The Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens together with Biosfaira NGO Greece, Crispus NGO Sibiu Romania and GOlden JAckal Informal study Group Europe (GOJAGE) organized the Second International Symposium on jackals and related species, 2IJS in 2018. The aim of the meeting was to create a fertile ground for productive discussions between novice and experienced scientists in the field of golden jackal (Canis aureus) research, ecology, conservation and management but also on other related species like Gray wolf (Canis lupus), African black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), African wolf (Canis anthus), Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) and coyote (Canis latrans). A special focus of the 2018 2IJS was Taxonomy, Monitoring and Sustainable Hunting.