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Michele L Barnes

@michelelbarnes.bsky.social
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Assoc Prof @ University of Sydney / Head of the Social Dynamics & Environmental Change Lab I specialize in social networks, social-ecological networks, climate adaptation/transformation, and sustainability projects...and also sharks �

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Now Available: Handbook of Social Networks and the Environment, edited by Michele L. Barnes (@michelelbarnes.bsky.social) and Örjan Bodin Free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781... More information: www.e-elgar.com/shop... Access via Elgaronline, the online platform for Elgar Publishing.
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
📢 PhD opp @ Sydney! Want to explore how AI can help manage complex, high-stakes projects filled with uncertainty, interdependencies & stakeholder chaos? Join our thriving School of Project Management & work on sensing, control & adaptive governance.
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
📣 Exciting news: The 'Handbook of Social Networks & the Environment' - co-edited with the brilliant Örjan Bodin - is now out! Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er
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Handbook of Social Networks and the Environment
‘This brilliant volume comprehensively explains how and why social networks are so critical to help society address environmental challenges, including the climate crisis. It significantly extends pre...
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Love this new paper led by my former PhD student S. Sutcliffe showing how different dimensions of #adaptivecapacity interact to shape diverse #adaptation outcomes - with an important focus on when a *lack of* certain capacities force #maladaptation. Read the full paper here!: tinyurl.com/yrs5ybej
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Fully funded PhD opportunity on farmer #adaptation to reduced water availability. Come join us at the University of Sydney in one of the most stunning cities in the world! Please share widely. www.sydney.edu.au/research/opp...
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Multilevel network approaches to incentivise sustainable adaptation in the Murray Darling Basin - Research Supervisor Connect - Future Students - University of Sydney, Australia
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Australian Science Media Centre @aussmc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🔥 The #WMO confirms that 2024 was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era - @griffith.edu.au @sydneyuni.bsky.social @sarahinscience.bsky.social @lindenashcroft.bsky.social @andrewkingclimate.bsky.social @michelelbarnes.bsky.social respond buff.ly/uZJiq9u
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EXPERT REACTION: WMO's State of the Global Climate shows 2024 went over 1.5 degrees
EXPERT REACTION: WMO's State of the Global Climate shows 2024 went over 1.5 degrees The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has released their State of the Global Climate report for 2024....
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🌍Who gets a say in climate adaptation? (1/4) Our new research from Kenya shows social networks shape agency over adaptation decisions - but not always equally. Full paper here: tinyurl.com/2tutj4za #ClimateJustice #LocallyLed #Adaptation
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
*JOB ALERT* 3-yr postdoc for a qualitative researcher on the role of land rights in a just transition to a decarbonised future. Join an awesome team @official-uom.bsky.social and contribute to cutting edge research, with sites in Mexico, Brazil and Ghana. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate (Natural Resources and Climate Change):Oxford Road
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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Calling climate researchers, community advocates & practitioners! Now, when our people & planet face such a difficult future we need you (virtually or in person)! thanks to all who are sharing news of #AF2025 being based in NZ/Pacific for 1st time! Get abstracts in now! adaptationfutures2025.com
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Adaptation Futures Conference 2025
The 8th international Adaptation Futures Conference (AF2025) will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand from 13 to 16 October, 2025. It is hosted by the…
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 06/02/2025
The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its Nuclear Plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqV...
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Honest Government Ad | Nuclear (Australia)
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Cell Reports Sustainability @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our one-year anniversary issue is here! As we celebrate our first year as a journal, we reflect on the incredible multidisciplinary research we've had the privilege to publish, all striving to tackle today's grand challenges #sustainability www.cell.com/cell-reports...
On the cover: Cell Reports Sustainability is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Sustainability covers a wide array of disciplines that are collectively needed to tackle the grand challenges we face today. Cover art by Julie Sung.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 20/01/2025
My latest article with @laurielaybourn.bsky.social in which we explore how climate impacts such as devastating wildfires can erode our collective ability to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are increasing such impacts. A dynamic we call derailment risk. open.substack.com/pub/jamesdyk...
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Derailment doom loops arise as Trump becomes first post-1.5 President
The political fallout from LA wildfires shows how the consequences of climate change threatens to erode our abilities to reduce the drivers of climate change
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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Steven Schmidt @stevenschmidt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hi all! 👋 I'm so happy to see more sociologists here these days. I study rental housing markets and family inequality. In a recent piece published in ASR, I show how network resource inequalities shape renters' housing search outcomes in LA. Check it out here! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Finding a Home during the Affordable Housing Crisis: How Social Ties Shape Renters’ Housing-Search Outcomes - Steven Schmidt, 2024
Housing searches play a central role in the reproduction of racial inequality in U.S. cities. Past research finds that movers’ social ties influence residential...
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
NEW REPORT: How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue Among Republicans, 56% think climate policies usually hurt the U.S. economy. By contrast, 52% of Democrats say they usually help. 🧪
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How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue
Among Republicans, 56% think climate policies usually hurt the U.S. economy. By contrast, 52% of Democrats say they usually help.
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We have *multiple* Open Rank Academic Positions to fill! Come join us at the University of Sydney (in one of the most gorgeous cities in the world) and contribute toward transforming projects and programs to secure a sustainable and just future. Apply here before Dec 2: tinyurl.com/2ftbuje5
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Great coverage of our recent article on climate change adaptation & peacebuilding that covers both the findings of the review, as well as the unique perspective the lead author Bedoya Taborda brings to this topic. www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
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Study raises concerns about the climate change and global conflict crises
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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our new review on #adaptation and #peace highlights gaps in our understanding of feedbacks between climate change & conflict and underscores the need to build synergistic capacities that can address their cumulative, interactive impacts. Access here!: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Adaptation and Peace: Extending the Agenda for Capacity‐Building in Climate and Conflict‐Affected Communities
The climate change–violent conflict interaction creates a cycle that is negatively reinforcing. Peacebuilding and climate change adaptation intend to reduce violent conflict and climate change vulner...
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