Eleanor Bladon is an evolutionary and behavioural ecologist. Her 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.

Prior to becoming Clare College’s Pathway to Independence Fellow in Ecology and Conservation Biology, she held two Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in the Department of Zoology at Cambridge. 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. Prior to this, in the Conservation Evidence group within the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, compiling evidence for the effectiveness of conservation actions for Lepidoptera and corals.

She has 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. She is passionate about science communication and outreach. She has won national awards for her nature documentary making and blog writing, and she regularly volunteers at the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, presenting public events, speaking on panels, and leading science sessions for school groups.
 

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