Email: l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @Leejiah_D

• DPhil: Improving our understanding of the socio-ecological complexity of human-carnivore interactions
  Oxford University, 2014–2018
• MSc: Conservation Science
  Imperial College London, 2012–2013
• BSc: Environmental Science
  University of East Anglia, 2007–2010

I am an interdisciplinary conservation scientist with broad interests in the interactions between social and ecological systems, and how we can manage these for the benefit of people and nature.

I am particularly interested in the relationships between communities, their local environment, and conservation actors; and how we can align often competing interests between these stakeholders. My PhD research looked at the ecological and social drivers of conservation conflicts surrounding large carnivores in the Ruaha landscape in Tanzania.

I am also interested in understanding the drivers of human behaviour in relation to a range of conservation and environmental issues. I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Freya St John's Conservation and Human Behaviour group. In this project my research is looking at understanding local people's relationships with protected areas, and how we can apply theories and methods from a range of disciplines to improve our understanding of the drivers of illegal behaviour in protected areas.

2024

• E-pub ahead of printCross-cultural applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in protected area contexts
  Dorward, L., Ibbett, H., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Kohi, E. M., Prayitno, K., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J. F., Mawenya, R., Mchomvu, J., Sabiladiyni, H., Saputra, A. W., Supriatna, J., Trywidiarini, T. & St. John, F. A. V., 18 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environment and Behavior.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe bird tear-drinking moths of the genus Hemiceratoides (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
  Zili, A., Barbut, J., Dorward, L. & Lees, D., 14 May 2024, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedA mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation
  Ibbett, H., Jones, J. P. G., Dorward, L., Kohi, E. M., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Prayitno, K., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J., Mchomvu, J., Saputra, A. W., Sabiladiyni, H., Supriatna, J. & St John, F. A. V., 1 Aug 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 4, p. 1245-1261 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTopic sensitivity still affects honest responding, even when specialized questioning techniques are used
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Jones, J. P. G., Kohi, E. M., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J., Mchomvu, J., Mawenya, R. & St. John, F. A. V., Jun 2023, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 5, 6, e12927.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedExperimental Validation of Specialised Questioning Techniques in Conservation
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Jones, J. P. G., Kaduma, J., Kohi, E. M., Mchomvu, J., Prayitno, K., Sabiladiyni, H., Sankeni, S., Saputra, A. W., Supriatna, J. & St John, F. A. V., Oct 2022, In: Conservation Biology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLike a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit-latrine cesspits
  Dorward, L., Stein, A. & Searle, C., Mar 2022, In: African Journal of Ecology. 60, 1, p. 91-94 4 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedEthical considerations when conservation research involves people
  Brittain, S., Ibbett, H., de Lange, E., Dorward, L., Hoyte, S., Marino, A., Milner-Gulland, E., Newth, J., Rakotonarivo, S., Verissimo, D. & Lewis, J., 31 Aug 2020, In: Conservation Biology. 34, 4, p. 925-933
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedPokémon Go: Benefits, Costs, and Lessons for the Conservation Movement
  Dorward, L., Mittermeier, J., Sandbrook, C. & Spooner, F., Feb 2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 1, p. 160-165
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedCarnivory in the common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of anthrax in African landscapes
  Dudley, J. P., Hang’Omb, B. M., Leendertz, F. H., Dorward, L., Castro, J., Subalusky, A. L. & Clauss, M., Jun 2016, In: Mammal Review. 46, 3, p. 191-203
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedNew record of cannibalism in the common hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Dorward, L., 2015, In: African Journal of Ecology. 53, 3, p. 385-387
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedPossible scavenging behaviour in Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus; Amazonas, Brazil
  Jones, S. E. I. & Dorward, L., Mar 2014, In: Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 22, 1, p. 27-31
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedEstimating the population density of the Asian Tapir Tapirus indicus from a selectively logged forest in Peninsular Malaysia
  Rayan, D. M., Mohamad, S. W., Dorward, L., S.A., A., Clements, R. B., Wong, C., Traeholt, C. & Magintan, D., Dec 2012, In: Integrative Zoology. 7, 4, p. 373-380
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWhere are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)? A comment
  Dorward, L., 2012, In: Food Policy. 37, 4, p. 463-466
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review