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Charlotte Chivers

@cachivers.bsky.social
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Research fellow at the Countryside & Community Research Institute, UoG. Interested in agri-environment policy, co-design, citizen-led science, soil & water. TERRASAFE, CaSTCo, SPRINT, MINAGRIS.

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CCRI @ccri-uk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#vacancy : Research Fellow Seeking ambitious social scientist for 2 EU grants, with focus on stakeholder communication, citizen science, sustainable #Agriculture + #soil health. jobs.glos.ac.uk/wrl/pages/va...
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TERRASAFE @desertificationeu.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
"The passion and collaboration within TERRASAFE are inspiring. It's rewarding to be part of a project that values local voices and aims for real impact on the ground." Check out EU Mission Soil's interview with @cachivers.bsky.social: lnkd.in/eQrQrDC8 We're delighted to be in their newsletter!
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Professor Mark Reed @profmarkreed.com · 02/07/2025
New paper by Lyla Mehta and colleagues shows how co-producing research with marginalised groups can drive transformative change, yet inflexible funding holds progress back: lnkd.in/esSQhfAk
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Professor Mark Reed @profmarkreed.com · 04/07/2025
New paper by Charlotte-Anne Chivers and colleagues explains how embracing conflict can enable more effective co-design of policies faster than "unattainable" consensus approaches, especially where complex challenges are being addressed link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Agonistic pluralism for enhancing the co-design of agri-environmental policy - Ambio
This study examines the role of agonistic pluralism in shaping policy co-design, including the development of agri-environment schemes. Embracing agonism may provide a democratic framework for deliber...
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Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society @ambio-journal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
new publication: Agonistic pluralism for enhancing the co-design of agri-environmental policy Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Agonistic pluralism for enhancing the co-design of agri-environmental policy - Ambio
This study examines the role of agonistic pluralism in shaping policy co-design, including the development of agri-environment schemes. Embracing agonism may provide a democratic framework for deliber...
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Highlights: - Conflicts can be productive when respectfully managed - consensus may not be possible without at least some hegemony - Allowing space for ongoing agonism may allow policies to remain more adaptable - This approach may be more inclusive of diverse and often marginalised perspectives.
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Is consensus seeking as default limiting the co-design of agri-environment policy? We examine this in our latest paper, 'Agonistic pluralism for enhancing the co-design of agri-environmental policy' #ELM #AgriEnvironmentPolicy #CoDesign @janethughes.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Agonistic pluralism for enhancing the co-design of agri-environmental policy - Ambio
This study examines the role of agonistic pluralism in shaping policy co-design, including the development of agri-environment schemes. Embracing agonism may provide a democratic framework for deliber...
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TERRASAFE @desertificationeu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
TERRASAFE's @cachivers.bsky.social talked #Soil literacy in Europe at a fantastic workshop hosted by the EU's JRC last week. This was a great opportunity to share how we're supporting soil literacy on our #Desertication project and learn from others. Learn more here: terrasafe.eu/2025/03/20/t...
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This year’s sheep have arrived! Meet our Shetland wethers 🐑 Our cooperative group, ‘Grazin’ squad’, allows a few families in our valley to collectively keep a handful of sheep on land that needs gentle grazing 💚 #StroudLife #Cotswolds
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Global study involving UKCEH shows #pesticides are major contributor to #biodiversity crisis. Analysis of 1,700 studies found overwhelming negative effects on 100s of species of microbes, fungi, plants & animals they're not intended to harm. @Uni Sussex @leibnizlib.bsky.social
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Comprehensive global study shows pesticides are major contributor to biodiversity crisis
Pesticides are causing overwhelming negative effects on hundreds of species of microbes, fungi, plants, insects, fish, birds and mammals that they are not intended to harm – and globally their use is…
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TERRASAFE @desertificationeu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🌿 Introducing TERRASAFE TERRASAFE is here to help communities confront #desertification Watch our short, animated explainer to learn how we are working with landowners and local authorities across southern Europe and north Africa in our ambitious 5-year research project ▶️ youtu.be/m1Oa0NRDQTM
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Combatting desertification: Introducing TERRASAFE
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Excited to be part of the EU-UKRI-funded @desertificationeu.bsky.social project! Over the next five years, we’ll be co-testing innovative solutions to combat desertification. Watch our explainer video to learn more! 🌱 #ClimateChange #Desertification #SoilHealth www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Combatting desertification: Introducing TERRASAFE
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MinagrisEU - Impacts of plastic debris on soil health @minagriseu.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
MinagrisEU has joined Bluesky! Follow us to discover the science of micro/nano-plastics on #soilhealth. We'll be posting about our findings over the next two years, and exploring what viable alternatives there are to plastic in agricultural settings. #plastics #farming #agriculture #soilscience
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Community supported agriculture’s perceived positive impacts on #MentalHealth and vegetable consumption in Norway and the UK. 💖🥕🧠 This resonates a lot - I gained huge #wellbeing benefits while volunteering at the Community Farm in Bristol! agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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Community supported agriculture’s perceived positive impacts on mental health and vegetable consumption in Norway and the UK - Agricultural and Food Economics
Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a format for provisioning food, usually vegetables, where consumers are involved, to various degrees, in the production process. In this study of survey data, ...
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 22/01/2025
The scale of the chemical industry’s lobbying campaign and clean-up costs for PFAS have been revealed by a new collaboration of scientists and journalists.
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Lobbying in ‘forever chemicals’ industry is rife across Europe – the inside story of our investigation
The scale of the chemical industry’s lobbying campaign and clean-up costs for PFAS have been revealed by a new collaboration of scientists and journalists.
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Line Lazarus @linelazarus.eurosky.social · 28/04/2024
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Come on Nando’s - do better! #RiverPollution #IntensivePoultry www.cheekynandos.uk/action
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@nandosuk chicken is killing our rivers. I emailed their CEO to ask why they’re buying from factory farms that are polluting the UK’s most beautiful rivers. You can too
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Alex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
New report from land workers trade union SALT released at ORFC. It's essential reading for anyone in the world of agroecology and organic farming. Some of its findings are truly shocking. E.g. Report found ave wage of a trainee on an agroecological farm is £1.41 per hour. 🧵
Front cover of the report. burnt out, overworked and underpaid, done by SALT. A Workers' inquiry into labour conditions in agroecology.
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Hans Peter Arp @hanspeterarp.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The costs of PFAS remediation: The more #PFAS are used and spread, the more the #health and #remediation costs. We conducted remediation cost estimates for soil, water, sludge and leachate for the EU27 countries, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and the UK: foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/the...
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Unaffordable - The absurd cost of ‘PFAS as usual’
Almost every PFAS molecule ever synthesised is still out there. Some do break down – but into new PFAS.
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TERRASAFE @desertificationeu.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
We’re getting ready to celebrate World Soil Day on 5th December 🌱 To mark the occasion, we’re planning to launch our very first TERRASAFE newsletter! Don’t miss out on receiving a copy - subscribe now via our website: www.terrasafe.eu #WorldSoilDay #WSD24 #SoilHealth
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TERRASAFE @desertificationeu.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hello, Bluesky! We'd like to introduce ourselves. Our project, TERRASAFE, aims to combat desertification by working with local communities to co-test innovations. Follow if interested in #Desertification, #SoilHealth, #ClimateCrisis, and #LandDegradation! #MissionSoil 🌐https://terrasafe.eu/
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
New paper in Geoforum - about how current approaches to controlling #livestock disease lead to cruel optimism 🎉 We examine how neoliberal policies, including those surrounding #bovineTB, provide initial hope but ultimately result in significant burdens 🦡 linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
To read - Nourishing Britain: A Political Manual for Improving the Nation's Health 🫀 Key points: backlash risks, tension between industry & regulation, food ill-health as “non-urgent,” ongoing complexity. @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social @henrydimbleby.bsky.social www.nesta.org.uk/report/nouri...
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Nourishing Britain: a political manual for improving the nation’s health
Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken draw on interviews with former prime ministers and other key figures to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle the UK’s obes...
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Charlotte Chivers @cachivers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hey Bluesky 👋 Giving this a whirl since X/Twitter became ‘enshittified’ (favourite word at the moment, look it up…) Just back from a lovely few days in Cornwall - back to work tomorrow! 🌊
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