Dr Dian Spear is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions. She manages the Fonseca Fellowship Programme and is a co-leader of the MPhil in Sustainable Development at the centre. She is an interdisciplinary conservation scientist who has previously worked on antelope translocations in the game industry, invasive species in national parks, collating biodiversity data to develop species checklists, adaptation of society to climate change, and human-wildlife relationships. Her students are currently working on community-based natural resource management and sustainable wildlife conflict.