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Teaching and Supervision

I’m currently the Programme Lead for BSc Ecology and Conservation; and for BSc Human Geography and BA Environment and Sustainability.

Undergraduate Teaching

Academic and Research Skills (2021/22 - 2024/25) - 1st year module (Contributing lecturer)

Environmental Sustainability (2021/22 - 2024/25) - 1st year module (Contributing lecturer)

Methods and Field Work in Social Science (2021/22 - present) - 2nd year module (Contributing lecturer)

Conservation and Communities (2022/23 - 2024/25) - 2nd/3rd year module (Module convenor and Principal lecturer)

Environmental Sustainability (2025/26 - ) - 1st year module (Contributing lecturer)

Environment and Development (2025/26 - ) - 2nd year module (Contributing lecturer)

UG Final Year Research Project Coordinator (Conservation, Human Geography, Environment & Sustainability) (2025/26 - )

UG Placements Coordinator (Conservation, Human Geography, Environment & Sustainability) (2024/25 - present)

UG Study Abroad Coordinator (Conservation, Human Geography) (2024/25 - present)

Postgraduate Teaching

Economics of Biodiversity Conservation / Economics of Biodiversity and Natural Resources (2021/22 - 2024/25) - Module convenor and Principal lecturer

Ecotourism and Rural Development (2021/22-2023/24) - Module convenor and Principal lecturer

Conservation and Community Development (2022/23 - present) - Module convenor and Principal lecturer

Wildlife Trade and Resource Economics (2025/26 - ) - Contributing lecturer

PhD Supervision

Completed

Shaleen Attre (2025, passed with no correction) - Human-snake conflict and co-existence in Goa, India (Primary Supervisor. Co-supervised with Prof. R. Griffiths and Dr Ian Bride)

Current

As Primary Supervisor

Javiera Malebrán Muñoz (4th year, Chilean Govt funded) - Knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of people living within a biosphere reserve in Chile

Jessica Savage (3rd Year, NERC ARIES DTP) - Role of marine ornamental fisheries in achieving net positive outcomes for people and nature

Bruce Donald (2nd Year, Leverhulme ‘Space for Nature’ Doctoral Scholar) - OECM designation of social forestry in Nepal ‐ social and ecological assessment

Kacie Henson (1st Year, ESRC SEDarc DTP) - Unpacking equity of potential OECMs in the Gambia

As Co-supervisor

Jessica Bodgener (3nd year, part‐time) - Human‐leopard conflict and co‐existence in Nepal

Robby Butarbutar (3rd year, NERC ARIES DTP) - Environmental and social sustainability of coconut in Indonesia

Pilia Chiging (2nd year, Kent/ZSL) - Impact of changing sociocultural terrain on human‐nonhuman relationship and hunting sustainability in the Indigenous Peoples of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Joseph Hedges (2nd year, Leverhulme ’Space for Nature’ Doctoral Scholar) - Biodiversity and forest livelihoods in an Indonesian Biosphere Reserve

 

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