Jenny Anne Glikman

Dr. Jenny Anne Glikman is a senior researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC, Spain), within the Human Dimensions area. Her research focuses on deepening our understanding of the relationships between humans, nature, and wildlife to address conflicts that threaten biodiversity conservation and human activities. Her work aims to develop shared solutions and actions that support conservation efforts and build local capacity to achieve human-wildlife coexistence.

Dr. Glikman serves as a board member of the “Human-Bear Conflict Expert Team” and in as steering committee member of the “Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group” of the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN). In addition, she is one of the Editors-in-Chief of the Human Dimensions of Wildlife Journal.

Previously, she spent six years as Associate Director of the Community Engagement Team at the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research (SDZWA) in California. She continues to collaborate with SDZWA on some of the international programs in South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, focusing on human-wildlife interactions and illegal wildlife trade. Earlier in her career, she was a professor and researcher in the Department of Human Ecology at the National Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-Mérida) in Mexico, where her work explored the historical and cultural foundations of marine and terrestrial protected areas.

Dr. Glikman holds two MSc degrees: one in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare from the University of Edinburgh (UK) and another in Conservation of Biodiversity and Management of Protected Areas from La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). She earned her Ph.D. in Human Dimensions of Wildlife from Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada.