Month: January 2017

Direct experience is a wonderful way to be introduced to a certain topic, or start to ask questions – in this post Matej goes through some of his best pictures and shares with us how his interest in nature photography and his formal education has gone together, and resulted in a fair share of great… Continue reading Experience fosters curiosity – Matej and nature photography

Big Thanks Carl for letting me show some pictures on the blog! I’ll show some photos of Ottenby and the bird observatory where I’ve been working last autumn. We’ve mainly been ringing birds, but I managed to do some landscape, wildlife and bird photography in between. The bird observatory itself is situated on the most… Continue reading A story from Max: bird ringing at Ottenby station in Öland

What have you done before your masters programme? I grew up on a farm in Lithuania. After high school graduation decided to run away from farm life to study in another country. Scotland seem to be a wonderful option, rolling hills and fields of heather are absolutely mesmerising. So I spend 5 years in a… Continue reading Meet… Jone!

The very first project which we have had for the human dimensions course, the poster project is meant to serve as an introduction into how wildlife management systems differ between different countries! We look at questions ranging from how their management system is influenced by the front running philosophers and norms at the time at… Continue reading Human dimensions, poster project!

Also a fan of ye old head scratcher?  As you might’ve guessed, I have once again swopped the south of sweden for Umeå in hopes of better skiing weather (and the start of this term). And with the new term, we’ve just had our first week of “Human Dimensions in fish and wildlife management” (15… Continue reading Start of human dimensions!

As of late, the weather presenters have been good to us and blessed Umeå with proper skiing weather (which we haven’t been late to exploit!) I went out with a group of friends to take advantage of the cold weather and new fallen snow on the lake. Needless to say, Umeå can offer plenty of… Continue reading Another day out skiing!

What have you done before your master’s programme? I came straight to university after I finished the natural sciences programme at upper secondary school. Since then I’ve taken a bachelors in forestry here at SLU, during which I’ve developed a profile towards environmental science (including plant science, ecology, soil science and biogeochemistry). What’s your first memory involving an… Continue reading F/W Interviews… Meet – me!