Position:
scientist
Branch:
The Department of Social Processes and Sustainability
Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
Bělidla 4a
Brno
603 00
Email:
whitham.c@czechglobe.cz
Research Focus
Human-nature/wildlife/ecosystem connection, interactions, relationships and conflicts, particularly in early childhood; the role of education in transformative change for sustainability; ecosystem service assessment; systems ecology and integrated conservation management; human ecology
Education
- 2010 – 2015: PhD Conservation Science, Beijing Forestry University, China.
- 2008 – 2009: MSc Conservation Science, Imperial College London, UK.
- 2004 – 2007: BSc (Hons) Environmental Biology, University of Liverpool, UK.
Appointments
- 2016 – present: Researcher, Department of Human Dimensions of Global Change, Global Change Research Institute AS CR, v.v.i.
- 2010 – 2015: Research assistant, Wildlife Institute, Beijing Forestry University, China.
- 2010: Education assistant, Epping Forest Field Centre, UK.
- 2008: Seasonal Ranger, Bristol Zoo Gardens, UK.
- 2007: Research Assistant, University of Liverpool, UK
- 2006: Research Assistant, University of Bergen, Norway.
Awards
- China Government Scholarship (2010-2015) – Beijing Forestry University & China Scholarship Council
- Great Britain-China Educational Trust (2014)
- State Forestry Administration-China: funding for Indo-Chinese Tiger Monitoring Project (2012-2014)
- Hugh Cary Gilson Memorial Award from the Freshwater Biology Association (2007) – Research Assistant
- Bromley University Undergraduate Scholarship (2005) & Jack Jones Scholarship (2006) – University of Liverpool
- Awarded the Higher Skills Development Programme Award (2007) – University of Liverpool
Important research visits and fellowships
2024-2026: PPLZ Postdoctoral fellowship – Czech Academy of Sciences
2011, 2013, 2014: PhD studies, Conservation Science, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, UK.
Membership
European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA)
EECERA Sustainability Special Interest Group
Transnational Dialogues for ECEfS (Early Childhood Education for Sustainability)
Brief scientometrics
See:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charlotte_Whitham and
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3832-6714
