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Archive: past events
A selection of past talks, events and appearances:
Talk at the Biologische Schutzgemeinschaft Göttingen (BSG), Germany (10 Sep 2026)
World Jackal Day – 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 (every year on 19 April)
Conference “Der Goldschakal in Österreich” (The golden jackal in Austria) – planned for 29 Apr 2020 in the Festsaal (main hall) of BOKU University, Vienna (cancelled due to the pandemic)
Evening talk in Brunn am Gebirge (14 Nov 2019)
Guest lecture on the golden jackal in Austria – in-service training at the University College of Teacher Education (with the Upper Austrian Hunting Association)
Evening talk hosted by the Deutschlandsberg district hunting office (Styria)
Austrian Hunters’ Conference (Jägertagung) – talk at the “Speakers Corner”
International project meeting at the IWJ (BOKU)
Long Night of Research (Lange Nacht der Forschung)
You can find the full list of talks and conference contributions under Publications. The golden jackal has also appeared on television several times.
Latest news
News from the project – most recent first.
Nov 2026
Radio
From 9 November on Ö1: golden jackals in “Vom Leben der Natur”
From 9 to 13 November 2026, the Austrian radio programme “Vom Leben der Natur” (Ö1, in German) airs a five-part series on the golden jackal and the research behind it – daily at 8:55 am. To the programme on oe1.orf.at
Oct 2026
Team
Clemens Mühlberger: master’s degree and talk at the jackal symposium
Clemens Mühlberger completes his master’s degree with the defence of his thesis “Habitat suitability analysis for golden jackals (Canis aureus) in Austria”. At the 4th International Jackal Symposium in Tulcea (Romania) he represented the Golden Jackal Project and presented his results: around 37 % of Austria offers suitable habitat for golden jackals. Meet the team
Clemens Mühlberger with his poster at the symposium in Tulcea
Oct 2026
Publication
New paper: a golden jackal crosses the Alps
In Ecology and Evolution, Custers et al. (2026) document the first case of a golden jackal settling in a subalpine environment. Read the article
Jun 2026
Team
Master’s degree for Luis Ofenstein
Luis Ofenstein completes his master’s degree with the defence of his thesis “Spatial Distribution and Single-Season Occupancy Modelling of Golden Jackals on Samos Island based on Bioacoustic Surveys”. Using acoustic surveys, he studied where golden jackals occur on the Greek island of Samos.
2026
Research
Two new studies on the spread across Europe
In Nature Ecology & Evolution, Ranc et al. show that proximity to people shields golden jackals from wolves (read the study). In Global Change Biology, Flores-Manzanero et al. find that climate shapes the genetic patterns of the expansion (read the study).
2026
Conference
4th International Jackal Symposium
The symposium has taken place – the Golden Jackal Project contributed six papers to the proceedings.
2025
Book
New book: “Der Goldschakal – Lebenskünstler auf leisen Pfoten” (The Golden Jackal – Master of Survival on Silent Paws)
To mark the project’s tenth anniversary, we published books that make our accumulated knowledge widely accessible. Visit the shop (in German)
Oct 2024
Video
Golden jackal family filmed in the Hohe Tauern
Camera traps in Hohe Tauern National Park captured video footage of a golden jackal family with pups. Watch the video
The golden jackal was first recorded in Austria in 1987, and the first evidence of breeding followed in 2007. Since 2015, the Golden Jackal Project has studied its spread.
Our books and a selection of scientific publications from the project.
Cover mock-up · book in preparation
Chronicle · out in 2027
Das Goldschakalprojekt: Eine Chronik
The detailed chronicle of the Golden Jackal Project Austria (in German; English title: “The Golden Jackal Project: A Chronicle”) covers each year in detail – with publications, media coverage and monitoring data. It will be published as a book.
Der Goldschakal – Lebenskünstler auf leisen Pfoten
Everything about the golden jackal – from biology and behaviour to its spread across Europe – in one compact book (in German). Hatlauf J, Krickl R (2025), aureus Verlag, 264 pp.
Custers J, Hatlauf J, de Bergeyck A, Črtalič J, Pokorny B, Potočnik H (2026). The first documented case of a golden jackal settling in a subalpine environment.
Television
Press