Projects

Conservation and ecology of the saiga antelope

This has been an ongoing research interest of the group for over 20 years, although centered around the ecology and conservation of the saiga antelope, we also have interests in the effects of

UKRI GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub

Researcher name: EJ Milner-Gulland

Period: 2019 - 2024

Title of research: UKRI GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub

Funder: Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)

The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is

Tackling Small-Scale Illegal Fishing in Chile

Researcher name: Rodrigo Oyanedel

Period: 10.18 – 10-.22

Title of DPhil/research: Tackling Small-Scale Illegal Fishing in Chile

Funder: CONICYT, from The Chilean Government

DPhil Overview:

Illegal,

Exploring the effective use of celebrities in wildlife demand reduction; changing perceptions of pangolins in Vietnam

Researcher: Alegria Olmedo

Period: 2018/2021

This research is linked to a wider project 'The Oxford Martin Programme on the Illegal Wildlife Trade' : Read more

Funder: National Geographic Society

Background

Assessing conservation successes in government, policy, and business using the IUCN Green List of Species

Researcher: Molly Grace

Period: September 2017- 2021

This project is linked to : The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List of Species programme

Funder: Natural Environment Research Council

World-Making Encounters: How Nationalists and Conservationists Meet amid Burma’s Kachin War

DPhil Overview:

I have studied nature, nationalism, and religion in war-torn Burma’s Kachin region since 2010. My first publications are now (slowly) coming out, including on the anti-ethno-political logic of China’s development-investment,

Mental health in a conservation landscape: psychological dynamics of living in proximity to primates in western Uganda

Researcher: Thomas Pienkowski

Period: September 2017 – June 2021

Funder: Natural Environment Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership

DPhil Overview: My research seeks to understand the ways that living

Exploring the effective use of celebrities in wildlife demand reduction: changing perceptions of pangolins in Vietnam

Postdoctoral Researcher: Dan Challender

Period: April 2018 – March 2021

Funder: National Geographic Society

Other researchers: E.J. Milner-Gulland, Alegria Olmedo, Diogo Verissimo

Collaborators: Save Vietnam’s Wildlife

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