Dr. E.J. Milner Gulland

Biography

E.J. Milner-Gulland is the Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity and Director of Graduate Studies (Admissions & Progression) at the University of Oxford. She joined the university in November 2015, having previously worked for 15 years at Imperial College London in Conservation Science. Milner-Gulland has held various academic positions focusing on resource economics and mathematical ecology. Her research interests include the study of exploitation of elephants, rhinos, and saigas, and she is particularly focused on developing and applying methods for understanding and predicting human behavior concerning local resource use in developing countries. Her work aims to improve the effectiveness of incentive-based mechanisms for payment for ecosystem services and biodiversity offsetting in both marine and terrestrial realms. A passionate advocate for conservation ecology, she co-founded the Saiga Conservation Alliance in 2006 and has a strong interdisciplinary research group that collaborates with practitioners to address conservation issues. Her work addresses the motivations behind human behavior towards the environment and explores social-ecological systems to alter interventions that can slow the rate of biodiversity loss.

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