Joseph Hamm
- Email: ss20joeh@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Paying for the presence of predators: conservation performance payments in theory and practice
- Supervisors: Prof George Holmes, Professor Julia Martin-Ortega
Profile
I am a PhD student in the Sustainability Research Institute, and part of the White Rose DTP programme. I research results-based payments for large carnivore conservation.
My background is primarily ecological; past research has included the foraging behaviour of scarlet macaws and the evaluation of methods to protect sea-turtle nests. My PhD includes aspects of economics and social science, with fieldwork in Ruaha, Tanzania and Montana, US. I am fortunate to work with a great international team of academics and practitioners, and hope that this research will improve conservation outcomes for large carnivores and the people who live alongside them.
Research interests
- Human-carnivore conflict and coexistence
- Results-based payments
- Equitable conservation
- Solution-oriented research
Qualifications
- MA Social Research, University of Leeds
- MSc(Res) Biology, University of St Andrews
- BSc(Hons) Zoology, University of Leicester
Research groups and institutes
- Sustainability Research Institute
- Environment and Development
- Economics and Policy for Sustainability