Management of Fish & Wildlife Populations 2016

After some 10 weeks of Human Dimensions, we’ve now finally written the exam. Course feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and I can now vouch personally that it is widely considered one of the very best courses offered in the masters’ or forestry programme for good reason. The last core-course in the masters’ programme, Fish &… Continue reading Human Dimensions Course Ends

Many of us have been busy brushing up our birding skills for the last part (Ornithology / Herpetology) of the Forest Animals course, which has run as a part-time course during the semester with two evening lectures per week. For this last part we need to know about 130 species of birds which can appear… Continue reading Forest Animals Course

A big part of the human dimensions course has looked on how and why people react differently to situations: It might depend on their previous experiences, their ethic, level of interest or emotional investment; but centrally, you can through the systematic use of previous statements or by interview construct vertical and horizontal structures relating attitudes to core values… Continue reading Attitude construction

One major assignment which we’ve had during the Human Dimensions course caters towards improving our analytical thinking and writing skills. Tasked with  writing a qualitative report on a Human-Wildlife Conflict, we set out in completely different directions depending upon our interests – some examples of what we’ve done include: Beaver Conflict in Sweden, Reintroduction of… Continue reading Exploring Human-Wildlife Conflict

Last week we were guested by Anders Esselin, who’s a professional facilitator & communicator with a background in the natural sciences and journalism. He’s also been a long-time teacher in this course, giving us lectures about participatory processes and strategy. Companies are always stressed about which direction they will take – how will this affect… Continue reading Strategy Development

This week we’ve had the pleasure of having Professor Thomas A. Heberlein here, who’s come all the way over from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S. to be here with us! He’s also the author to part of our course literature, and the best course-book that I’ve had so far during my soon to… Continue reading Navigating Environmental Attitudes

Foto supplied by Jenny  What have you done before your masters programme? I studied Biology at Lund University (BSc). Before that I did the military service for one year and worked as a guardian in Malmö. What’s your first memory involving an animal? When I was 2,5 years old I sat on a horse for… Continue reading Meet Jenny!

This week we have been focused on a role-play based on the fictional island of “Ramandus”. The population on the island is solated from the rest of the world, and has undergone a strong population growth up until recently. Food is becoming more scarce and several citizens have expressed an increasing worry that we might be… Continue reading Ramandus role-play

European Adder (Vipera berus) by Matej Dom A major focus here at F/W is improving our general skills and making sure that we are continuously acquainted with real research data. In Applied Populations Ecology one of our major assignments included a research report in the form of a scientific article on melanism in the european… Continue reading Viper Assignment

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