Session 11: Dig Deeper

Presentations

• Thinking Like a Social Scientist

• Persuasion

• Socio-Economic Analysis Tools

Additional Resources

• HDgov website 

• USFWS Stakeholder Engagement Wayfinder Tool

• America's Wildlife Values Report

• Bringing Social Values to Wildlife Conservation Decisions (Manfredo et al., 2021)

• Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation (Bennett et al., 2017)

• Video resource: Persuasion, with Liz Madison 

• EPS Tools: 

  • General EPS

  • BLM

  • USFWS

  • USDA FS

Optional Homework

• Visit HDgov and complete Expand Your Social Science Toolkit

• Improve Your Persuasion Strategy

• Practical Considerations for Social Science Research

• Explore the EPS Tool

Instructors: Anne Desmarais, Academy; and Andrew Don Carlos, USFWS Human Dimensions