Conservation Optimism Summit

I am a PhD student with ICCS and one of the organisers of the summit. My working background is mainly in the corporate world, but my research looks at how we use indicators to measure complex socio-ecological systems. I'm a geographer at heart and enjoy thinking and working at la... Read More →

I'm a DPhil (PhD) candidate at University of Oxford, working on the futures for citizen science in conservation and looking at how fully taking advantage of the capacities of everyday technology can facilitate more effective, localized, and democratized conservation policy and pr... Read More →

PhD student at Edinburgh & ICCS. Interested in using network approaches to get communities on board with conservation. Work with WCS in Cambodia.

After spending 15 years working in PR I decided to change career and start over. After my finishing my masters in Conservation Science at Imperial College I began working with ICCS and am lucky enough to work with an inspiring group of people, across a range of projects. | In... Read More →

As a first year PhD student at the University of Oxford, I am interested in how people understand, use and protect the marine environment. Through my work on organisms ranging from sea stars to eels, and on enforcement in Marine Protected Areas, I have been amazed by the ocean’s diversity, complexity and resilience. However, the topic of marine conservation tends to bring out sighs at dinner parties, as people commiserate over the deplorable state of the ocean... Read More →