Hannah Nicholas

Hannah has a background in both social and natural science, and believes strongly in the importance of interdisciplinary research that encompasses biodiversity considerations alongside an emphasis on environmental and social justice. Hannah holds a postgraduate degree in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management from the University of Oxford, and an undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Liverpool. 

She is the coordinator of the Conservation and Sustainability Consortium of AcaDEmic Institutions (CASCADE). CASCADE brings together higher education institutions from across the UK working on finding sustainable and socially just solutions to the biodiversity crisis. CASCADE uses the UK higher education sector’s expertise and networks in cross-disciplinary conservation science to support the development of principles, policies and practices that meet the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) in an equitable, inclusive way that respects and protects human rights.