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.

• 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

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.

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