Contributors

Arnd Jurgensen

Lecturer, Political Science, University of Toronto

I have taught in the departments of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University (1988-91), UBC (1992-4) and the University of Toronto (2003 to present). From 1995 to 2003 I taught in the faculty of applied science and engineering at U of T as well as in the interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program at McMaster University.

Kwame Adjei-Mantey

Economist and Lecturer, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ghana; Research Fellow, Future Africa Institute, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria

I hold a PhD in Economics from Kobe University, Japan, and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Ghana and a BA in Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Angie Elwin

Wildlife Research Manager at World Animal Protection and Visiting Research Fellow, University of Reading

Angie is a wildlife research manager at World Animal Protection and visiting research fellow at the University of Reading. Her research investigates several global issues related to the commercial use of wild animals, including online trade for the pet market and trade in wildlife for use as traditional medicine.

Neil D’Cruze

Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford

I am interested in a range of conservation and animal welfare issues. Through my research, I seek to obtain the data needed to inform practical solutions that reduce the suffering of wild animals and protect wild populations. Since 2004, I have led biodiversity surveys throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and Central America that have generated baseline ecological data for a range of different taxa in previously unexplored areas. These field surveys led to the discovery of six new species and also secured the first wild photographic evidence of the endangered Visayan spotted deer and Warty pig via remote camera trapping in the Philippines. More recently, I have also been involved in addressing a number of complex global issues that threaten wild animal welfare and survival including human-wildlife conflict and wildlife trade. My efforts have helped to improve the welfare and conservation status of a wide range of different species including Sloth bears in India, Civets in Indonesia, Brown bears in Turkey, and Green turtles in the Caribbean. A professional photographer, images relating to my research have also featured in a number of high profile media publications such as the Guardian, Der Spiegal, Le Monde and National Geographic. During my career I am fortunate to have lived, worked and travelled in over 40 countries across 6 continents and have published over 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles. I first joined WildCRU as visiting academic in 2014. My main research areas of interests are: biodiversity surveys, human-wildlife conflict and wildlife trade.

Hilde Coffe

Professor of politics, University of Bath

Hilde Coffé is Professor in Politics at the University of Bath, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies. Her main research interests include political behaviour, public opinion, political representation, and gender and politics.

Carlos Gardeazabal Bravo

Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Dayton

Carlos Gardeazábal Bravo’s scholarship intersects contemporary Latin American literature and film, the cultural politics of emotion, human rights narratives, ecocriticism, and critical theory. Examples of such intersections are the co-edited volume (with Kevin Guerrieri) Human Rights in Colombian Literature and Cultural Production: Embodied Enactments (Routledge 2022) and two academic dossiers published last year on humanitarianism and representations of violence. Gardeazabal Bravo is currently an Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Dayton’s Department of Global Languages and Cultures, where he collaborates in the Latinx and Latin American Studies program. He teaches a wide variety of courses on Latin American culture, human rights narratives, and race and ethnic studies. He received his Ph.D. in Spanish studies specializing in Latin American Literature, and a Graduate Certificate in Human Rights from the University of Connecticut (2018). Prior to this, he earned an MA in Hispanic Linguistics from the Instituto Caro y Cuervo and a BA in philosophy from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.