LivWild Lab

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Photo of master's student Alex Pavlik conducting wildlife research in the field and safely holding a small bird in his hand.

Meet Alex Pavlik, our master’s student! 🦫 Co-advised by our PI Dr. Doney and lab partner Dr. Taylor Foerster, Alex is pursuing a degree in Wildlife Science at @oregonstate.edu and researching narratives surrounding wolves in Oregon. Website link in bio for more about Alex! #Wolves #SocialScience

Photo of master's student Alex Pavlik conducting wildlife research in the field and safely holding a small bird in his hand.

Meet Alex Pavlik, our master’s student! 🦫 Co-advised by our PI Dr. Doney and lab partner Dr. Taylor Foerster, Alex is pursuing a degree in Wildlife Science at @oregonstate.edu and researching narratives surrounding wolves in Oregon. Website link in bio for more about Alex! #Wolves #SocialScience

Photo of Lauren Rice on the Oregon Coast working as an environmental interpreter of intertidal and marine bird ecology.

Meet Lauren Rice, our lab's Faculty Research Assistant! 🌿 She joins the LivWild Lab as a two-time @oregonstate.edu graduate with a social science background to study human-ecosystem interactions and support communities adapting to change. Website link in bio for more about Lauren! #Conservation

Naming It Is Not Enough: An Orienting Map for Understanding Conservation's Entanglement With Power Power is frequently acknowledged in conservation as a limiting factor, something to be cited, problematized, or managed, less frequently is it engaged with as a lived, situated, and multidimensional ...

Naming It Is Not Enough: An Orienting Map forUnderstanding Conservation’s Entanglement With Power @consletters.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Photo of Dr. Ethan D. Doney on a hiking trail in a forest, standing next to a sign that provides strategies for effectively coexisting in spaces with wildlife.

Meet Dr. Ethan D. Doney, the PI of the Living with Wildlife Lab! 🐾 An Assistant Professor at @oregonstate.edu, he researches the social aspects of human-wildlife interactions, seeking collaborative solutions to conservation conflicts. Website link in bio for more about Ethan! #Wildlife #Coexistence

Very important and timely new paper on the "future trajectories of species recovery and management in Europe" by the brilliant
@hannalp.bsky.social and Erica Von Essen!

🦊 Reimagining habituation: The case for a reciprocal and contextual understanding ➡️ buff.ly/6rbtYxu

@livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social

Our PI Dr. Ethan Doney is presenting TODAY (9/8) at the Pathways Conference on Human Dimensions of Wildlife! The Wildlife Viewing & Perceptions of Wildlife session is in Assembly Hall A from 3:00-4:30pm – Check if out if you're attending and come say hello! #Pathways2025 #HumanDimensions #Wildlife

It’s really real! Exciting to see The Price of Gold in print. Pre-order yours today! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

Our work is grounded in collaborative, place-based social science. Currently, our research is exploring everything from wolf-livestock conflict to urban wildlife interactions and management to conservation policy. Follow us for research updates & insights! 🌿 #HumanDimensions

We are the Living with Wildlife (LivWild) Lab at Oregon State University! 🐾 We explore how humans and wildlife interact, share space, and influence one another. The primary goal of the lab is to seek ways to balance the needs of both people and wildlife (1/2). ⛰️ #WildlifeResearch

Early word we'll have funding to recruit a Post-Doc in the Human Dimensions of Wildlife space - specifically working on hunter behaviors in deer management across several midwestern states. On the ground work, experiments, many academic & agency partners! Spread the word to any potential applicants.