Staff profile

My PhD project is part of the NETGAIN doctoral focal award, funded by NERC. I will be monitoring grassland restoration in the context of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and interrogating its alignment with Local Nature Recovery Strategies and other conservation goals. This will involve a multi-taxa approach to both automated and traditional biodiveristy monitoring (eco-acoustics, invertebrate camera trapping, vegetation surveying and biotic soil monitoring) as well as spatial modeling to understand the implications of environmental policy.

I have research experience across disciplines including in using eco-acoustics for monitoring soil macrofauna presence in grasslands, and social research on motivations for agri-environmental scheme uptake. Practically, I am interested in how to best align existing policy and funding frameworks with local socio-ecological needs. Conceptually, I am interested in how environmental governance manifests ecologically, and how to monitor and interpret the ecological implications of policy and management decisions.

• Ecosystem health monitoring
• Anthropogenic disturbance and management
• Environmental policy and governance