Dr Leejiah Dorward

Lecturer

l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk

Dr Leejiah Dorward

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 print
    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. 56, 1-2, p. 120-151 32 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Jones, J. P. G., Kohi, E. M., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Sankeni, S., Prayitno, K., Mchomvu, J., Kaduma, J. F., Saputra, A. W., Agustin, I. Y., Trywidiarini, T., Mawenya, R., Supriatna, J. & St. John, F. A. V., 17 Jul 2024, In: Conservation Biology. 39, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Ibbett, H., Dorward, L. & St. John, F. A. V., 20 Feb 2024
    Research output: Other contribution
  • Published
    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
  • Published
    Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Kohi, E. M. & St. John, F. A. V., 1 Feb 2024
    Research output: Other contribution

2023

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    Ibbett, H., Dorward, L. & St. John, F. A. V., 30 Nov 2023
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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

  • Published
    Dorward, L., 2015, In: African Journal of Ecology. 53, 3, p. 385-387
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

  • Published
    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

  • Published
    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
  • Published
    Dorward, L., 2012, In: Food Policy. 37, 4, p. 463-466
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2025

  • Membership of advisory panel feeding into Welsh Governments efforts to meet commitments to Global Biodiversity Framework targets.

    2 Dec 2025 – 2 Dec 2028

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

2024

  • Urgency to save species from extinction has prompted increased investment in law enforcement in and around protected areas, with considerable conservation resource spent training enforcers and supporting efforts to increase detection, prosecution, and sanctioning. However, relatively little evidence for the effectiveness of these approaches exists, and in recent years, investments in conservation law enforcement have come under increasing scrutiny due to associations with human-right abuses. In response, there has been a shift amongst practitioner organisations, funders, and governments to embed rights-based approaches into protected area governance, with a specific focus on implementing social safe-guards to improve how laws are enforced. To date dominant models of law enforcement have focused on increasing the cost of offending and reducing opportunities for offending to occur. Yet, other models of enforcement highlight that procedural fairness, and the legitimacy of enforcers and the laws themselves, are important but overlooked factors which can influence compliance. This workshop will draw conservation practitioners and academics together to share expertise and explore the need, opportunities, and challenges of reconceptualising how laws are enforced around protected areas.

    22 Jul 2024 – 24 Jul 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • Delivery of two workshops in Jakarta and Banda Aceh to share research findings from the CONHUB project with academics, Government and NGOs representatives.

    24 Feb 2024 – 28 Feb 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

2023

  • Delivery of a series of training workshops in social science research methods and dissemination of research findings from the CONHUB project. In total 4 separate workshops were run in 4 different locations (Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Irina, Arusha). Participants included representatives from: the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources, TAWIRI, TAFORI, TANAPA, University of Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, the Open University, alongside NGOs including STEP, Lion Landscapes, Frankfurt Zoological Society, WWF, WCS.

    27 Nov 2023 – 9 Dec 2023

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)