Curriculum vitae

Miquel Torrents-Ticó completed his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Conservation from the University of Helsinki in 2023. During his Ph.D., he integrated Indigenous and Local Knowledge and promoted biocultural approaches to Interdisciplinary Conservation. He also served as a guest scientist at the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. His passion for studying human-wildlife interactions has led him to various locations worldwide, ranging from tropical rainforests to arid deserts, where he collaborated with different species. Notable sites include Costa Rica (working with olive Ridley Sea turtles), Ecuador (studying common woolly monkeys), South Africa (researching meerkats and Damaraland mole-rats), Botswana (investigating large predators), and Namibia (observing chacma baboons). His dedication to conservation has grown in response to the escalating conflicts between humans and wildlife, with a particular focus on Human-Wildlife Interactions. In his postdoctoral project at HELICS, he studies Human-Wildlife Interactions using digital data sources along with traditional surveys. Miquel Torrents-Ticó is also a member of the Hyaena Specialist Group within the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the Fulbright Finland Foundation, and a National Geographic Explorer.