Day 1: Overview of conservation social science and its role in conservation biology
What is conservation social science?
Decision making and human-wildlife conflict
Risk perception and black bears
Public participation in conservation
Day 2: Strengths, opportunities, and limitations associated with qualitative inquiry
Qualitative inquiry as an approach for conservation social science
Asking questions for compliance monitoring
Urban bushmeat trade in Kinshasa
Other day 2 class documents
Additional information on methods
Case study
Interview
Focus groups
Day 3: Strengths, opportunities, and limitations associated with quantitative inquiry
Quantitative inquiry as an approach for conservation social science
Other Day 3 Documents
Survey
Bell et al. 2017. (Paper from Madagascar interview guide)
Indonesia guardianship presentation
Content analysis
Concept/Question Matrix for Cormorants
Conference presentation for content analysis
Evaluation
Zoonotic disease materials evaluation
Day 4: Operationalizing successful social science research
Operationalizing successful, rigorous, and reliable conservation social science
Mixed method black bear presentation
Other documents
Society for Conservation Biology Code of Ethics
Day 5: Conservation social science in the real world