Dr Eleanor Bladon
- Research Fellow
Research
I am an evolutionary and behavioural ecologist. My current research focuses mostly on insects, investigating how environmental change affects their social behaviour, and how their social behaviour can adapt and evolve to ameliorate the effects of environmental change.
I am currently Clare College’s Pathway to Independence Fellow in Ecology and Conservation Biology, and am hosted in the Biotic Interactions Group in the Department. Prior to this I held two Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in the Department. Most recently, in the Kilner Group, investigating how habitat fragmentation could lead to population isolation and reproductive barriers through evolutionary divergence in parental care behaviours, and, previously, in the Conservation Evidence group within the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, compiling evidence for the effectiveness of conservation actions for Lepidoptera and corals.
I have extensive media experience, including working as a freelance journalist, presenter and newsreader for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and as a presenter for the Festival of Nature. I am passionate about science communication and outreach and have won national awards for my nature documentary making and blog writing. I regularly volunteer at the Museum of Zoology, presenting public events, speaking on panels, and leading science sessions for school groups.
