Arash Ghoddousi
@arashghoddousi.bsky.social
#Conservation scientist
Assistant Professor at WUR
Member of IUCN 🐆 🐻 & 🐐
Board member of SCB-Europe
Editor at Biological Conservation & Conservation Biology
www.ghoddousi.weebly.com
Assistant Professor at WUR
Member of IUCN 🐆 🐻 & 🐐
Board member of SCB-Europe
Editor at Biological Conservation & Conservation Biology
www.ghoddousi.weebly.com
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Our society has a brand-new website! 🎉
Explore our latest activities, news, governance, and ways to get involved. A clearer window into who we are and the work we do for conservation across Europe.
Check it out: scbeurope.org
Explore our latest activities, news, governance, and ways to get involved. A clearer window into who we are and the work we do for conservation across Europe.
Check it out: scbeurope.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our society has a brand-new website! 🎉
Explore our latest activities, news, governance, and ways to get involved. A clearer window into who we are and the work we do for conservation across Europe.
Check it out: scbeurope.org
Explore our latest activities, news, governance, and ways to get involved. A clearer window into who we are and the work we do for conservation across Europe.
Check it out: scbeurope.org
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📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation
Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
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Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid Ecol&Evol
Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid Ecol&Evol
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The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended until November 15th!
Call for abstracts will open Dec 1st.
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu to learn more.
@eccb26leiden.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social
#conservation #networking
Call for abstracts will open Dec 1st.
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu to learn more.
@eccb26leiden.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social
#conservation #networking
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended until November 15th!
Call for abstracts will open Dec 1st.
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu to learn more.
@eccb26leiden.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social
#conservation #networking
Call for abstracts will open Dec 1st.
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu to learn more.
@eccb26leiden.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social
#conservation #networking
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The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended by 2 weeks! Apply before November 15th. The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, and closes January 31st, 2026. Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended by 2 weeks! Apply before November 15th. The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, and closes January 31st, 2026. Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu.
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In case you missed Bella's workshop at #ICCB2025: join SCB & Current Conservation for Noticing Nature: A Nature Journaling Workshop with Bella Charlton!
#conservation #biodiversity #scienceart
#conservation #biodiversity #scienceart
Slow down and really see nature. Join artist–zoologist Bella Charlton for a free online workshop on #NatureJournaling - hosted by SCB and Current Conservation.
🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET
🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed!
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SciComm
🗓️ Nov 14, 2025 | 8–9 AM ET
🎨 Open to all, no drawing experience needed!
👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SciComm
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In case you missed Bella's workshop at #ICCB2025: join SCB & Current Conservation for Noticing Nature: A Nature Journaling Workshop with Bella Charlton!
#conservation #biodiversity #scienceart
#conservation #biodiversity #scienceart
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Please repost!
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
Reversing defaunation through rewilding and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem function | Department of Zoology
Reversing defaunation through rewilding and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem function Supervisor: Professor Rob Fletcher The world is facing several global challenges that are transform...
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Please repost!
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
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We developed a framework, rooted in social-ecological systems theory, to identify key pathways of how shocks impact large carnivores - and exemplify this framework with three case studies (jaguars, snow leopards, Asiatic cheetah)
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We developed a framework, rooted in social-ecological systems theory, to identify key pathways of how shocks impact large carnivores - and exemplify this framework with three case studies (jaguars, snow leopards, Asiatic cheetah)
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
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🐆 New research - Socio-economic shocks don't just impact human societies, but can also affect large carnivores ➡️ buff.ly/9NLJij4
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🐆 New research - Socio-economic shocks don't just impact human societies, but can also affect large carnivores ➡️ buff.ly/9NLJij4
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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There is still time before the call for symposia etc. closes!
Submit your proposal before October 31st, 2025.
The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, 2025 and close on January 31st, 2026. Join the conversation!
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu
Submit your proposal before October 31st, 2025.
The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, 2025 and close on January 31st, 2026. Join the conversation!
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is still time before the call for symposia etc. closes!
Submit your proposal before October 31st, 2025.
The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, 2025 and close on January 31st, 2026. Join the conversation!
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu
Submit your proposal before October 31st, 2025.
The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, 2025 and close on January 31st, 2026. Join the conversation!
Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu
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Soon we'll share some exciting news about the program we’re developing! For now, you can still submit your ideas for contributions to the 8th European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden, one of Europe’s ten BiodiverCities!
Call is open until 31/10 — don’t miss out!
Visit eccb26Leiden.eu
Call is open until 31/10 — don’t miss out!
Visit eccb26Leiden.eu
October 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Soon we'll share some exciting news about the program we’re developing! For now, you can still submit your ideas for contributions to the 8th European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden, one of Europe’s ten BiodiverCities!
Call is open until 31/10 — don’t miss out!
Visit eccb26Leiden.eu
Call is open until 31/10 — don’t miss out!
Visit eccb26Leiden.eu
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Join the SCB Europe Region for their fall webinar series during October & November 2025 as an appetizer for #ECCB2026 in Leiden, NL!
Learn more: conbio.org/groups/secti...
#conservation #webinar #biodiversity
Learn more: conbio.org/groups/secti...
#conservation #webinar #biodiversity
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join the SCB Europe Region for their fall webinar series during October & November 2025 as an appetizer for #ECCB2026 in Leiden, NL!
Learn more: conbio.org/groups/secti...
#conservation #webinar #biodiversity
Learn more: conbio.org/groups/secti...
#conservation #webinar #biodiversity
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Join the SCB Europe Fall Webinar 2025!
Thought-provoking sessions coming up this October & November:
20/22/29 Oct: DEIJ in conservation
23 Oct: Rethinking conservation narratives
7 Nov: Rights for organisms!
12 Nov: Habitat restoration & ecopsychology
Register here: bit.ly/4nYatdM
Thought-provoking sessions coming up this October & November:
20/22/29 Oct: DEIJ in conservation
23 Oct: Rethinking conservation narratives
7 Nov: Rights for organisms!
12 Nov: Habitat restoration & ecopsychology
Register here: bit.ly/4nYatdM
October 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Join the SCB Europe Fall Webinar 2025!
Thought-provoking sessions coming up this October & November:
20/22/29 Oct: DEIJ in conservation
23 Oct: Rethinking conservation narratives
7 Nov: Rights for organisms!
12 Nov: Habitat restoration & ecopsychology
Register here: bit.ly/4nYatdM
Thought-provoking sessions coming up this October & November:
20/22/29 Oct: DEIJ in conservation
23 Oct: Rethinking conservation narratives
7 Nov: Rights for organisms!
12 Nov: Habitat restoration & ecopsychology
Register here: bit.ly/4nYatdM
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🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
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University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions
Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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Columbia is hiring a tenure-track asst. prof. in computational ecology and evolution!
If you use or develop computational tools—AI, data science, stats—to deepen our understanding of eco/evo, evaluate nature-based solutions, or inform and manage impacts on human wellbeing, please apply!
If you use or develop computational tools—AI, data science, stats—to deepen our understanding of eco/evo, evaluate nature-based solutions, or inform and manage impacts on human wellbeing, please apply!
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Columbia is hiring a tenure-track asst. prof. in computational ecology and evolution!
If you use or develop computational tools—AI, data science, stats—to deepen our understanding of eco/evo, evaluate nature-based solutions, or inform and manage impacts on human wellbeing, please apply!
If you use or develop computational tools—AI, data science, stats—to deepen our understanding of eco/evo, evaluate nature-based solutions, or inform and manage impacts on human wellbeing, please apply!
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🚨 First call! 🚨
European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.
Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026
European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.
Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026
September 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚨 First call! 🚨
European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.
Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026
European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.
Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026
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New blog: As a grant peer reviewer I consider Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) even if the scheme doesn't list EDI criteria. Key is to tie the selection criteria to EDI. This is how I do it mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social
As a grant reviewer, how do you request Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, even if it isn’t an explicit selection criterion
Many funding schemes now include equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as an explicit selection criterion. But what happens when it isn’t written into the rubric? Should applicants still consider …
mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
New blog: As a grant peer reviewer I consider Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) even if the scheme doesn't list EDI criteria. Key is to tie the selection criteria to EDI. This is how I do it mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social
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My latest paper, just published in #ESA's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses on the need to think about spatial patterns and sampling design when attempting to measure ecological #spillovers from protected areas. 🌍🦑🧪
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
Conceptualizing and measuring ecological spillover effects from protected areas
Protected areas influence their surroundings in a variety of ways. These “spillover effects” can change an area's conservation value and affect its social license. Advanced statistical tools for quan...
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My latest paper, just published in #ESA's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses on the need to think about spatial patterns and sampling design when attempting to measure ecological #spillovers from protected areas. 🌍🦑🧪
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
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Welcome to the 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology in Leiden (NL)! Here we will explore how biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check eccb26Leiden.eu for more info. We are looking forward to your contributions!
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Welcome to the 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology in Leiden (NL)! Here we will explore how biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check eccb26Leiden.eu for more info. We are looking forward to your contributions!
Reposted by Arash Ghoddousi
🌿 SCB Europe Region seeks nominations for its Board (8 seats, 3-year term starting January 2026). We're especially looking for people to lead membership and education committees.
Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
September 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🌿 SCB Europe Region seeks nominations for its Board (8 seats, 3-year term starting January 2026). We're especially looking for people to lead membership and education committees.
Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
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This is a chance for scientists and practitioners to influence conservation in Europe: nominate yourself for the society Board by October 15th!
I especially encourage early-career people and people from underrepresented backgrounds to join, a diverse Board will have the best ideas!
I especially encourage early-career people and people from underrepresented backgrounds to join, a diverse Board will have the best ideas!
🌿 SCB Europe Region seeks nominations for its Board (8 seats, 3-year term starting January 2026). We're especially looking for people to lead membership and education committees.
Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
September 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is a chance for scientists and practitioners to influence conservation in Europe: nominate yourself for the society Board by October 15th!
I especially encourage early-career people and people from underrepresented backgrounds to join, a diverse Board will have the best ideas!
I especially encourage early-career people and people from underrepresented backgrounds to join, a diverse Board will have the best ideas!
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The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. The organization’s report reads less like an activist’s briefing than a casualty list of a slow-moving war.
Since 2012, the total no. of deaths and disappearances tally at least 2,253, a toll that turns acts of stewardship into mortal hazards.
Since 2012, the total no. of deaths and disappearances tally at least 2,253, a toll that turns acts of stewardship into mortal hazards.
146 environmental defenders were killed or disappeared last year
The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. In 2024, at least 146 people were killed or disappeared while defending land, water and forests. That brings the total to at least 2,253 deaths…
news.mongabay.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. The organization’s report reads less like an activist’s briefing than a casualty list of a slow-moving war.
Since 2012, the total no. of deaths and disappearances tally at least 2,253, a toll that turns acts of stewardship into mortal hazards.
Since 2012, the total no. of deaths and disappearances tally at least 2,253, a toll that turns acts of stewardship into mortal hazards.
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Open Call!
The Sabin #SnowLeopard #Grants Program supports #conservation & #research across the 12 range countries
Apply by Oct 1st
www.zoonewengland.org/protect/around-the-globe/sabin-snow-leopard-grants-program
Powered by the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
@zoonewengland.bsky.social #wildlife
The Sabin #SnowLeopard #Grants Program supports #conservation & #research across the 12 range countries
Apply by Oct 1st
www.zoonewengland.org/protect/around-the-globe/sabin-snow-leopard-grants-program
Powered by the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
@zoonewengland.bsky.social #wildlife
September 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Open Call!
The Sabin #SnowLeopard #Grants Program supports #conservation & #research across the 12 range countries
Apply by Oct 1st
www.zoonewengland.org/protect/around-the-globe/sabin-snow-leopard-grants-program
Powered by the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
@zoonewengland.bsky.social #wildlife
The Sabin #SnowLeopard #Grants Program supports #conservation & #research across the 12 range countries
Apply by Oct 1st
www.zoonewengland.org/protect/around-the-globe/sabin-snow-leopard-grants-program
Powered by the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
@zoonewengland.bsky.social #wildlife