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Francis Masse

@geofrancismasse.bsky.social
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Political Ecologist. Geographer. Conservation, wildlife trade/economies, (in)security, human-wildlife-livestock relations, infectious disease.

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REPAiR Project @repairproject.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
When people think of Eryri national park (Snowdonia), they don't always think of people and livestock. It's one example of a persistent myth that humans, livestock and biodiversity cannot coexist, says John Harold at our recent #RangelandMyths discussion. repairproject.substack.com/p/myth-peopl...
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Myth: People and livestock are bad for biodiversity
The fifth in our series on 'Rangeland Myths'.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The @cndhistassoc.bsky.social has written to Minister @JulieDabrusin to take issue with this attack on knowledge. You should too! cha-shc.ca/advocacy/cha... #cdnhist #envhist
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CHA & IHAF Letter to Minister Julie Dabrusin | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
On April 17, 2026, CHA president Colin Coates and IHAF president Thomas Wien sent a letter to Minister Julie Dabrusin, with Richard Dennis (Chief Librarian, Parks Canada) and Media Relations in CC. Th...
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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🔝 @uab.cat & @ub.edu to host POLLEN 2026: Confronting the Polycrisis Through the Stories of Political Ecology The event, coorganised through ICTA-UAB, will explore how narratives of resistance can shape more just futures. @pollenetwork.bsky.social Registration OPEN📭 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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UAB and UB to Host POLLEN 2026: Confronting the Polycrisis Through the Stories of Political Ecology
From June 29th to July 3rd, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Barcelona (UB) will co-organize an international...
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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I think the fact that @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social etc latest paper has the phrase "a more than human political ecology" in its title neatly demonstrates the shift towards interdisciplinary in @conbiology.bsky.social in recent years. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A more‐than‐human political ecology of Indonesian songbird trade
Since its inception, conservation science has considered wildlife trade a problem. In focusing on conservation outcomes, conservationists almost completely ignore the welfare of traded animals and pl...
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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🚨FUNDED PHD🚨'Economic carrying capacity & the future of rhinos in privately governed OECMs' @dice-kent.bsky.social, UK & International applications welcome - closing date 14th May🦏 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Male White rhinoceros walking in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia Photo by Giles Laurent
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
❗JOB ALERT❗Assistant Prof. in Human Geography at Durham University. Health geographies broadly defined. Relevant to @devgeogsrg.bsky.social @foodgeog.bsky.social @gfgrg.bsky.social @healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social @polgrg.bsky.social @lag-uk.bsky.social Share widely/contact to discuss informally!
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Assistant Professor in Human Geography
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
❗JOB ALERT❗Assistant Prof. in Human Geography at Durham University. In health geographies broadly defined, with specific mention of political ecologies of health, health-environment intersections and other approaches relevant to political ecology and @pollenetwork.bsky.social Please share widely!
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Assistant Professor in Human Geography
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
❗JOB ALERT❗Assistant Prof. in Human Geography at Durham University. In health geographies broadly defined, with specific mention of political ecologies of health, health-environment intersections and other approaches relevant to political ecology and @pollenetwork.bsky.social Please share widely!
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Assistant Professor in Human Geography
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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Do you work for a conservation organisation? Take part in this global survey of conservation labour - on who does what in conservation, where, and how: www.cmi.no/projects/292...
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Conservation Labor: A New Frontier in Labor Theory and Conservation Science (CONLAB)
There is a rapidly developing literature on the 'human dimensions' of conservation, including critical scholarship and appli...
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Colin McFarlane @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Really importance piece in the Times Higher on cuts to Geography at a time when it matters most www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-u...
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The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings
From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors
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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The @leverhulmecal.bsky.social PhD studentships are now live here leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/leverhulme-c... Are you looking for a PhD programme that supports interdisciplinary approaches to algorithmic life? Closing date 26 February
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Funded PhD opportunities - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life
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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🌍 2 Fully-funded PhDs in Global Methane Politics at UniofLeeds! Study coal or wastewater methane, join an ERC-funded team, do international fieldwork & shape climate policy research. Start Oct 2026. Apply now! 🔬💨 #ClimateJobs #PhD #Methane phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2341...
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Global Methane Politics
Project opportunity - Global Methane Politics at the University of Leeds
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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
📣On May 12-15 in Barcelona the conference The Apocalypse is Not Coming (TANC) invites submissions for paper, to transdisciplinary panels exploring apocalyptic imaginaries, crisis, and regenerative futures across fields. 🌍✨https://webs.uab.cat/apocalypse-conf/call-for-papers/
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Philip Stephens @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
📢 Fully funded PhD available: Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use Through @netgain.bsky.social, with @naturescot.bsky.social More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (UK ‘home students’ only) #phd #wildlife #deer #ecology
Red deer stag (photo: P A Stephens)
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Funded PhD! Building Resilience to Interactions and Cascades Between Hydrometeorological and Biological Hazards in African Rangelands (Project 2). co-supervisors @carolineclason.bsky.social Jed Stevenson. Funded by Christoper Moyes Memorial Studentship @ihrr.bsky.social Link 👇 Contact if interested
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Christopher Moyes Memorial Foundation Studentship 2026 - Durham University
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Check out newly published Handbook of Wildlife Crime with starting premise of taking a critical approach to researching/understanding wildlife crime. With most wonderful coeditors @ahubschle.bsky.social R. Wong L. Gutierrez T. Wyatt & contributors @geogdurham.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
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Routledge Handbook of Wildlife Crime
The Routledge Handbook of Wildlife Crime provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of wildlife crime in its various forms. The effects of wildlife crime and overexploitation are contribu...
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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life Fellows - Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - G8
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
There are three more days to submit your ideas for papers to #POLLEN2026 panels. The last day is 5th December. We will not be extending the deadline. Here is the link to send in your submission: tinyurl.com/yumc2tsx
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Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN
The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Interested or know someone interested in doing a PhD on environmental histories/materialities of zoonotic or infectious animal disease as part of Transformative Humanities @durham.ac.uk Then please get in touch by Dec 8th! @pollenetwork.bsky.social @emilywebz.bsky.social @rgs-agwg.bsky.social
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade #politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography Please share and pass on to potentially interested people. @pollenetwork.bsky.social @findaphd.bsky.social
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This brilliant graphic from @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca captures really clearly the challenge of the drain, and the hope of alternatives that can free us from it.
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
CALL FOR PHD APPLICANTS ON CIVET ONE HEALTH. Collaborative PhD with Civet One Health Programme. Interested in applicants wanting to examine civet trade, consumption, farming, value chains, and One Health issues relating to and across these. @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jeshooper.bsky.social 👇SEE AD👇
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade #politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography Please share and pass on to potentially interested people. @pollenetwork.bsky.social @findaphd.bsky.social
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
CfP Political Ecology Conference Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
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P086: Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
10-15 minute presentations depending on participants. Charis Enns will be discussant to provoke discussion and thinking about future special issue.
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
another example of Geopolitical Ecology of Conservation, now in the Arctic. To understand how national security interests shape conservation assistance, just like this, take a peak at this article w @jaredmargulies.bsky.social that seeks to understand that very relationship tinyurl.com/bd9utx7y
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The geopolitical ecology of conservation: The emergence of illegal wildlife trade as national security interest and the re-shaping of US foreign conservation assistance
In this article we develop a geopolitical ecology of foreign conservation assistance. While the literature on the political nature of foreign assistan…
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
CfP Political Ecology Conference Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
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P086: Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
10-15 minute presentations depending on participants. Charis Enns will be discussant to provoke discussion and thinking about future special issue.
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
CfP Political Ecology Conference Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
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ianscoones.bsky.social @ianscoones.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Rethinking disaster risk reduction Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which estimates that the true cost of disasters is nearly $2.3 trillion.…
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Rethinking disaster risk reduction
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has recently published the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, which estimates that the true cost of disasters is nearly $2.3 trillion. This year’s call is to “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters” as part of the international day, with the UNDRR arguing for a “decisive shift” towards funding resilience now to avoid paying for disasters later.
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live. What happens now is a vital part of the preparation Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction. Please spread the word. shorturl.at/fCGhB
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Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN
The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...
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Jonny Turnbull 🇺🇦 @jonnyjjt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🌅 How are digital technologies refashioning ecological aesthetics? 🌅 Join us for the next Digital Ecologies conference in February 2026 - CFP now open! We're delighted to welcome Joanna Zylinska and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg as our keynotes! Any questions, get in touch.
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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
International students can apply for a UK Chevening Fellowship to study on one of our 1-year Taught Postgraduate courses: MA Climate, Risk and Society MSc Climate, Risk and Society MSc Environmental Hazards and Risk MA Risk, Security and Politics Deadline for applications to Chevening is Oct 7.
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I can echo how difficult a task this was and how seriously it was taken! A privilege (even when difficult) to be part of the process and get an insight into the amazing breadth and depth or work and thinking being done under the banner of Political Ecology.
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
In Zambia continuing research to support understanding of animal/zoonotic diseases in community conservation landscapes & how to mitigate disease risks for sustainable wildlife-livestock futures @charisenns.bsky.social @brocksaglio.bsky.social
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David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 @davidcavlovic.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
New article🚨 Demilitarizing Conservation A labour of love w L Lunstrum @ashavin.bsky.social A Dutta @esthermarijnen.bsky.social T Mushonga F Matose For a more robustly care-full conservation Demilitarization based on ethics/politics of care/nonviolence @pollenetwork.bsky.social shorturl.at/Wsl9m
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Demilitarizing Conservation
Many national parks and other protected areas (PAs) are experiencing an intensification of military actors, logics, and partnerships across the globe. This amounts to one of the most consequential ...
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Eric Nost @ericnost.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Ethemblage is an online game developed by @leahgovia.bsky.social leahgovia.itch.io/ethemblage It's a story in which players interact with different scenarios where technologies such as acoustic monitors, drones, and GPS collars are applied by conservationists to monitor non-human species.
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Ethemblage by leahgovia
Interactive story about more-than-human ethics
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
A #POLLEN26 Update: We have 227 panels submitted. 227!! That is an incredible response. We will not have space for them all. But we will try our best. Now the 17 members of the scientific committee will set about selecting and sorting. A huge thanks to all who sent proposals in.
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Very excited to be starting at @geogdurham.bsky.social today! Looking forwards to new colleagues, friends, & collaborations and already feeling a very warm welcome. And a sincere thank you to friends & colleagues at Northumbria GES & @nuglobaldev.bsky.social for some wonderful years!
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨Job Alert 🚨 🐕‍🦺 🐄🐎🐦‍⬛ Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social 📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...
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Project Manager - Multispecies Mutualisms Project at University of Sheffield
jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for professional services jobs in higher education, invites you to apply for the Project Manager - Multispecies Mutualisms Project position. Click to apply today!
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Do you work in conservation/for a conservation organisation? Please take our survey! We need respondents who work in conservation (broadly defined) in any capacity Survey takes 15/20 minutes, doesn’t ask for name & is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French www.cmi.no/projects/292...
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Conservation Labor: A New Frontier in Labor Theory and Conservation Science (CONLAB)
There is a rapidly developing literature on the 'human dimensions' of conservation, including critical scholarship and appli...
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Absolutely glorious day in the NE of England! Just needed to be said.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This is an excellent- and alarming - read on the growth of journals, including killer line ‘if you think about it, it’s a steal’. Also has advice on what any of us can do about it ⬇️
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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Latest from me looking at #SpaceX, #STEMwashing and the #NewSpace industry's jazz hands 'immersion' tactics used to pinch stuff from poor people. All free today! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Look's like I'm on Bluesky now. Hello.
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Esteve Corbera @estevecorbera.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
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POLLEN Conference 2026 - POLLEN
To learn more about our rational and purposes, then please look at this page , or download this document. If would like to participate then the first step is to propose a panel, or some other contribu...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📣 New Paper on #ConvivialConservation in Biological Conservation, brilliantly led by @judithekrauss.bsky.social We argue for greater transdisciplinary research to develop convivial forms of human-predator #coexistence. It’s #OA and you can read it here ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Coexistence beyond disciplinary silos: Five dimensions of analysis for more convivial human-predator interactions
Understanding human-predator interactions has been a central goal of conservation for decades, yet many previous efforts have approached this challeng…
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