Pathways Europe 2026 Presentation Library

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Plenaries
Marchini	Silvio	The invisible architecture of human-wildlife coexistence
Richardson	Miles	Uniting both human and nature’s wellbeing
Dickman	Amy	Warriors, wildlife and wellbeing: A case study from East Africa

 

M-1A: Wolf-Human Conflict, Session I
Crooks	Kevin	Carnivore coexistence and human well-being: A case study of wolf restoration in Colorado, USA
Kortmann	Elena	Shepherds’ assessments of the effectiveness and feasibility of herd protection measures against wolf predation in Lower Saxony, Germany
Luque Lora	Rogelio	The nature-nature cure; Or, how wolves didn’t save Yellowstone
Durá Alemañ	Carlos Javier	Traditional knowledge and wolf coexistence in Italy
Capitain	Svenja	Hidden attitudes, experience, and stress responses in human–wolf encounters
Tuggey	Matt	Enacting wolf territory: Inventorying practices and knowledge in the county administrative boards (CABs) in Southern Sweden

 

M-1B: Rewilding, reintroduction, and restoration
Bloch	Noa	Rewilding in practice: Post-reintroduction human-wildlife relations in the desert area
Duthie	Amy	Wildlife-smart communities: Lessons from the field and recommendations for replication in Europe
Egerton-Read	Steve	Managing conflict during the reintroduction of an avian apex predator, the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) to central southern England
Panisi	Martina	Balancing benefits and risks associated with ecological restoration: socioeconomic implications and perceived zoonotic disease risks in temperate and tropical regions
Barnes	Lauren	Why and how is rewilding being implemented in Britain?
Reed	Kaitlyn	Same people, different carnivore

 

M-1C: The human impact of commodifying wildlife for fur: Public perceptions and a full-cost account of the fur industry
Bryan, et al.	Shely	The latest research on public health risks associated with fur farming

 

M-2A: Wolf-Human Conflict, Session II
Dunning	Kelly	Ballot box conservation and the politics of trust: Governance challenges in Colorado’s wolf reintroduction
Lenoir Corbani	Antonin	Historicity, agricultural, hunting, and conservation influences on human-wolf coexistence trajectories in the Bauges Mountains
Werland	Luise	How to foster nature connectedness amid safety concerns: Challenges for forest kindergartens in times of the wolf’s return
Sjölander-Lindqvist	Annelie	Hybrid mountains: Shepherds, wolves, and dogs in the Aspromonte of Southern Italy
Salvatori	Valeria	When the wild enters the city: Social representations of wolves in urban spaces
Johansson	Maria	Presentation unavailable: European students’ connectedness to nature and emotional appraisal of wolf-dog hybrids
Basile	Simone	Ethical demands shaping human-carnivore coexistence in urban environments

 

M-2B: Community empowerment for coexistence solutions
Rojas Vera Pinto	Roxana Andrea	Human-bear interactions in the Andes: Evidence, expert insights, and management challenges
Nascimento do Nascimento	Yuri	Coexistence with vertebrate fauna in Amazonian Quilombola Territories
Jayasinghe	Anuradhi	Human-wildlife coexistence and social context: Evidence from farmer communities in Southern Sri Lanka
Niewöhner	Miriam	Human-nature relations along the German Baltic Coast
Quesada Morales	Mileyner Magaly	Community empowerment and participatory monitoring to strengthen human–wildlife coexistence in the AmistOsa Biological Corridor, Costa Rica
Bhatia	Saloni	Presentation unavailable: Linking Process and Outcomes for Biocultural Conservation: Insights from the High Himalaya

 

M-2C: Part 1: Food for thought? Understanding the drivers of provisioning of primates and other wildlife across the globe
Sengupta	Asmita	To feed or not to feed, that is the question: Direct provisioning reinforces the dependence of primates on anthropogenic resources over time
Sengupta	Asmita	Video Link
Hansen	Malene Friis	Presentation unavailable: Human- wildlife food sharing and the consequences for co-cultures and coexistence
Riley	Erin	Presentation unavailable: Cracking the code: Human-macaque communication during roadside provisioning encounters in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Ellwanger	Amanda	Presentation unavailable: Mixed messages: Peoples’ interpretations of macaque behavior create confusion in a provisioning context
Oram	Felicity	Presentation unavailable: The impact of provisioning and perceptions of resource competition between people and wildlife based on complaint mitigation in the anthropogenic landscapes of Eastern Sabah, Malaysia

 

M-3A: Ethics and emerging challenges in wildlife management
Keefover	Wendy	One million black bears and counting:  Why is bear trophy hunting increasing when it doesn’t promote coexistence?
Bailey	Karen	Cultivating diverse fish and wildlife agencies to support wildlife and human well-being
de Mori	Barbara	Presentation unavailable: A framework for ethical analysis in conservation practice
Gethöffer	Friederike	Management of invasive species in Europe: How to integrate human dimensions?
Pienaar	Elizabeth	International support for wildlife Management on private lands in South Africa
Brekl	Julia	Living in a multidimensional landscape of fear: Emotional dimensions of human-wildlife coexistence in northern Botswana
Shivakumar	Shweta	Applying a human-rights based approach to human wildlife conflict in the trans-Himalayas as a conflict mediation and action planning method

 

M-3B: Reading the landscape: A compass for wolf coexistence in North America, Europe, and beyond
Fallon	Jessica	Exploring landscape drivers of human-wolf variability
Asha Stone	Suzanne	Achieving durable coexistence with wolves
Lyons	Krista	Isn’t it time to stop being afraid of the “Big Bad Wolf”?

 

M-3C: Part 2: Food for thought? Understanding taxonomic and geographic variation in wildlife provisioning across the globe

No presentations available – see part 1.

 

M-3D: Uncomfortable ecologies, taboos, and controversial pathways to coexistence
Lyly	Mari	When protection backfires: Individual welfare versus integrity of the Finnish wolf population
Whitehead	Toryn	Presentation unavailable: Lethal coexistence: Lessons from wolf recovery in Estonia
Crowley	Sarah	Presentation unavailable: The underminers: Structural inattention and the ordinary killing of European moles

 

M-4A: Our connections to wild canids, past, present and future: A renewed call for respect and coexistence
Stennes	Katie	Wild canids as contributors to shared landscapes: Ecological and human dimensions
Fritz	Jill	The current wildlife governance model is failing wild canids
Louchouarn	Naomi	Protecting wolves in the EU
Treves	Adrian	Removing wolves did not reliably prevent domestic animal losses
Louchouarn	Naomi	The potential role of politics in poaching of grey wolves
Naughton	Lisa	Presentation unavailable: Perceived benefits and risks of tourism for wild dog (Lycaon pictus) conservation at Mana Pools, Zimbabwe

 

M-4B: Co-producing knowledge: Equitable approaches to working with local ecological knowledge in conservation
Waters, et al.	Sian	Co-producing knowledge: Equitable approaches to working with local ecological knowledge in conservation

 

M-4C: Advancing conservation social sciences in Europe: Let’s keep the conversation going!

No presentations available.

 

T-1A: Wild cat-human conflict
Whiley	Faye	Human Dimensions of Eurasian Lynx in Europe
Jaybhaye	Ravindra	Spatiality of Landscapes Transformations causing Human-Leopard Conflict and Mitigation Strategies for Coexistence in the Western Ghats, India
Smith	Bethany	Applying structured decision-making to support human-lion coexistence around Khutse Game Reserve, Botswana

 

T-1B: Messages in the Landscape: Notes on Multispecies Communication
Boonman-Berson	Susan	Presentation unavailable: Messages in the Landscape: Notes on Multispecies Communication

 

T-1C: Livestock-predator conflicts
Packer	Craig	Risk reduction, rangeland use, and the future of carnivore coexistence
Letro	Letro	Livelihoods, mobility, and lived experiences of human–carnivore coexistence in Bhutan
Hallett	Matt	“Two-foot, four-foot jaguar”: Broadening conservation-based crime prevention to reduce the strain of human cattle theft on livestock owners dealing with carnivore depredation
Ouvrier	Alice	What pastoralism and bears share: When humans and animals shape landscapes of coexistence
Ruiz	Angela	Farm practices and farm-level drivers of livestock losses to large carnivores across Europe
Grau	Ana	A European typology of pastoral systems to understand livestock–large carnivore interactions

 

T-2A: Exploring emotional and psychosocial dimensions of human-wildlife interactions
Kinyanjui	Maureen	Emotions and power in human-elephant conflict and coexistence in Sagalla, Kenya
Thapliyal	Priyanshu	We all are doing struggle in life: Human-macaque cohabitation in Indian Himalayas
Fiasco	Valentina	Indigenous ontologies and practices of human-wildlife coexistence: Maasai-elephant relations in Northern Tanzania
Okwir	Eric	Emotional “surplus” in conservation: An alternative pathway for understanding human-wildlife interactions?

 

T-2B: What it takes for human–wildlife coexistence
Hill, et al.	Catherine	What it takes for human-wildlife coexistence

 

T-2C: Sharing landscapes with wildlife: Coexistence pathways for high nature value pastoral systems and large carnivores – Launch of PAN special feature in the context of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralism
Marsden	Katrina	Introduction – Sharing landscapes with wildlife
Salvatori	Valeria	Pastoralist views and positions on coexistence with large carnivores: An overview from conflict areas across Europe
Ouvrier	Alice	Place-based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees
Marsden	Katrina	The role of trust in wildlife damage response systems: One step towards coexistence between livestock farming and large carnivores?
Pettersson	Hanna	Conservation performance payments after success: Lessons from Sámi reindeer herding and wolverine recovery in Sweden
Marsden	Katrina	Summary: Sharing landscapes with wildlife

 

T-3A: Narratives and human dimensions psychology
Smith	Kyle	Beyond wildlife values: Integrating social dominance theory into human-wildlife relations
Jones	Barbara	Imagined wildlife: Unnatural discourse in the age of anthropogenic landscapes
Boonman-Berson	Susan	Presentation unavailable: Beyond “wild” and “liminal”: How terminology shapes human–animal relations and management practices
Huang	Yanzhiyi	Wildlife narratives: The potentialities of language and wildlife agency
Gamborg	Christian	Moral and stakeholder disagreements related to management of feral animals
Cano	Néstor	Stereotype dimensions in spontaneous judgments about animals: The predominance of relational nature and physical capacity
van Zelst	Britt	From perceptions to pathways: Sustainable human-beaver coexistence in anthropogenic landscapes

 

T-3B: Science and story: Communication innovation for coexistence
Gonzalez	Mireille	Presentation unavailable: Evidence-based practices for designing coexistence communication for in-person audiences
Hanson	Jonny	Presentation unavailable: Storytelling through creative media
Camara	Cassiopeia	Presentation unavailable: Storytelling across generations

 

T-3C: Cross-country learning for coexistence: Evaluating governance of pastoralism and wildlife in Europe
de Boon, et al.	Auvikki	Cross-country learning for coexistence: Evaluating governance of pastoralism and wildlife in Europe

 

T-4A: Intricate relations between wildlife and human well-being
Webber	Amanda	Developing students’ socio-emotional competencies for effective human-wildlife fieldwork
Anca	Evelyn Daniela	Understanding Shipibo-primate relations in a changing Amazon
Jain	Vinni	Farming and forests: Understanding the links between yields, habitat complexity, biodiversity and people’s ecospiritual beliefs in Bali’s community-managed coffee and cocoa agroforests
de Chenu	Francesca	More than farmland: Local values and attachments in a proposed wildlife corridor
Hooper	Jes	Civet trade: Untangling human-civet relations through a One Health perspective
Hockings	Kimberley J.	Presentation unavailable: Leprosy in chimpanzees: A One Health approach to promote sustainable coexistence between humans & primates in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau

 

T-4B: Serious games for coexistence: Immersive tools to transform human–nature relationships and mediate conservation conflicts
Usman	Muhammad Faizan	Coexistence game: A CIRAD/FAO game-based approach that offers insights into how game-based approaches can strengthen understanding of local Human wildlife conflicts (HWC) in Southern Africa
Gaidet	Nicolas	A role-playing game to experience collaboration with non-humans: The example of the game “Ubuntu”
Marsden	Katrina	Dealing with differences: Can wolf and people coexist?  A role play game in EU Large carnivore platform
Fromont	Céline	Serious games and companion modelling for human–wildlife coexistence: A state of the art on learning, well-being, and governance
Fromont	Céline	Simulating human–wildlife coexistence: A role-playing game based on a multi-agent model to support wild boar governance and human well-being

 

T-4C: Urban coexistance and tolerance
Morzillo	Anita	Wildlife manager perceptions of human-carnivore interactions in four urban areas of the United States of America
von Essen	Erica	Developing an interspecies etiquette for multispecies urban futures
Gagnière	Mélissa	Living alongside urban carnivores: Understanding their impact on citizens’ welfare
Kiss	Bethany	When wildlife moves In: Mapping Building Use and Human Tolerance for Evidence-Based Design
Dezeure	Jules	Wild boar, urban governance, and human well-being: Policy pathways for coexistence
Mistry	Arianna	Testing risk perception theory in the context of human-carnivore coexistence
Robertson	Katherine	Resolving the conflict between infectious disease and beneficial urban nature
Straka	Tanja	Intentional encounters with wildlife improve human well-being in urban settings

 

W-1A: Agency management insights from the US
White	Bryant	Advancing human–bear coexistence through the BearWise messaging framework
Britton	Ava	Evaluating waterfowl harvest composition under two-tier regulations in Nebraska and South Dakota
Crowder	Christopher	Public concerns and testing participation related to Chronic Wasting Disease in Nebraska
Vasquez	Madelynn	From motivation to method: How hunter goals shape education pathways in a two-tier system
Reibel	Victoria	Not all human-bear conflicts are created equal: A case study of coastal U.S. wildlife managers
Harnden	Corbin	Improving antlerless deer harvest through hunter-landowner perspectives
Ulrichsen	Sarah	Reservoirs and recreationists: Matching angler typologies to lake choices

 

W-1B: Trust, education and information flow
Malcolm	Christopher D.	Public education considerations and the concept of mindfulness in two case studies of human-wildlife interaction: black bears in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada, and urban crocodiles in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
Rosell	Carme	Stakeholder engagement in wild boar management strategies under an ASF outbreak and future vaccination scenarios
Pietrzyk-Kaszynska	Agata	Who makes IAS policy work? The role of informal actors in information flows in Poland
Jones	Megan	The role of tailored communication and trust stewardship in promoting human-beaver coexistence
Hedling	Rikard	From agonistic to antagonist logic of trust: Trust discourse in Swedish wildlife management
Linares Escudero	Olmo	Between conservation and achievement: Hunters’ values and sustainability certification as a governance tool in recreational hunting
Quispe	Jhazel	Overcoming negative attitudes: Initial positive evidence from communities coexisting with endangered endemic species in Lake Titicaca, Peru

 

W-1C: Wellbeing and nature connections
Jennings	Kelsey	Non-timber forest products as a tool for large-scale private lands and wildlife conservation
Randler	Christoph	Bird diversity, human well-being and cognition: Advancing human dimensions of wildlife research
Dan-Rakedzon	Nitzan	Enhancing nature experience in protected areas: Development and validation of a nature experience quality scale
Shwartz	Assaf	Connection to nature as a double dividend for human well-being and biodiversity-supportive attitudes and behaviour
Grossmark	Yaara	From encounters to coexistence: Integrating human-wildlife interactions into marine spatial planning
Anderson	Crystal	Rooted in nature: Educational approaches that connect people, pollinators, and wellbeing
Rutrough	Abigail	Untangling attitudinal drivers and wellbeing outcomes linked to residential wildlife gardening

 

W-2A: Rewilding in practice: Navigating human-wildlife conflict and building coexistence
Carver, et al.	Steve	Rewilding in practice: Navigating human-wildlife conflict and building coexistence

 

W-2B: Knowledge types and knowledge flows in collaborative governance arrangements for human–carnivore coexistence
Poulakis, et al.	Alexandros D.	Knowledge types and knowledge flows in collaborative governance arrangements for human–carnivore coexistence

 

W-2C: Society for Human Dimensions of Wildlife landscape mapping workshop
No presentations available.

 

W-3A: What does ‘success’ in Conservation Translocations look like for people and wildlife?
Consorte-McCrea	Adriana	Introduction
Auster	Roger	Renewed coexistence as a conceptual reframing of animal reintroductions to foster sustainable human–wildlife coexistence
Holmes	George	How do English translocators understand success, and what does this mean?
Hoggett	James	Red kites as a conservation success: Temporal and social dimensions of emerging human–wildlife interactions
Macpherson	Jenny	Measuring success beyond survival: Social and ecological dimensions of pine marten reintroductions to Wales

 

W-3B: Agricultural-wildlife conflict
Choudhury	Parthankar	Comparative assessment of two mitigation strategies for reducing human–elephant conflict in Assam, India
Dore	Kerry	The human-green monkey (chlorocebus sabaeus) interface in St. Kitts and Nevis: A summary of 15 years of mixed methods data and discussion of potential management strategies
Kumar	Devender	Mitigation strategies and community perceptions of human–leopard coexistence in Himachal Pradesh, India

 

W-3C: Compensation and overlooked costs in wildlife management
Kumar	Vinay	Beyond the obvious: Understanding overlooked costs of conflicts with wildlife
Gill	Kristie	Beyond “It Pays, It Stays”: Ethics, trust, and the spatial politics of community natural resource access in southern Africa
Kou	Mengxi	When compensation fails to buy tolerance: How compensation policy reshapes human–wild boar coexistence in China

 

Poster Session
Hughes	Courtney	Is it working? Evaluating Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in Northwest Tanzania
Andersen	Oddgeir	Public opinions and results from a deterrent experiment on European otters in Norway
Armstrong	Alice Lily	Emerging socio-ecological threats to wild cats in the Guiana Shield: Stakeholder perspectives from Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana
Bell	Sarah	Human-Elephant Conflict at Outamba Kilimi National Park, Sierra Leone
Chesney	Chloe	Local ecological knowledge reveals the distribution of cryptic nocturnal wildlife
Crowder	Christopher	Voices from the dock: A case study of environmental concerns from Florida’s fishing community
Dezeure	Jules	A management-based perspective of wild boars mobility in Montpellier, France’s 7th’s most inhabited city
Eggers	Frederik	Effective management of bold wolves in the human-dominated landscape of Lower Saxony, Germany
Eklund	Ann	EviWild: Evidence for wildlife damage mitigation
Furshik	Yulia	Urban nature, wildlife, and mental well-being: Evidence gaps from a global systematic review and meta-analysis
Garcia Sanchez	Pino	Context‑dependent behaviour and connectivity in human‑modified landscapes: A multi‑region study of European brown bears
Grossmark	Yaara	From land to sea: Adapting terrestrial human-wildlife conflict tools for marine coexistence
Jalan	Seema	Spatial analysis of human-wildlife conflict and strategies for its mitigation in Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Kawall	Sarina	Human-Wildlife Conflict between Small Carnivores and Small Livestock in the Rupununi, Guyana
Kirsch	Eliza	Evaluating anticoagulant rodenticide exposure and wildfire-related heavy metal accumulation in urban mesopredators: Implications for wildlife coexistence
Kiss	Bethany	When wildlife moves in: Mapping building use and human tolerance for evidence-based design
Lechner	Maren	GPS collar data predicts impact of fences on human-elephant conflict in North Luangwa, Zambia
Mak	Brandon	How “happy” are Germany’s pigeons?
Morice	Amy Elizabeth	The common kingfisher in Germany: Human perceptions, emotions and its role as flagship species
Panisi	Martina	Local community use of natural resources in north-western Saudi Arabia: Insights for wildlife conservation and sustainable utilization
Planella Bosch	Anna	Do compensation programs increase tolerance? Some insights from wolves and a global quantitative synthesis
Ransom	Tami	Recreation first, wildlife second? Visitor motivations and conservation attitudes in local natural areas
Rauch	Jakob Pelle	Quantifying the barrier effects of linear infrastructure on large herbivores: A comparison of expert-based and data-driven connectivity models in Sweden
Rojas	Camilo	Assessing biodiversity in trail corridors and implications for outdoor recreation
Schutgens	Maurice	Efficacy of single strand fencing in mitigating conflict
Schwarz	Carleen	Season-ahead early warnings of human-elephant conflict
Sharma	S.K.	Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence: A case study from Rishikesh, India
Shreedhar	Ganga	Nature disconnection, wellbeing and livelihood transitions in Pulicat’s changing coastal ecosystem
Singh	Sabmeet	Coexisting with the conflict at Jim Corbett National Park, India
Stafford	Austin	Angler motivations for participating in a guided fishing trip in Nebraska, USA
Sweet	Rebecca	The impact of forest quality and size on Temminck’s Red Colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii) abundance, distribution and forest use in a conservation priority area – Sambel Kunda, The Gambia
Whiley	Faye	Wildlife Value Orientations to predict attitudes of a lynx reintroduction
Ziller	Armand	Rightful place for animals and humans in marginal territories: Coexistence of farmers and jaguars in French Guiana