Dr Michela Balestri
PHD
Associate Lecturer
School of Law and Social Sciences

Role
I did my BSc and MSc in "Conservation Biology and evolution" in Italy at the University of Pisa. I gained my PhD in 2018 in "Primate Conservation" at "Oxford Brookes University" (OBU).
After my PhD, in 2019, I worked as field station coordinator for the NGO "Little Fireface Project" led by Prof Anna Nekaris, where I developed a conservation education project on the importance of the presence of wildlife in coffee plantations.
Teaching and supervision
Courses
- Anthropology (BA (Hons), BSc (Hons))
- Primate Conservation (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)
- Primatology and Conservation (MRes, PGCert)
Modules taught
- Conservation Education
- Primate Conservation
- Methods and Analysis in Biological Anthropology
Research
My main research area has been in the ecology and behaviour of a nocturnal lemur species (Avahi meridionalis) in South-Eastern Madagascar and in conservation education, both in South-Eastern Madagascar and West-Java, Indonesia.
Groups
Projects
- Wildlife Friendly Coffee