Chris Sandbrook
Senior Lecturer
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Biography
Career 2017-present: Senior Lecturer in Geography and Director of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge 2016-2017: Senior Lecturer in Conservation Leadership, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre and Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge 2010-2016: Lecturer in Conservation Leadership, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre and Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge 2009-2010: Independent Consultant, International Institute for Environment and Development 2008-2009: ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge 2007-2008: Independent Consultant, International Institute for Environment and Development 2007-2008: Lecturer in Vertebrate Biology, School of Human and Life Sciences, University of Roehampton 2006-2007: Independent Consultant, International Gorilla Conservation Programme, Uganda 2002-2006: PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, University College London & Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London Qualifications PhD Anthropology, University College London MSc Integrative Biosciences, University of Oxford MA Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
Research Interest
I am a political ecologist with diverse research interests around a central theme of biodiversity conservation and its relationship with society. My current research activities can be divided into three themes: (i) investigating the relationship between conservation and development at the landscape scale in developing countries, (ii) investigating the role of values and evidence in shaping the decisions of conservationists and their organisations, and (iii) investigating the social and political implications of new technologies for conservation.
Publications
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Dorward, L.J., Mittermeier, J.C., Sandbrook, C. and Spooner, F., 2017. Pokémon Go: Benefits, Costs, and Lessons for the Conservation Movement. Conservation Letters, v. 10, p.160-165.
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Büscher, B., Fletcher, R., Brockington, D., Sandbrook, C., Adams, W.M., Campbell, L., Corson, C., Dressler, W., Duffy, R., Gray, N., Holmes, G., Kelly, A., Lunstrum, E., Ramutsindela, M. and Shanker, K., 2017. Half-Earth or Whole Earth? Radical ideas for conservation, and their implications. ORYX, v. 51, p.407-410.
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Balmford, A., Cole, L., Sandbrook, C. and Fisher, B., 2017. The environmental footprints of conservationists, economists and medics compared. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, v. 214, p.260-269.
