Lucy Bearman-Brown

Career Overview

I specialise in mammalian ecology and human-wildlife interaction, which has led me to undertake research in Nicaragua and South Africa as well as the UK, with findings presented across Europe, the United States and Australia. My current focus is on the impact of humans on the much-loved European hedgehog, for which I have appeared on BBC 1's Countryfile and The One Show and in many publications including BBC Wildlife magazine and The Sunday Telegraph.

I completed a BSc Animal Science at Nottingham Trent University with focus on the water shrew. This led to me spending several months in the cloud forests of Nicaragua, working on baseline biodiversity surveys of this little-studied Central American country. I completed my MRes in Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of Leeds in 2008. After teaching at Nottingham Trent University for two years I joined the team at Hartpury and completed my PhD with the University of Reading in 2021.

Teaching and supervision

• Wildlife & Zoo Management
• Wildlife Conservation in Captivity
• Conservation Biology
• Field Course
• Animal & Agriculture Dissertation

Research interests

• The impact of social networks in the development of a personal sports brand

• To what extent do football organisations and networks allow individuals to thrive?

• The Emergent Practices of English Football Agents

Professional memberships

• Committee member for the British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
• Member of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

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