, landscape conservation, ecological systems, wildlife and nature parks and ecosystem efficiency and balance.

Back to home

Comments (0)

Write a comment

Newest articles

Lighting up the future

New multidisciplinary research from the University of St Andrews could lead to more efficient televisions, computer screens and lighting. Researchers at the Organic Semiconductor Centre in the School of Physics and…

Researchers crack sugarcane’s complex genetic code

Sweet success: Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants….

Evolution of the most powerful ocean current on Earth

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current plays an important part in global overturning circulation, the exchange of heat and CO2 between the ocean and atmosphere, and the stability of Antarctica’s ice sheets….

Partners & Sponsors