Valerio Donfrancesco

@vdonfrancesco.bsky.social

Research interest in political ecology, more-than-human geography, human-wildlife relations

🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers! Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025 Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills! Please share widely!

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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.

Wishing I could be there in person. Looking forward to Zooming in to present on "Multispecies Storytelling for Catastrophic Times" (Sat morn in Europe, evening in Australia). Anyone interested can join the zoom! More info here: mesh.uni-koeln.de/events/meshw...

MESH Symposium 2025

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Maan Barua@maanbarua.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to this wonderful #MESH conference in Kõln, with Kate Rigby, @franzkrause.bsky.social, @thomvandooren.bsky.social and others.

📄 Our paper has been recognised as among the 10% most read articles in Conservation Science and Practice in 2023. Emerging from a collaborative effort of many dingo scholars, it frames 'conflict over values' and 'conflict over evidence' in polarised wildlife management. doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Understanding conflict among experts working on controversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo

This study entails a social investigation into why experts may disagree about conservation and wildlife management issues, stressing the importance of understanding and emphasizing dissent in current...

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