Dr Peter M. Haswell

I am a wildlife biologist and conservation scientist with a passion for sustainability.

Through a behavioural ecological lens my work has mostly focused on interspecific interactions, ecosystem services, anthropogenic disturbance, restoration, species monitoring, and conflict resolution. In recent years I have worked on an array of Island conservation issues and with an endangered desert rodent but much of my past and current involvement concentrate on carnivore ecology & conservation. I however have wide research and inter-disciplinary interests. I also like to think “big picture”, exploring environmental ethics, philosophy and sustainability more broadly alongside specific conservation issues.

I completed my PhD (Biology) and PGCertHE (Distinction) at Bangor University, UK, where I also taught Zoology for more than 5 years. After a few years working for the University of California, Davis as a postdoctoral scholar, and a stint in the UK conservation sector, I am now a Lecturer in Conservation Science / Darlithydd mewn Gwyddoniaeth Cadwraeth at Prifysgol Bangor University in Wales. I am also a member of the Royal Society of Biology and the Wildlife Society, as well as an advisory member of the coexistence council for the International Wildlife Coexistence Network. 

I have, and continue to, collaborate with a range of international researchers and wildlife conservation non-profits, most notably the UK Wolf Conservation Trust (2008 until its closure in 2018), the Croatian large carnivore programme (since 2010), the Conservation Group at Bangor University, the Conservation Science Research Group, University of Newcastle, Australia (since 2017) and the International Wildlife Coexistence Network (since its foundation in 2021).