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Gap analysis of social science resources for conservation practice Detoeuf, Diane De Lange, Emiel Ibbett, Harriet Gupta, Trisha Monterrubio Solís, Constanza Mavakala, Krossy Catapani, Mariana Labão Kretser, Heidi E. Milner-Gulland, Eleanor J. Brittain, Stephanie Newing, Helen Fariss, Brandie Spira, Charlotte Eyster, Harold N. DeMello, Nicole Wallen, Kenneth E. Thornton, Sara A. Bennett, Nathan J. Choo, Li Ling Capacity building Conservation policy Needs assessment Qualitative research Quantitative research Social science methods Conservation is an inherently social process-people collectively endeavor to enact conservation. Yet, in conservation social science, research methodologies, training, and competency are less common than in natural sciences. Globally, formal education and training in the social sciences are often unavailable or inaccessible to conservation practitioners, and nonformal education may help fill this gap. To identify potential opportunities, we implemented a global survey of practitioners to identify their knowledge gaps and social science training needs and conducted a gap analysis of available social science training resources. We compiled 449 resources, including 266 English-language and 183 non-English-languages resources into an open-access online database hosted by the Conservation Social Science Partnership. Resources were categorized as communication, data collection, ethics and human rights, intervention, impact evaluation, or analysis. Most resources were open access (90%) and half were specific to conservation practice. Survey responses (n = 90) revealed demand for help with data analyses, research ethics, and human rights considerations. We found a need for organization leaders to prioritize social sciences in conservation, greater diversity of accessible training resources in alternate mediums and languages, resources tailored to conservation contexts, and additional ethics and human rights and data analysis resources. 2025-05-24T15:54:35Z 2025-05-24T15:54:35Z 2025-05-24T15:54:35Z 2025-05-23T08:42:03Z 2025-05-23T08:42:03Z 2025 2025-05-23T08:42:03Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70475 Conservation Biology. 2025 Apr;39(2):e14463 © 2025 The Author(s). Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Wiley