Research interest

Animal behavior, including human, is my main research interest. I am interested in issues like sustainable use of wildlife and minimization of negative effects of wildlife.

Background

I have a master degree in Applied Biology from Linköping University. After my graduation I worked for almost three years at SLU in Skara, with research and education, mainly within animal behavior and conservation biology. I started my PhD-studies at SLU in Umeå in autumn 2009 and the project concerns social and biological aspects of human-moose interactions.

PhD-project

I am currently studying attitudes towards hunting. My first paper is about the effect of game meat consumption on non-hunters perception of hunting. Wildlife management practices by hunters are my next subject to study. After that I will investigate moose browsing damage in relation to forest practices.

Current teaching

Course assistant: 1) Human Dimension of Fish and Wildlife Management and 2) Hunting Tourism.

Conference talks

Ljung PE, Riley SJ & Ericsson G. 2011. Availability of Game Meat - the Key to Public Acceptance of Hunting? 17th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Madison, Wisconsin.

Eriksson P & Jung J. 2007. Do solitary trees influence distribution of African herbivores and vultures? 19th Nordic Symposium of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Skara, Sweden.