Ronny Steen has a Ph.D. in Ecology (awarded in 2010) and has spent several years as a senior engineer and a lecturer in various course objectives at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He maintains a wide-ranging research programme, which includes the development of technical equipment (e.g. automated camera systems), data collection and processing, and statistical analyses. He is a Scientific Associate at the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation in Greece and he currently leads the research project “Prey deliveries in Eleonora’s Falcons in Greece”.