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Dr Timothy Hodgetts

Dr Timothy Hodgetts

Research Fellow in the Geopolitics of Wildlife Conservation, University of Oxford

Timothy's current research explores the geopolitical factors that facilitate or frustrate international wildlife conservation, especially for large carnivores. He works within WildCRU’s Geopolitics of Wildlife research theme.

His previous work (at Oxford University’s department of Geography and the Environment) included investigations of: the politics involved in enacting various forms of connectivity for UK woodland mammals, social understandings and the management of microbial life, and the political role of orangutans in palm oil controversies. His academic background includes an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (Oxford), an MA in Environment, Policy and Society (The Open University), and an MPhil (Biodiversity, Conservation & Management track) and DPhil in Geography (Oxford).

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Aug 27, 2017 04:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Self-driving cars will change how we live, in all sorts of ways. But they wont just affect us humans the coming revolution in autonomous transport has significant implications for wildlife as well. Nature conservationists...

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