Common approaches for assessing business impact on biodiversity are powerful, but often insufficient for strategy design

Postdoctoral researcher

Talitha Bromwich

Background

Talitha has a diverse scientific background spanning biodiversity conservation, physics, and bioinformatics. Her research has explored a wide range of topics, from rewilding and nature-based solutions through her work with Rewilding Britain, to biodiversity monitoring and remote sensing technologies for habitat mapping with the Wildlife Trust. She has also worked extensively with industry partners to help organisations measure and reduce their impact on nature.

Research Interests

  1. Exploring pathways to large-scale change that enable a nature-positive future.
  2. Evaluating the validity and sensitivity of biodiversity footprint metrics.
  3. Developing practical, data-driven tools to monitor global progress on nature recovery and to support the transition to more sustainable, resilient systems – particularly within food systems.

Current Research

In collaboration with WWF UK, Talitha is contributing to the NATURE Impacts project, designing forward-looking tools to track global progress on conservation goals, guide national action, and enhance the effectiveness of nature recovery at multiple scales. As part of the THRIVING Food Futures programme, she is developing analytical tools to support the transition to more sustainable food systems.

Brief CV

2025 – present – Research Associate in Food Metrics and Biodiversity, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment

2023 – present – Postdoctoral Researcher – Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, Oxford

2022-2025 – Nature Positive Research Lead – Wild Business

2022-2023 – Freelance Researcher – Rewilding Britain

2011-2022 – MSc Global Biodiversity Conservation – University of Sussex

2018-2011 – Research Fellow in Human Population Genetics – University of Edinburgh

2014-2018 – PhD Particle Physics – University of Oxford

2010-2014 – MPhys Physics – University of Sussex