Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr, Lead | Animal & Agriculture Research Centre
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Human-wildlife interactions
Zoo animal behaviour, conservation and welfare
Nature on prescription
Research activity per year
With over 30 years working within the zoo profession, as well as holding various academic appointments, I am a passionate advocate of professional/academic collaborations to gather data which can underpin evidence based practice, to achieve great animal welfare and conservation outcomes. I believe that empowering people, with the knowledge and skills, needed to implement evidence based practice is fundamental to successfully improving animal welfare and conservation. A central theme in my research, teaching and professional activities, is a keen interest in human-animal interactions; where an understanding of both is critical to enhancing the lives of both parties and ensureing a healthy planet.
Exploring human-animal interactions, especially with wildlife.
Ensuring good animal welfare during interactions with humans.
Establishing positive stakeholder engagement in wildlife conservation.
Evaluating the value of zoos within communities; including Zoos on Prescription.
Zoology, PhD, Identification & evaluation of captive environmental factors that affect the behaviour of Sulawesi crested black macaques., Trinity College, Dublin
Oct 1998 → Jul 2001
Award Date: 1 Jan 2001
Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare, MSc, A wild captive comparison of Sulawesi macaque behaviour: a multi-zoo approach, University of Edinburgh
Oct 1996 → Sept 1997
Award Date: 1 Sept 1997
Agricultural and Food Sciences: Animal Science , BSc, Female reproductive status and male social rank in a troop of zoo-housed squirrel monkeys, University of Nottingham
Oct 1992 → Jul 1995
Award Date: 1 Jul 1995
JZAR | Managing Editor, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria
Jan 2017 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Scott Blake (Speaker), Vicky Melfi (Supervisor), Gillian Tabor (Speaker) & Alison Wills (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
Vicky Melfi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Vicky Melfi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Vicky Melfi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Lucy Bearman-Brown (Speaker), Victoria Melfi (Speaker), Ben Klinkenberg (Speaker), Polly Doodson (Speaker) & Robin Hutchinson (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference