Daniel Brockington

Daniel Brockington is a Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and affiliated with the Department of Private Law at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His work focuses on Biodiversity Conservation, Political Ecology, and Environmental Justice, often intersecting with sustainable development and decolonization frameworks. He leads international projects like CONDJUST: Conservation Data Justice (ERC Advanced Grant) and CLIMASAT (ERC Starting Grant), analyzing global environmental governance, data equity, and climate policy.

His research explores neoliberal conservation trends, human-predator coexistence, and the paradoxes of economic growth versus environmental concern. Articles highlight methodologies ranging from transdisciplinary frameworks to social network analysis of epistemic communities. He contributes to journals like Biological Conservation and Journal of Political Ecology, emphasizing case studies in Tanzania and beyond.