Conservation and the social sciences revisited

Alia M Dietsch^{1

2}, Matthew J Selinske^{1

3

4}, Lily M van Eeden^{1

4}, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill^{1

5

6}, Rina S Hauptfeld^{1

7}, Sayan Banerjee^{1

8

9}, Stephanie Brittain^{1

10}, Francisco Gelves-Gómez^{1

11

12}, Amit Kaushik^{1

13

14}, Patricia Manzano Fischer^{1

15}, M Kutub Uddin^{1

16}, Kenneth E Wallen^{1

17

18}

Affiliations

¹ Social Science Working Group, Society for Conservation Biology, Washington, DC, USA.
² School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
³ Mosaic Insights, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ ICON Science Research Group, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
⁶ School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
⁷ Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
⁸ National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India.
⁹ Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
¹⁰ Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹¹ School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
¹² Anthropocene Laboratory, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹³ Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
¹⁴ Center for Integrative Conservation Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
¹⁵ Agrupación Dodo A. C., Lerma de Villada, Mexico.
¹⁶ ICCA Consortium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
¹⁷ Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
¹⁸ Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, Idaho, USA.

PMID: 40165693
PMCID: PMC11959342
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14462

Conservation and the social sciences revisited

Alia M Dietsch et al. Conserv Biol. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;39(2):e14462.

doi: 10.1111/cobi.14462.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Social Science Working Group, Society for Conservation Biology, Washington, DC, USA.
² School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
³ Mosaic Insights, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ ICON Science Research Group, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
⁶ School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
⁷ Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
⁸ National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India.
⁹ Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
¹⁰ Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹¹ School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
¹² Anthropocene Laboratory, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹³ Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
¹⁴ Center for Integrative Conservation Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
¹⁵ Agrupación Dodo A. C., Lerma de Villada, Mexico.
¹⁶ ICCA Consortium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
¹⁷ Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
¹⁸ Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, Idaho, USA.

PMID: 40165693
PMCID: PMC11959342
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14462

No abstract available

Keywords: community engagement; environmental social science; human dimensions; interdisciplinary collaboration; organizational culture; social science; volunteer motivations.

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