My research focuses on the intersection between environmental justice and global biodiversity conservation. While values of justice, equity, and inclusion are now mainstreamed in conservation science, the tools and frameworks used in global conservation planning often reify the assumptions and blind spots which produce unjust outcomes. During my PhD, I first demonstrate that global conservation prioritization proposals and leading future scenarios fail to adequately consider land dependent communities in their frameworks, and I offer one potential equity metric for evaluating these social outcomes. I then use a spatially explicit land system model to develop four related exploratory scenarios, one of which represents a future where regional ecological intactness is improved and the tenure security of land dependent communities is respected. I am now conducting a global comparative analysis of conservation conflicts to gain an overview of trends and drivers and identify levers for change. In the future I plan to advance in my specialization by pursuing a postdoc and eventually a fruitful career as an established academic researcher.

Expertise

Spatial mapping and modeling; Qualitative comparative analysis; Interdisciplinary approaches to research; strong written and oral communication

2019: MSc Biodiversity Evolution and Conservation in Action, Middlesex University London.

2018: BSc Ecology with a Minor in Geography, University of Calgary.

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