This webinar was organized by the Student Affairs Committee from the SCB Social Working Group (SSWG). Here speakers and attendees exchanged insightful experiences about the opportunities and challenges mentoring brings to those interested in pursuing a career in social sciences within the conservation sector.
On November 23, 2023, SSWG and SCB Africa co-hosted a webinar titled “Challenges and Opportunities in the Conservation Social Sciences Across Africa”. This event was a celebration of the use of Social Sciences in Africa, where we discussed the challenges faced and the future opportunities in this field. We were Read more…
How can we effectively increase the integration of conservation social science research into decision-making? Conservation decision-making by policymakers is routinely based on biological and ecological information, yet the potential of the social sciences to inform the decision-making process is often overlooked. The widely accepted practice of evidence-based conservation decision-making is Read more…