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Rosaleen Duffy

@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social
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Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University. sheffield.ac.uk/spir/people/academi… & part of the Multispecies Mutualisms project multispeciesmutualisms.org

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 19h
Yesterday I was at the fascinating @bou.org.uk conference - it gave me lots to think about in terms of how birds might (and might not) choose to move in the context of climate change ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/choosing-to-...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really pleased to be at this @bou.org.uk event today - I’m learning a lot about birds responses to growing environmental pressures #BOUasm26
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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨NEW PAPER🚨'Assessing safeguards against the illegal wildlife trade on AI platforms' by @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social & Jason Nurse @kent.ac.uk @dice-kent.bsky.social in @conbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Assessing safeguards against the illegal wildlife trade on AI platforms
AI platforms, while offering many positive applications, also present new risks to society, including the facilitation of trade in threatened and illegal wildlife. Although these platforms employ saf...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📰 Catch up with what we have been doing in the first year of the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #MultispeciesMutualisms project - events, new colleagues, publications & more ⬇️ mailchi.mp/1e35cf510024...
Multicoloured illustration of MM and different animals in black silhouette. Artwork Lisa O’ Hara
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Universities are supposed to be places that question power and hold corporations to account, not give them academic legitimacy.” I've been quoted. @newcastleuni.bsky.social is really stooping low here & making a mockery of sustainability.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Are you ready for Round 12 of the #IWT Challenge Fund? Applications open on 30th September. I’m also really pleased to say I’m rejoining the Advisory Board for 2026-27 - and looking forward to reading about all the exciting projects. More info ⬇️ iwt.challengefund.org.uk
Egg timer on grass, witb sunshine behind. yellow banners. The text in black letters on yellow background: says Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. The countdown has begun….
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our #MultispeciesMutualisms colleague @kategoldie.bsky.social attended the launch of the new RSPCA Animal Welfare Evidence Centre - you can read her fascinating reflections here ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/the-launch-o...
Dr Jenny Maher presenting on stage at the launch; PowerPoint presentation on a purple background; three audience members in the photo facing away from the camera. Photo by Kate Goldie
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Simon Rushton @simonrushton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The (apparently deliberate) destruction of UK Higher Education continues apace. It appears that neither the UK nor Scottish governments care, and there are no ways left of holding university managers accountable. A complete disaster for the sector, and for society.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Last week I was at this really engaging 2 day workshop on animal politics - Alasdair Cochrane has done a fantastic write up of the key themes for #MultispeciesMutualisms multispeciesmutualisms.org/social-ties-...
Coffee cup and Laptop screen, people seated in the background listening to speaker at the front pointing to PowerPoint presentation
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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Great new paper on "wild attachments" by Sarah Crowley, about the connections that people - individuals and communities - build with wild animals. As expected, English beavers get a mention. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Wild attachments - Sarah L Crowley, 2026
Wild attachments are persistent, affective ties between people and wild animals. They form when individual wild animals, populations, or species come to matter ...
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The recent glacial floods in Nepal & Tibet lay bare climate injustices & highlight that climate disruption is global, and highly unequal. The UK & high income countries must step up their commitments to support those living on the frontlines of #ClimateChange. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Climate injustices have been laid bare in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster | Letters
Letters: Prof Lyla Mehta says the glacial floods and loss of life are a stark reminder that climate disruption is global and highly unequal. Plus letters from Lynda McDonald and Jan Bengtsson
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excellent thread setting out all we are up to this week. Spoiler: it’s loads!
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📣 This week we celebrate the first anniversary of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social project #MultispeciesMutualisms by welcoming 4 fantastic new team members @guillemrubio.bsky.social @maythehan.bsky.social Dominic O’Key & @kategoldie.bsky.social. More info ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/welcoming-fo...
4 people stood against a stone wall. Text says From left to right: Dr Guillem Rubio-Ramon, Dr Maythe Han, Dr Kate Goldie and Dr Dominic O'Key.
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Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Confirmed speaker list for the event I'm running on 30th September, 1-2.30pm BST 'The show must go on? Revisiting the script of international climate cooperation 10 years after Paris' showcasing a new SI in GEP, eds Florian Steig, Eva Lövbrand & Angela Oels Register! www.bisa.ac.uk/events/show-...
The speakers will be: 

Maria Jernnäs (Linköping University) Measure-ability: The Paris Agreement’s Transparency Regime and the Making of the Calculating State
Cecilia Oliveira (RIFS Potsdam) Remaking the Amazon? The Emergence of Transterritorial Spaces of Governmentality
Florian Steig (Oxford University) The Global Politics of Sea Level Rise Adaptation
Angela Oels (Augsburg University) More than an Empty Bucket? The Competing Rationalities in the Operationalization of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage
Maarten Hajer (Utrecht University) The Script of the Science–Policy Interface: Performative Routines in Climate Politics
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 07/09/2026
Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia? We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science. Please consider applying if this is up your street!
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Call for expressions of interest: PhD position
The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite …
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Check out this new book from @monicapons.bsky.social #Eels #IWT #WildlifeTrade
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
These @ucu.org.uk videos show how #HE is in a sector wide crisis; but this one hits harder as it’s my University. Constant restructuring & so many jobs at risk; it is really demoralising ⬇️
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 02/09/2026
Our second local dispute video comes from Nottingham UCU, where members are fighting to protect more than 700 jobs and defend vital courses. They’ve already taken action and are gearing up for more. Please give it a watch and share in solidarity with Nottingham UCU.
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Han @drhannahbattersby.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's going to be awesome!
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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We are excited to launch the next iteration of our Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade. The course is open to academics, practitioners and researchers wanting to address illegal wildlife trade. Apply here by early September: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...
A photo of four elephants with a mountainous landscape behind them. There is white text on a blue background at the bottom of the photo, which reads 'Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade. New course starting on 21 September 2026. Apply now!'
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/08/2026
Universities across the UK are calling their redundancy programmes ‘voluntary’. In today’s Sunday Times a Senior Lecturer in Humanities completely exposes that lie.
 “I didn’t want to leave, but anyone who stays in that job will be burnt out by November. It will be far worse for the students, because they are losing so many specialists in their fields, and it will leave no time for research.” 

Senior Lecturer in Humanities
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And the results are in. Its hard to describe just how undermining it is to have restructures upon restructures, almost constant VSS & ballooning workloads for everyone as a result of a management class needing to show ‘change’ to move on up to their next position ⬇️
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026
I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It was even worse populist clap trap than I imagined - better off listening to the excellent @cosmicshambles.com podcast on it instead. ADHDUK have complained to #OfCom & provide further info here adhduk.co.uk/challenging-...
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Challenging Channel 4's "The Great ADHD Myth?" - ADHD UK
Update: 18th August. Post-Broadcast.
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Watched reluctantly. Felt I had to to comment on it. Also made me angry for two reasons 1 the poor quality of the ‘investigation’. 2 why Ch4 commissioned such a shoddy prog? Worst eg of confirmation bias I’ve seen. (ADHD sceptics only) Ethics re the child involved were awful. Ignorant & dangerous.
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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New event! 'The show must go on? Revisiting the script of international climate cooperation ten years after Paris', this event is launching a new Special Issue in GEP, edited by Florian Steig, Eva Lövbrand and Angela Oels. Online, free, 1-2.30pm BST 30th September. www.bisa.ac.uk/events/show-...
Drawing upon a newly published Special Issue in Global Environmental Politics (edited by Florian Steig, Eva Lövbrand and Angela Oels), this event asks how the “script” for international climate cooperation is discursively (re)produced, performed, and reconfigured at a time when liberal environmentalism is under threat by great power rivalry, rising anti-climate populism, and accelerating climate disasters. How can it be that the annual Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the 1992 UNFCCC, serving as the Meetings of the Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement, continue as normal when the world as we know it is coming undone? How can countries claim that “the Paris Agreement is working” when their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are clearly “off target” and leading us to a 2.8°C warmer world by the end of this century? To answer these questions, the event brings together leading critical-interpretative scholars across political science, science and technology studies, sociology, and human geography.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 17/08/2026
On Friday a wife lost a husband, children lost a father, and so many people lost a friend, and colleague. We stand with Professor Jason Arday's family, friends and colleagues. Tonight at 6pm, with the support of Jason's family, we will join the vigil in Trafalgar Square.
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/14617/The-tragic-loss-of-Professor-Jason-Arday
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Planning to watch Channel4’s upcoming doc about #ADHD, Please read this first from #ADHDUK - the ? in the title doesn’t absolve this deeply unhelpful & #ableist example of confirmation bias ⬇️ # adhduk.co.uk/challenging-...
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Challenging Channel 4's "The Great ADHD Myth?" - ADHD UK
We have written to Channel 4 outlining our concerns. You can see our letter (and Channel 4's reply) below.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This summer Dot Williams, an undergrad student in biosciences, won a SURE award to develop her social sciences research project. I’m delighted to support this fascinating project using #folklore & #fairytales to engage young people in UK conservation ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/shaping-cons...
Pink background- black & white photo of pine trees. Headline says ‘shaping conservation through fairytales and folklore’. Full text on the hyperlink
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Excellent piece by @kenyadan.bsky.social on #ant #trafficking for the #PetTrade. As with other animals in #IWT most die before they ever reach consumers- & the trade poses significant harms & risks to ecosystems where the ants are sourced & in their final destination #WildlifeCrime #WildlifeTrade
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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tomorrow is the deadline - if you're University of Sheffield staff or research student please vote in my @sheffielducu.bsky.social vote of confidence/no confidence in the current university executive and council forms.gle/cuMQ72n6ZGu6... (for staff) forms.gle/X1HRRfqJyTTe... (for research students)
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Outstanding work @countbinface.bsky.social 🗳️👏
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Staggering, dangerous stupidity from the Telegraph here. A great thread from @leohickman.carbonbrief.org
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Do you like our new project artwork & website? Here @ldunning.bsky.social explains how we developed the visuals for #MultispeciesMutualisms wuth local artist Lisa O’Hara & web designers Ink & Water multispeciesmutualisms.org/developing-o...
Two white circles on a pink background; inside the circles are the letters MM in black with an outline of a horse head & cow head Two white circles on a pink background; inside the circles are the letters MM in black with an outline of a bird  head & dog  head
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Something to bring pure joy, #BarnOwls are the theme of the Stoney Middleton #WellDressing. It’s the result of hours of collective volunteer labour to create these designs using petals, leaves & feathers.
Image of a barn owl on purple background, surrounded by a white frame with flower decorations Image of a barn owl on purple background with white moon & black tree branch behind it Image of the face of a barn owl on purple & white backgroundTexts explaining the well dressing
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
📆 interested in #AnimalPolitics & #mutualisms? Check out this exciting conference in Sheffield 8-9 Sept - with a really fascinating set of papers ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/event-social...
Pink background - event: Social ties in animal politics in black working. the further text is on the weblink. 
photo of a metal birdbath with three birds on it
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 23/07/2026
MAJOR WIN FOR OCTOPUSES 🐙🎉 Nueva Pescanova has abandoned plans for the world’s first octopus farm in Gran Canaria, Spain! This victory follows 5 years of campaigning: 🔎 3 major research reports ✉️ 43,000+ supporter emails ✍️ 130+ NGO & scientist signatures. 🧵⬇️
Campaign win: NGO pressure causes world’s first octopus farm to abandon plans.
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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1/2 Fewer European Storm Petrels are being caught on migration off Portugal. It is unclear why. UK breeding Storm Petrels are predicted to decline hugely as a result of climate change (see post two in thread for more info).
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Hannah D-C 🦐 @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
My term as Secretary for the AGWG is up! Really proud to see how this group has grown and flourished in the 3 years since Katie Oliver, Jamie Arathoon and I co-founded the group. Time for some fresh ideas and voices to join :) We are looking for a new Chair, secretary and ECR rep (UK based)
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Great write-up by @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social on our paper in @natecoevo.nature.com www.theguardian.com/environment/... on the impact of generative AI on biological recording #Ornithology #UKBirding 🪶🌍 1/2
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AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk
Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Here is a little write up of what I was doing at #POLLEN26 for our new Multispecies Mutualisms project multispeciesmutualisms.org/rosaleen-duf...
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Rosaleen Duffy attends the POLLEN 2026 conference in Barcelona - Multispecies Mutualisms
Reflection, collaboration and new ideas in political ecology
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s 25 years since we lost Douglas Adams. I am happy to have been able to get a reference to him into this piece in the FT about why the humanities are essential www.ft.com/content/fbde...
It is 25 years since the death of Douglas Adams. He was prescient in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in
concluding that finding the answer to life, the universe and everything was not that difficult - it was 42. But the hard part was understanding the question. The humanities are here to help us make sense of the questions of our time.
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Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My department is hiring a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. It's an open call in terms of research specialization, but we're keen to hire someone whose teaching/research speaks to PPE in some way. This is a great job in a great department. Please help me spread the word!
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
On my way home now after an excellent workshop by Fauna & Flora ‘Repairing Harm, Restoring Nature’; it explored how to use #RestorativeJustice approaches in #conservation. Lots of really engaging & open discussion, including a public panel
Poster for the public panel - brightly coloured. Text sats ‘Repairing Harm, Restoring Nature’ 


Banner for the Cambridge Conservation initiative indicating their partner organisations: in the foreground a sign welcoming to the workshop Front of the David Attenborough building, grey concrete steps, blue sky 4 people sat in front of a big screen. One person has a mic. Tables with water& glasses in front
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
😡 Incredible that Discovery awards will not continue to operate on an island of Ireland basis - read this excellent open letter ⬇️
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Excellent reporting from @dpcarrington.bsky.social - we are in our 3rd UK heatwave and this latest one just keeps going. This was an avoidable scandal ⬇️
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
While Manchester is engulfed by the smoke from the raging moor fires outside the city centre, I do wonder if the 'three leading academics' have been paid to write the report, and whether the lack of transparency over who funds Policy Exchange should matter for the universities involved
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📣 Multispecies Mutualisms project news: We went to the excellent Albatross Lecture @sustainableuom.bsky.social featuring Mya Rose Craig, aka Birdgirl 🐦‍⬛ here is our write up by @ldunning.bsky.social ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/albatross-le...
Screen in background with Mya Rose Craig and her book bird girl. Mya standing in front of it with 4 beige chairs beside Two women standing in front of a screen; one wearing a dark top the other wearing a light patterned top
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Hannah D-C 🦐 @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Are you - or one of your students - a PhD researcher attending the RGS-IBG conference for the first time? I'm excited to speak at tomorrow's webinar (7th July, 1pm-2pm) on how to make the most of attending the society's annual conference. Tune in! www.rgs.org/events/upcom... @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social
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Taking part in the Society's Annual International Conference
Webinar for postgraduate geography students who want to make the most of attending the Society’s Annual International Conference.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And that’s a wrap! On my way home now for some rest after a very busy week at #POLLEN26 capped off with a closing party. Bye Barcelona & thanks to the @pollenetwork.bsky.social team for hosting
Black and white paintings of two people, text says universal humanity & unstoppable Pink triangle painted in the ground. The word dissidents is spelled it’s in the middle Large colourful mural on a building, blue sky in the background Bronze statue of a cat in a street
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