Eivin Røskaft

Eivin Røskaft is a Norwegian evolutionary biologist, academic, and author. He is a professor emeritus in evolutionary biology at the department of biology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Røskaft's research is focused on the application of evolutionary biology to conservation. As of 2025, his work has been cited 8900 times according to Scopus.

Education Røskaft completed his PhD in 1984 in zoology (ethology/sociobiology) under the supervision of Yngve Espmark from University of Trondheim. He then worked at the University of Trondheim from 1978 to 1982 as a research assistant before getting appointed as a scientific researcher there in 1985. Additionally, he conducted research in sociobiology as a postdoctoral researcher at the Burke Museum, University of Washington under Sievert Rohwer from 1984 to 1985, and later joined the faculty of his alma mater in 1988.

Røskaft coordinated an EU-funded four-year project, AfricanBioServices, focused on understanding the relations and relationships between humans and ecosystems, and analyzed how biodiversity and human well-being are impacted by ongoing climate change, human rising population, and land use change in the Greater Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in Eastern Africa.

In his studies focused on human attitudes towards large carnivores, Roskaft assessed the self-reported fear of carnivore species in Norwegian population, and discussed how factors such as gender, age, human population density and activities related to experience with or knowledge about these animals affect this fear.

As of 2025, his work has been cited 8900 times according to Scopus.

Awards and honors 1985 – Scientific Award, Royal Norwegian Scientific Society