043: Team science in academia and resource management practice with Kenneth Wallen

In this episode, Stefan Partelow interviews Kenny Wallen.

Kenny is an Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions of Fish and Wildlife at the University of Idaho. His professorship is a joint position with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, so Kenny has one foot in academia and one in practice.  He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources; his M.S. at Oklahoma State University in Zoology; B.A. at Truman State University in Psychology.

https://www.human-element-lab.com/

 

Kenny’s Google Scholar page

https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=XT-t5bgAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao

 

Kenny’s university page

https://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/faculty/wallen

 

Research articles mentioned:

Wallen, K. E. & Romulo, C. L. Social norms: More details, please. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 114, E5283–E5284 (2017). https://www.pnas.org/content/114/27/E5283

Wallen, K. E. et al. Integrating team science into interdisciplinary graduate education: an exploration of the SESYNC Graduate Pursuit. J. Environ. Stud. Sci. 9, 218–233 (2019). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-019-00543-2

Wallen, K. E. Focusing on structure and process to integrate and mainstream the social sciences in conservation. Conserv. Biol. 31, 724–726 (2017). https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12871