University of Oxford
11a Mansfield Rd
OX1 3SZ
UK
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Background
My Postdoc is funded by EU Horizon 2020 project “SUPERB”, focusing on understanding and evaluating the mechanisms for financing the restoration of ecosystems across Europe. I also lead an AGILE Sprint on how the UK governments can achieve its finance goals under the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework.
Research Interests
Ecological economics, infrastructure sustainability, public policy, impact evaluation, postgrowth economics, biodiversity finance, corporate biodiversity measurement and reporting, biodiversity offsetting, Biodiversity Net Gain, ecological mitigation, sand and construction minerals.
Brief CV
Education
(2018-2022) Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent – PhD. Awarded University Postgraduate award for most outstanding Postgraduate
(2016 – 2017) University of Edinburgh – Ecological Economics (MSc) – Distinction (top of class)
(2014 – 2015) Judge Business School, University of Cambridge – Management Studies (MA) – class 2.1
(2011 – 2014) University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College, Donald Walker Scholarship – Zoology (MA) – class 1.
Work experience
Freelance sustainability consultant (2019-onwards)
UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology POST Fellow (2020)
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, PhD scholar (2018-2022)
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Research Assistant (2018)
The Nature Conservancy, Research Assistant (part-time 2014-2018)
AECOM, Environmental Economist (2016)
OC&C Strategy Consultants, Consultant (2015)
Published papers
A full list of my research publications can be found at my Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=RiW2MhQAAAAJ&hl=en