Dr Leejiah Dorward

Lecturer

l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk

Dr Leejiah Dorward

I am a lecturer in Conservation Science, with a background in environmental science, international development and wildlife conservation.

My research focuses on applying theories and methods from the ecological and social sciences to understand human–nature interactions in conservation contexts. A core strand of this research relates to the social and ecological drivers of the conservation conflicts, particularly those arising from differences in how people value nature, approach its conservation, or manage its impacts on human interests. My research has explored the complex relationshipsÌý²ú±ð³Ù·É±ð±ð²ÔÌý, , and people's livelihoods, as well as .Ìý

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I am course director for the Environmental Conservation BSc here at Bangor, with teaching responsibilities across a number of undergraduate and masters courses.

Email: l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @Leejiah_D

  • Other: PGCert Managing Rural Development
    SOAS, University of London, 2011–2012
  • 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

Postgraduate Supervision

Agung Utomo: From Conflict To Coexistence - How Can New Biodiversity Finance Approaches Promote Elephants And Humans Living In Harmony? Funded by the

Beccy Ives: Understanding Conservation Conflicts Associated with Species Re-introductions in the UK. Funded by the

Miranda Lam:ÌýShifting the problem: understanding the mechanisms and consequences of leakage in forest carbon projects

(MRes): Human-Carnivore coexistence in a shared landscape: Human tolerance and large carnivore behavioural responses in central Botswana. Graduated 2026

Teaching

Course Director

Environmental Conservation BSc

Module Organiser

ENS2207: Tropical Conservation Field Course

ENS2150: Conservation Field Skills in a Rewilded Landscape

ENS4406: Methods in Wildlife Conservation

I am currently supervising graduate students working on the social complexity of species reintroductions in the UK, investigating carbon leakage in forest frontier systems in Madagascar, and promoting human-elephant co-existence in Sumatra, Indonesia.

I am open to inquiries from students interested in working across a range of interdisciplinary conservation projects.

See the Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences and Bangor Rhythms of Life web pages for funding opportunities.

2025

  • E-pub ahead of print
    Prayitno, K., Saputra, A. W., Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Trywidiarini, T., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Supriatna, J. & St. John, F. A. V., 26 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Society and Natural Resources. 21 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • E-pub ahead of print
    St. John, F. A. V., Dorward, L., Ibbett, H. & Feilzer, M., 3 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Conservation Biology. 40, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  • E-pub ahead of print
    Spencer, K., Ingram, D. J., Namrata, A., Ardiantiono, A., Cheyne, S., Dorward, L., Abdul, K., Lo, M., Morgans, C. L., Supriatna, J., Winarni, N., St. John, F. A. V. & Struebig, M., 9 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: People and Nature.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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)