Dr Joanna Bagniewska
Responsibilities
Teaching Fellow in Ecology and Zoology
- Co-ordinating and delivering teaching programmes within the School of Biological Sciences
Areas of Interest
- Conservation biology - invasive species research
- Biotelemetry - the use of miniaturised datalogging devices for investigating animal behaviour
Impact, Enterprise and Outreach
- Involved in outreach and public engagement events including L'Oreal/ZSL Soap Box Science, Bright Club Oxford, Museums Showoff, Skeptics in the Pub, Pint of Science and Science Slam. Science speaker and stand-up comedian.
- Popular science writer for Focus Magazine, Tygodnik Powszechny and Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish), and the Conversation (in English).
- Frequent appearances on the radio, both in English (BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio Oxford, Sveriges Radio P4) and Polish (TOK FM, PR4, PR1, RDC, PR dla Zagranicy, Radio Praga).
- Expert for Discovery Channel's "How Do They Do It?" programme.
- Publicity Officer for the Oxfordshire Mammal Group.
- Mentor in the Lean in STEM programme, aimed at young women in science.
- Science communication coach for the British Council and Cheltenham Science Festival.
Teaching
- Part 1: Animal Diversity
- Part 2: Practical Animal Behaviour
- Part 3: Wildlife Diseases, Conservation Biology
Esteem Factors
- Winner of the Wellcome-funded "I'm a Scientist, Get Me out of Here", 2016
- Winner of FameLab Poland, 2014
- Winner of International Alumni Prize, FameLab International, 2014
- Invited speaker at TEDxWarsaw 2013
- Member of the Polish Society of Arts & Sciences Abroad
- Ambassador for the Polonium Foundation
International Collaborators
- Dr Agnieszka Olszańska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
- Dr Wojciech Solarz, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Research groups / Centres
Publications
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Number of items: 4.
2015
- Macdonald, D. W., Harrington, L. A., Yamaguchi, N., Thom, M. D. F. and Bagniewska, J. (2015) Biology, ecology and reproduction of the American mink Neovison vison on lowland farmland. In: Macdonald, D. W. and Feber, R. E. (eds.) Wildlife conservation on farmland. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780198745501
- Bagniewska, J. M., Harrington, L. A., Hart, T., Harrington, A. L., Fasola, L. and Macdonald, D. W. (2015) Persistence in diving American mink. Animal Biotelemetry, 3 (1). ISSN 2050-3385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-015-0057-4
2014
- Bagniewska, J. M. and Kamler, J. F. (2014) Do black-backed jackals affect numbers of smaller carnivores and prey? African Journal of Ecology, 52 (4). pp. 564-567. ISSN 1365-2028 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12125
2013
- Bagniewska, J. M., Hart, T., Harrington, L. A. and Macdonald, D. W. (2013) Hidden Markov analysis describes dive patterns in semiaquatic animals. Behavioral Ecology, 24 (3). pp. 659-667. ISSN 1045-2249 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars217