I completed my DPhil in the Biology Department in 2021 on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Shark and Ray Conservation, with a particular focus on small-scale fisheries in Indonesia. Since then I have been working with local researchers and NGOs in Indonesia to put my findings into practice, with a focus on designing and testing incentive-based approaches to delivering marine biodiversity and human wellbeing outcomes through a grant from The Darwin Initiative. This includes running the world's first Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of an incentive-based marine conservation program for Critically Endangered sharks and rays.
I am generally interested in links between conservation and human well-being, designing and testing the effectiveness of conservation interventions, wildlife trade, and equitable & cost-effective nature conservation. I used mixed methods participatory research to design interventions, economic valuation methods to estimate costs, and a wide range of impact evaluation methods, from theory-based to experimental research designs.
