Two new courses relevant to conservation social science

[Adam Barlow]

Hi all,

I wanted to share two courses that WildTeam has released, which I think may be useful for many menber of this group.

The first is Project Planning for Wildlife Conservation. It builds on the Conservation Standards Theory of Change framework but extends it with an explicit behavior change approach; recognising that most conservation threats are driven by human behavior, and that designing effective interventions means understanding the influences behind those behaviors, not just mapping the threats themselves. For social scientists, that framing will be familiar ground. The course covers situation assessment, impact planning, and intervention design, with the behavior change lens running throughout. It comes with a best practice guide and online templates.

The second is Monitoring and Evaluation for Wildlife Conservation. This provides a planning and reporting framework for any type of conservation work;  how to define success, set indicators, track change, and structure evaluation activities that assess impact attribution. It's built around a Theory of Change and conceptual model approach and is designed to be method-agnostic, so it sits alongside whatever social science approach you're using.

Both are self-paced and carry a certificate on completion.

Here are the links to those courses for anyone interested:

Project Planning for Wildlife Conservation

Monitoring and Evaluation for Wildlife Conservation

Hope you find these useful.

Best,
Adam Barlow