Aina Brias Guinart

Summary

My research explores the links between education and biodiversity conservation. I am particularly interested in how conservation NGOs implement education programmes in rural communities in Madagascar and how they affect local cultures, environments and knowledge systems. I have mainly been doing qualitative research using interviews, focus groups and participant observation as methodologies.

Profile

Aina Brias-Guinart (MSc in Environment and Development, 2014, Lancaster University) is interested in the social dimensions of conservation interventions. Since 2018, she has been conducting her interdisciplinary PhD research that focuses on the links between education and biodiversity conservation. She is particularly interested in how conservation NGOs implement education programmes in rural communities in Madagascar and how they affect local cultures, environments and knowledge systems. Through this process, she wishes to promote ethical practices in concrete and meaningful ways when doing research, and to bridge the gap between academia and practice. What she loves most about her work is the joy of sharing meals while conducting long periods of research in Madagascar.

Researcher info

Institution

University of Helsinki

Department/faculty

Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Contact information

aina.briasguinart@helsinki.fi
+358401643152

Keywords
conservation Education human-wildlife conflict local environmental knowledge long-term impact evaluation protected areas