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Erica von Essen

@ericavonessen.bsky.social

Human-wildlife researcher based at Stockholm Resilience Center and in a virtual bubble of animal memes

Erica von Essen @ericavonessen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm at a workshop on digital surveillance tech on animal interaction in Potsdam and i'm sitting next to a professor who designs toys for Pallas cats in zoos. his fieldwork is literally playing with cats like margays. im still processing

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Erica von Essen @ericavonessen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

There has been approximately 4 minutes of clear skies coinciding with daytime in sthlm in the past three weeks and I was like:

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Erica von Essen @ericavonessen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Soliciting reviewers lately is intense. I don't blame any of y'all for declining but this level of daily rejection gotta be doing something to my psyche

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Erica von Essen @ericavonessen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Getting Black Friday emails from businesses you don’t remember ever having subscribed to

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Erica von Essen @ericavonessen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

For us wildlife folk, June 2026 is stackedt with conferences: POLLEN, Pathways, World Biodiversity Forum, European Congress of Conservation Biology. Any missing? I am paralyzed by indecision.

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Erica von Essen @ericavonessen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Me with research funding like

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