My research focus is based on taking ecological knowledge and transforming it to develop cost effective management actions to spur local conservation action. .
In 2024, I served as Wicklows first Biodiversity Officer, helping to develop an updated conservation management plan for the region.
Before that, from 2018-2023, I worked as post-doc at the University of Oxford and the Nature Conservancy, investigating the environmental effects of meat and dairy in global diets - and figuring out the policy relevant solutions needed to feed the world without destroying it. Within the range of solutions available, international trade agreements are a crucial and often overlooked component in striking a balance between livestock production, environmental protection, and the livelihoods of local communities. I led a campaign that resulted in a letter in Science, I garnered the support of over 600 scientists in the EU and two organizations representing over 300 Brazilian Indigenous groups in Brazil, calling on the European Union to respect human rights and the environment in trade with Brazil as part of the provisional EU-Mercosur trade agreement. More info on this successful initiative is available here: eubraziltrade.org,- info on our overall research project is here: leap.ox.ac.uk
In 2024, I served as Wicklows first Biodiversity Officer, helping to develop an updated conservation management plan for the region.
Before that, from 2018-2023, I worked as post-doc at the University of Oxford and the Nature Conservancy, investigating the environmental effects of meat and dairy in global diets - and figuring out the policy relevant solutions needed to feed the world without destroying it. Within the range of solutions available, international trade agreements are a crucial and often overlooked component in striking a balance between livestock production, environmental protection, and the livelihoods of local communities. I led a campaign that resulted in a letter in Science, I garnered the support of over 600 scientists in the EU and two organizations representing over 300 Brazilian Indigenous groups in Brazil, calling on the European Union to respect human rights and the environment in trade with Brazil as part of the provisional EU-Mercosur trade agreement. More info on this successful initiative is available here: eubraziltrade.org,- info on our overall research project is here: leap.ox.ac.uk