Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr, Lead | Animal & Agriculture Research Centre
Research activity per year
With over 30 years 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 are critical to enhance the lives of both parties.
I am interested in human-animal interactions: notably how animals impact our lives and how we impact theirs.
My research, supervision and teaching spans human-animal interactions including animals in various contexts, where animals and humans interact in wild and captive situations.
Much of my research has focussed on wildlife welfare and conservation. I am also keen to explore similar themes in agriculture and companion animal science.
Current research includes:
Establishing positive stakeholder engagement in wildlife conservation
Exploring the inter-dependence of stakeholders in Agriculture
Evaluating the value of zoos within communities
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 conference › Poster
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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
Vicky Melfi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference Keynote speech