Miss Harriet Ibbett

• MSc: Conservation Science
  Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, United Kingdom., 2014–2015
• BSc: Environmental Geography and International Development
  University of East Anglia, 2008–2011

I have been working in conservation for the last 8 years, in various volunteer, fundraising and project coordination positions. I have extensive fieldwork experience and have conducted both social and ecological research in countries such as South Africa, Madagascar, Uganda, Poland and Cambodia. I am currently studying for a PhD at Bangor University. 

My research is primarily focussed on understanding rule-breaking in Protected Areas, this involves assessing who breaks rules and why.

When investigating illegal activity, those involved may be reluctant to reveal their participation for fear of potential repercussions, which may result in dishonest reporting. Within conservation, scientists are increasingly adopting specialised questioning techniques derived from disciplines such as psychology to improve the robustness of data and reduce biases.

As part of this PhD I will be investigating the most appropriate methods to elicit robust information about the prevalence of sensitive behaviour in different conservation contexts. I am working as a researcher on part of a wider project, and my fieldwork will be based in and around Protected Areas in Indonesia and Tanzania.

Previously I worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Oxford with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (www.iccs.org.uk), on a project entitled “Learning from observational data to improve Protected Area management” supervised by Dr Aidan Keane (Uni. of Edinburgh) and Prof. EJ Milner-Gulland (Uni. of Oxford).

2019

• PublishedIntegrating models of human behaviour at the individual and population levels to inform conservation interventions
  Dobson, A. D. M., de Lange, E., Keane, A., Ibbett, H. & Milner-Gulland, EJ., 1 Sep 2019, In : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 374, 1781
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedDetecting deterrence from patrol data
  Dobson, A., Milner-Gulland, EJ., Beale, C., Ibbett, H. & Keane, A., Jun 2019, In : Conservation Biology. 33, 3, p. 665-675
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• E-pub ahead of printConservation publications and their provisions to protect research participants
  Ibbett, H. & Brittain, S., 23 Apr 2019, In : Conservation Biology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedConserving a globally threatened species in a semi-natural, agrarian landscape
  Ibbett, H., Lay, C., Phlai, P., Song, D., Hong, C., Mahood, S. P. & Milner-Gulland, EJ., Jan 2019, In : Oryx. 53, 1, p. 181-191
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2018

• PublishedAsking sensitive questions using the unmatched count technique: Applications and guidelines for conservation
  Hinsley, A., Keane, A., St John, F. A. V., Ibbett, H. & Nuno, A., 2018, In : Methods in Ecology and Evolution. p. 1-12
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article