Liberal Arts and Sciences
Child Lab
Led by Brian Child · Geography
What we study
The Child Lab studies wildlife conservation, protected areas, and community-based natural resource management in Africa. Research focuses on financial sustainability, socio-economic benefits, and governance of protected areas.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Land-Cover Dynamics in a Miombo Woodland Landscape: A Multi-Scale Machine Learning Analysis of the Niassa Special Reserve (2000–2024)
2026 · Land
Tracks land-cover changes in Mozambique using machine learning.
- Artificial intelligence for forest carbon dynamics and climate mitigation strategies
2026 · Next Sustainability
Reviews AI use in forest carbon studies for climate strategies.
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- Applications of artificial intelligence in forest health surveillance and management
2025 · Discover Forests
Reviews AI tools for monitoring forest health.
- “Although elephants bring problems, they also bring benefits:” The complexities of human-wildlife coexistence
2024 · Stacks.
Studies human attitudes toward wildlife to understand coexistence.
- COVID-19, social media, algorithms and the rise of indigenous movements in Southern Africa: perspectives from activists, audiences and policymakers
2024 · Frontiers in Sociology
Examines how COVID-19 and social media shaped activism in Southern Africa.
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