Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Of interest @visualplague.bsky.social @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social @angecass.bsky.social @lianachua.bsky.social 020
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Check out this excellent opportunity for a funded #PhD on a fascinating & challenging topic #Political Ecology #Zoonoses #EnvHums 166
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Our project is generously funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award. You can read & sign up to our newsletter here multispeciesmutualisms.org/our-first-ne...multispeciesmutualisms.orgOur first newsletter - Multispecies MutualismsA round-up of what’s been happening across Multispecies Mutualisms in our first year 020
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. Find out what we are doing in the #MultispeciesMutualisms project to understand the representations & practices involved in human-animal relations that include claims to produce better mental, physical & material #health for all ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org 1102
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’m looking forward to observing at #COP17Armenia from next week. I am keen to understand how the links between #health and #biodiversity are articulated- especially in relation to #bird conservation. @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyPatrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My newest in Zeteo UK looks at the elements of ecocide in Gaza: the impacts on land, air, and water that the Israeli assault has produced. 0115
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Looking forward to hearing about all the work done so far and the future plans of @granthamcsf.bsky.social today 🎉 030
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyJournal of Political Ecology @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ott, A. L., Varumo, L. & Ituarte-Lima, C., (2026) “Inching towards the pluriverse: On ontological politics and epistemic justice in place-based conservation initiatives”, Journal of Political Ecology 33(1): 11972. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... Finland and Colombia! @pollenetwork.bsky.socialdoi.orgInching towards the pluriverse: On ontological politics and epistemic justice in place-based conservation initiativesPolitical ontology research has highlighted how the dominance of the Euro-modern ontology over other ontologies renders other-than-scientific knowledges as subordinate or untrue. Despite the commitmen... 011
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yesterday 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-... 060
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Really pleased to be at this @bou.org.uk event today - I’m learning a lot about birds responses to growing environmental pressures #BOUasm26 041
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyDavid 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...doi.orgAssessing safeguards against the illegal wildlife trade on AI platformsAI 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... 143
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looks really good - and important! Congrats 010
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You can subscribe to the newsletter on our website - scroll to the bottom of the page multispeciesmutualisms.org Don’t worry - we wont spam you, it’s for quarterly news letters only 🐕🦺🐄🐎🐦⬛multispeciesmutualisms.orgMultispecies MutualismsA transformative reimagining of Multispecies Mutualisms Find out more About the Project Funded by a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award (2025-2030), Multispecies Mutualisms rethinks the idea that human-ani... 010
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cheers - goad you like it. the artwork is by local artist Lisa O’ Hara, we were all so pleased when we first saw it 010
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... 3117
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyLyla 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. 23617
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Are 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 010
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Our #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... 041
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffySimon Rushton @simonrushton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The (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. 033
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Last 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-... 032
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026On the shoreline at millfields car park this afternoon - good clear views 011
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyGeorge Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Great 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/...journals.sagepub.comWild attachments - Sarah L Crowley, 2026Wild attachments are persistent, affective ties between people and wild animals. They form when individual wild animals, populations, or species come to matter ... 052
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyLyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The 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...theguardian.comClimate injustices have been laid bare in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster | LettersLetters: 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 012
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Excellent thread setting out all we are up to this week. Spoiler: it’s loads! 010
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... 0204
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyCharlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Confirmed 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-... 199
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffySusana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 07/09/2026Interested 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!ecologicalvalidity.wordpress.comCall for expressions of interest: PhD positionThe 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 … 38067
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Check out this new book from @monicapons.bsky.social #Eels #IWT #WildlifeTrade 030
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Congratulations!!! Fantastic to see this out 110
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026These @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 ⬇️ 082
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 02/09/2026Our 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. 22518
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyHan @drhannahbattersby.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It's going to be awesome! 031
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyInterdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We 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... 155
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/08/2026Universities across the UK are calling their redundancy programmes ‘voluntary’. In today’s Sunday Times a Senior Lecturer in Humanities completely exposes that lie. 23623
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026And 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 ⬇️ 082
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026I 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...bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 3127241193
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It 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-...adhduk.co.ukChallenging Channel 4's "The Great ADHD Myth?" - ADHD UKUpdate: 18th August. Post-Broadcast. 043
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyFeargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Watched 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. 1185
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyEnvironment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New 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-... 2106
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 17/08/2026On 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. 1329
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026In a context eroding & removing rights of disabled people, the framing of this really matters- as eloquently explained by @amnestyuk.bsky.social www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...amnesty.org.ukWhen Debate Becomes Denial: Why Channel 4’s ADHD Framing MattersJenny, Amnesty's Disabled People's Human Rights Network Committee member, responds to the language used to promote Channel 4's documentary 'The Great ADHD Myth?' 000
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026If you want to make the argument that modern life is part of the problem & medication isn’t the only answer then it may be better to read Gabor Mate’s work (though it too can be a bit blame the parents). It’s much better informed & written by an ADHDer - unlike Daily Heil darling Max Pemberton 120
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Planning 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-...adhduk.co.ukChallenging Channel 4's "The Great ADHD Myth?" - ADHD UKWe have written to Channel 4 outlining our concerns. You can see our letter (and Channel 4's reply) below. 150
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Thanks - this looks perfect for the project 020
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This 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... 150
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Excellent 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 020
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyUmberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Tomorrow 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) 032
Reposted by Rosaleen DuffyFeargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Outstanding work @countbinface.bsky.social 🗳️👏 141