POWERSHIFT

POWERSHIFT works across local, national, and international levels and combines social science, ecology, and participatory approaches to generate actionable, power-sensitive knowledge. Key activities include: comparative case studies of conservation initiatives dealing with human-wildlife conflicts in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia, involving local communities, NGOs, practitioners, and authorities; interviews and surveys with conservation practitioners, initiative leaders, and network coordinators to examine how power dynamics influence collaboration and effectiveness; participatory workshops where conservation actors map power relations, explore future scenarios, and align strategies for transformative change, supporting knowledge co-production and collective learning; action-learning and reflective processes that help conservation actors adapt practices and build capacity to address power imbalances; structured dialogues with policymakers and cross-sectoral actors to co-develop power-sensitive policy recommendations; exchanges with broader social and environmental movements to strengthen alliances beyond the conservation sector. Project results are shared through policy briefs, practitioner-oriented tools, stakeholder meetings, and open-access publications, supporting more inclusive and effective biodiversity conservation.