Tag: Scotland

Ellesse Janda
Ellesse's PhD explores how public opinions of conservation actions are formed and influenced, and how opinion data has been gathered and used within governments and NGOs

Ed Newberry
Ed's project investigates why people choose to fly when lower carbon alternatives are available.

Larisa Alvarez-Caballero
Larisa's dissertation aims to understanding the relationship between academics' values and their choice of research.

The impact of uncertainty on cooperation intent in a conservation conflict
Little is known about how stakeholders in real‐life conservation conflicts respond to different types of uncertainty. We explored this question using a framed field experiment and interviews for an ongoing conflict between goose conservation and farming in Scotland.

Shona Irvine
Shona's project aims to examine the effect of zoo visits on public attitudes towards conservation.

New Centre of Excellence for Applied Conservation Science
We’re thrilled to be a part of ECoS, a new Centre of Excellence for Applied Conservation Science dedicated to the translation and application of science to conservation. For more about this exciting initiative, check out the ECoS website.

Tom Mason
Tom is a conservation ecologist interested in how wild animal populations respond to changes in their environment.

Using game theory for understanding and managing conservation conflict
Chris's PhD research uses frameworks from common-pool resource literature and game theory to explore conflict over goose numbers in the Scottish islands.

Chris Pollard
Chris’s research is focused on studying the way people in conservation conflicts make decisions.