Dr Stephen Hynes, a Fulbright-Schuman Awardee, is a senior researcher in the J.E Cairnes School of Business & Economics at the National University of Ireland, Galway and head of the Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU). Dr. Hynes will undertake research at the Center for the Blue Economy (CBE) in the Monterey Institute of International Studies, California, in the area of marine economic and ecosystem service valuation.