My background is in the social science of conservation and development. I am particularly interested in how people experience and participate in conservation activities; how conservation practitioners understand the communities with whom they work; and how this affects both the ecological and social outcomes of conservation.
I have a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology and a MSc in Anthropology, Environment and Development, both from UCL. I have previously worked with community-led rainforest conservation projects in Peru and Papua New Guinea and supported the development of participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) for a community-led education NGO in Tanzania. Prior to my PhD I was a Research Assistant at the UCL Extreme Citizen Science (UCL ExCiteS) research group, supporting communities to develop citizen science projects, regardless of their background or literacy level.