Dr Mohammad Farhadinia

Lecturer in Conservation Science
Email
m.farhadinia@kent.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Farhadinia

About

Dr Mohammad Farhadinia gained his BSc and MSc in Environmental Sciences at the University of Tehran before studying for his PhD in zoology at the University of Oxford. After completing his PhD, he worked as a research fellow at Oxford Martin School, focusing on analytical methods to improve understanding of wider factors affecting biodiversity conservation (largely of megafauna) in west and central Asia considering environmental resources and cross-border conservation, with the goal of leveraging biodiversity conservation in this region of the world. He then received an OPEN fellowship from the University to work on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and how to engage developing countries in fulfilling their biodiversity commitments in partnership with the UNEP's World Conservation Monitoring Centre. In 2022, he was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Kent.

Research interests

Rewilding and species restoration, conservation geopolitics, movement and population
ecology    

Teaching

  • WCON5050: Key Issues in Conservation Science
  • WCON5180: Contemporary Conservation Science
  • DICE1001: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Conservation
  • ANTS3080: Academic and Research Skills

Supervision

Dr Mohammad Farhadinia is interested in supervising students in any of the four research areas described above.
Current and past PhD students
  • Pilaud, Nicholas. 2021-2026. Interspecific interaction between large carnivores in desert landscapes. DPhil, University of Oxford.
  • Shams, Ali. 2021-2025. Demography and movement ecology of northwest African cheetahs in Benin. PhD, University of Cape Town.
  • Araujo, Pablo Cisneros. 2022-2024. Movement ecology of reintroduced Iberian lynx. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
  • Sharbafi, Elmira. 2022-2025. Socio-psychological dimensions of human-carnivores conflict among ethnic groups in protected areas of Hyrcanian forests, northern Iran, PhD, Gorgan University.

Professional

  • Board member and Interim president, Society of Conservation Biology Asia
  • Member, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
  • Member, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
  • Member, British Ecological Society
  • Handling editor: Conservation Biology
  • Member of the Selection Committee, Emerging Conservationist Award, Indianapolis Zoo, US
  • Past member, International Selection Committee, Future for Nature Award
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