Megan Tarrant
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

My background is in the social science of conservation and development. I am particularly interested in how people experience and participate in conservation activities; how conservation practitioners understand the communities with whom they work; and how this affects both the ecological and social outcomes of conservation.

I have a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology and a MSc in Anthropology, Environment and Development, both from UCL. I have previously worked with community-led rainforest conservation projects in Peru and Papua New Guinea and supported the development of participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) for a community-led education NGO in Tanzania. Prior to my PhD I was a Research Assistant at the UCL Extreme Citizen Science (UCL ExCiteS) research group, supporting communities to develop citizen science projects, regardless of their background or literacy level.

Research

Overview

My PhD research focuses on rights-based approaches to conservation and how needs and rights expressed by local people can act as a basis for conservation interventions.

Publications

Full publications list

(Forthcoming) Tarrant, M., Moreu, M., Gibbs, H.M.B., Haklay, M., Lewis, J., Laws, M., Skarlatidou, A., Moustard, F., Hoyte, S., (2023) “Sapelli” in C.M. Burnett (ed.) Evaluating Participatory Mapping Software. 1st edn. Springer International.