Additional Contact Information
Email: l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk
Twitter: @Leejiah_D
I am an interdisciplinary conservation scientist with broad interests in how social and ecological systems interact.
I am particularly interested in the relationships between communities, their local environment and conservation actors and how we can align often competing interests between these stakeholders. Having completed a PhD investigating the conservation conflicts surrounding large carnivores in the Ruaha landscape (Tanzania) I am now working as a postdoc with Dr. Freya St John trying to improve our understanding of the drivers of illegal behaviour in national parks.
Qualifications
- DPhil: Improving our understanding of the socio-ecological complexity of human-carnivore interactions
Oxford University, 2014–2018 - MSc: Conservation Science
Imperial College London, 2012–2013 - BSc: Environmental Science
University of East Anglia, 2007–2010
Research Interests
Resolving the links between poverty and rule-breaking in a conservation context.
I am working on Dr. Freya St. John's ERC grant that aims to examine the drivers of rule-breaking behaviour in national parks. Using a range of cutting techniques from multiple disciplines the project will investigate how multi-faceted poverty and socio-psychological factors influence rule-breaking behaviour.
Publications
2022
- PublishedExperimental Validation of Specialised Questioning Techniques in Conservation
Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Jones, J. P. G., Kaduma, J., Kohi, E. M., Mchomvu, J., Prayitno, K., Sabiladiyni, H., Sankeni, S., Saputra, A. W., Supriatna, J. & St John, F. A. V., 22 Feb 2022, In: Conservation Biology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLike a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit-latrine cesspits
Dorward, L., Stein, A. & Searle, C., Mar 2022, In: African Journal of Ecology. 60, 1, p. 91-94 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedEthical considerations when conservation research involves people
Brittain, S., Ibbett, H., de Lange, E., Dorward, L., Hoyte, S., Marino, A., Milner-Gulland, EJ., Newth, J., Rakotonarivo, S., Verissimo, D. & Lewis, J., 31 Aug 2020, In: Conservation Biology. 34, 4, p. 925-933
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedPokémon Go: Benefits, Costs, and Lessons for the Conservation Movement
Dorward, L., Mittermeier, J., Sandbrook, C. & Spooner, F., Feb 2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 1, p. 160-165
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedCarnivory in the common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of anthrax in African landscapes
Dudley, J. P., Hang’Omb, B. M., Leendertz, F. H., Dorward, L., Castro, J., Subalusky, A. L. & Clauss, M., Jun 2016, In: Mammal Review. 46, 3, p. 191-203
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
- PublishedNew record of cannibalism in the common hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dorward, L., 2015, In: African Journal of Ecology. 53, 3, p. 385-387
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedPossible scavenging behaviour in Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus; Amazonas, Brazil
Jones, S. E. I. & Dorward, L., Mar 2014, In: Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 22, 1, p. 27-31
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedEstimating the population density of the Asian Tapir Tapirus indicus from a selectively logged forest in Peninsular Malaysia
Rayan, D. M., Mohamad, S. W., Dorward, L., S.A., A., Clements, R. B., Wong, C., Traeholt, C. & Magintan, D., Dec 2012, In: Integrative Zoology. 7, 4, p. 373-380
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhere are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)? A comment
Dorward, L., 2012, In: Food Policy. 37, 4, p. 463-466
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review