Epsiode 3 - Master Studies

In this episode of Wild Research Bites we discuss master studies and thesis work with Anna Widén, current Ph.D. student and Stephanie Higgins, currently writing her master thesis. Both took part in the master program Management of Fish and Wildlife populations at the Department of Wildlife, Fish and, Environmental Studies at SLU Umeå. We discuss their overall experience with the program before diving deep into their individual master thesis projects. Annas thesis project was about bark stripping of red deer on Norway spruce where she found the interactions between Swedish forestry and wildlife interesting. Stephanie is trying to build a pedigree for wolverines in Scandinavia using DNA sampling and analysis methods to study patterns across generations on a large scale. We also discuss study techniques, different teaching activities and also what specifically Anna and Stephanie think a good teacher and a good supervisor does.

Links to resources:
The master program that both Anna and Stephanie took part in at SLU Umeå, Management of fish and wildlife populations (in English and Swedish): www.slu.se/fishandwildlife/
Vacant master thesis projects at the Department of Wildlife, Fish and, Environmental Studies, SLU Umeå (in English and Swedish): https://www.slu.se/en/departments/wildlife-fish-environmental-studies/education/grundutbildning/master-thesis/
Master thesis work at SLU general information (in English and Swedish): https://student.slu.se/en/studies/degree-projects/

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Anna Widén: [email protected]
Stephanie Higgins: [email protected]

Cover photo by Stephanie Higgins