Talitha Bromwich

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Talitha is an interdisciplinary scientist working on how global systems can be shifted toward better outcomes for biodiversity and the environment. The focus is on data-driven, quantitative approaches to support systemic change, with contributions to two major research programmes.

At the THRIVING Food Futures (Transdisciplinary Health Research to Identify Viable Interventions for Net zero Goals) programme, this involves developing analytical methods to support research into sustainable food system transformations. At the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, the research explores forward-looking tools to track global progress towards conservation goals, prioritise national action, and maximise impact for nature recovery at multiple scales.

With a background spanning biodiversity conservation, physics, and bioinformatics, past projects have included rewilding and nature-based solutions with Rewilding Britain, as well as biodiversity monitoring and habitat mapping using remote sensing technologies with the Wildlife Trust. Collaborations with partners in business and finance have focused on ways to measure and reduce organisational impacts on nature, supporting the shift toward a nature-positive future.

Before joining the Smith School, Talitha held roles as a researcher in the Oxford Department of Biology’s Nature Positive Hub and as research lead at Wild Business. Earlier work includes a PhD in Physics at the University of Oxford developing technologies for future high-energy particle colliders, an MSc in Global Biodiversity Conservation from the University of Sussex, and a research fellowship in human population genetics at the University of Edinburgh.