Harold Eyster
@haroldeyster.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary conservation scientist at The Nature Conservancy. Opinions my own.
Thanks! I'm an interdisciplinary scientist, includng social science! scholar.google.com/citations?us...
Harold N Eyster
The Nature Conservancy - Cited by 773 - human–nature relationships - conservation science
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April 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Thanks! I'm an interdisciplinary scientist, includng social science! scholar.google.com/citations?us...
Check out the rest of the special issue for lots of other great papers! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15231739...
Special Issue: Trends and Future Directions in the Conservation Social Sciences: Conservation Biology: Vol 39, No 2
<em>Conservation Biology</em> is the leading global journal in the field of conservation, publishing groundbreaking papers contributing to the conservation of biological diversity.
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April 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Check out the rest of the special issue for lots of other great papers! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15231739...
Thanks to great co-authors Rachelle Gould, Kai Chan, and Terre Satterfield and funding from Gund Institute for Environment. Read it for free here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Use of theories of human action in recent conservation research
Social sciences are increasingly recognized as useful for reorienting human action toward environmental conservation. Fully realizing the social sciences’ potential requires applying social science m....
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April 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Thanks to great co-authors Rachelle Gould, Kai Chan, and Terre Satterfield and funding from Gund Institute for Environment. Read it for free here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
There are lots of opportunities to build on decades of social science theory, especially theories that will help enable transformative change.
April 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
There are lots of opportunities to build on decades of social science theory, especially theories that will help enable transformative change.
But these theories were dominated by just a few theories that try to explain individual, short-term actions. We present a map to help scientists adopt a broader set of human action theories.
April 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
But these theories were dominated by just a few theories that try to explain individual, short-term actions. We present a map to help scientists adopt a broader set of human action theories.
We examined all papers published in 2023 in leading conservation journals and found that about 1/3 were social science, and about 1/3 of social papers on human action used human action theories.
April 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
We examined all papers published in 2023 in leading conservation journals and found that about 1/3 were social science, and about 1/3 of social papers on human action used human action theories.