Jessica Frater

Jessica Frater is Project Coordinator for the Flourishing and Wellbeing Research Theme at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. This research aims to develop programmes in nature and green spaces that benefit both human and planetary flourishing.

Jessica has a keen interest in environmental conservation, wildlife management and understanding human-wildlife conflict. She holds an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management from the University of Oxford, where her research with Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) investigated associations between morality, message framing, and public perceptions of deer culling in Scotland. Previously, she worked with colleagues at the University of Cambridge to establish the Gibraltar Macaques Project, studying the behaviour, ecology, and conservation of free-ranging Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in Gibraltar.

Prior to this, she completed her BA (Hons) in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, where her research with Cambridge BabyLab focussed on understanding the psychological and social impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing measures on expectant and new parents.