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Steph Brittain

@stephaniebrittain.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary Conservation Scientist |Lecturer @dice-kent.bsky.social‬ | LEK | Governance | rights | wildmeat #conservation | #consocsci | #humandimensions transformativepathways.net | Past President @scbsswg.bsky.social‬ l Happiest outside 🍃

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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s waiting for you at #ConSocSci26? 🌿 🎤 Keynotes from leading conservation voices 💡 Interactive workshops 🌍 Talks on governance, justice, local knowledge, human-wildlife interactions & more! Join the conversation! 💬 💻 Virtual | 21–22 Oct 2026 🔗 Register: whova.com/portal/regis...
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Join SCB & become part of the Social Science Working Group! 🌍 Connect with a global conservation community and get discounted #ConSocSci26 registration. 📅 21–22 Oct 2026, online 🔗 conbio.org/membership/b... #SSWG #SCB
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📢Reminder: Early bird registration closes on the 31st of August! We look forward to seeing you there! 🐦️ 📅 Join us virtually, 21-22 October 2026 🎟️ Early bird registration is open until 31 August 🔗 Register and learn more: whova.com/portal/regis...
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🌿 Meet #ConSocSci26 keynote speaker Silvio Marchini! He has built his career bridging ecological & social sciences, research & decision-making, and people & nature. His work combines qualitative & quantitative approaches to strategic planning, systems thinking & collaboration. 📲 Scan to register
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🌿 Meet #ConSocSci26 keynote speaker Jennifer Uchendu Kalu! Founder of SustyVibes, Jennifer explores how environmental challenges affect young people’s mental health & how community-based approaches can strengthen youth agency and resilience. 🔗 Register now: whova.com/portal/regis...
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📢 Workshop registration is open for #ConSocSci26! Ethics Tool for Conservation Behaviour Change 📅 Oct 20 | by Diogo Veríssimo & Edgar Ribeiro Resilience and Wellbeing for Conservationists 📅 Oct 22 | by Dr. Aadita Chaudhury 🚨 Register now: whova.com/portal/regis... @society4conbio.bsky.social
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Raise Good Ruckus @raisegoodruckus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Conservation designed with, not for. Indigenous organizations, Yale University, and IUCN co-created a program grounded in territorial rights, governance, and knowledge shared in both directions. iucn.org/news/202607/... #Conservation
Landscape news graphic on a warm cream background. At left, a workshop photograph shows a bearded man wearing glasses and a gray shirt reaching upward with a blue marker to write on a large sheet of paper. A second participant wearing glasses and a red sweater watches beside him. At right, a dark brown panel contains the orange headline “Conservation Designed With, Not For.” Cream text explains that Indigenous leaders, universities, and IUCN co-created a program grounded in rights, territorial governance, and knowledge shared in both directions. Green circular accents decorate the card. The source name appears along the bottom, with the circular Raise Good Ruckus bear logo in the lower-right corner.
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
📣 We are delighted to welcome our four outstanding speakers to the 2026 Conservation Social Science Conference! 🚨 Early bird registration closes 31st Aug at 11:59pm EST 💻 21–22 October 2026 (virtual) 🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/dSBtJ9Rd ℹ️ More info: shorturl.at/GV9B5 #ConSocSci26 #ConSocSci
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Registration is open for the Conservation Social Science Conference #ConSocSci26, October 21–22, 2026 (Virtual). The theme: Sustaining Hope for Impact: Social Science for a Just & Resilient Conservation Future. Register now for early bird! whova.com/portal/regis... @society4conbio.bsky.social
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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. 
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Steph Brittain @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
‼️Job alert 3 year #postdoc on #OECM component of E3 sharing space for nature project @dice-kent.bsky.social Deadline 9th August jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... #conservationjobs #conservation #consocsci
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Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Research Associate in Conservation Science
On the 1 August 2026, The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent will form a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South- East (LASE) University Group. Should you join us...
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📢New #blog alert! Our latest post on 'The Social' by Kymberley Chu @dialecticprimates.bsky.social explores why policing people who feed #monkeys may not help-and why #ethnographic, collaborative approaches matter: scbsocialscience.org/why-policing... #ConSocSci #conservation #humandimensions
Using digiscoping, the blog author captures a photo of two long-tailed macaques eating food scraps on the floor.
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New issue of Current Conservation Magazine! How to build a #conservation movement, lessons on community-led marine management from Fiji + lots more. #marineconservation #sciencecommunication 🦑🌍🪸
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20.2 | Current Conservation
At London Climate Action Week in June 2026, an event on adapting to extreme heat was cancelled due to the Met Office red warning for high temperatures. The irony was not lost on anyone. But this is ou...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 15/07/2026
Bangladesh’s environmental policies fail to protect ecological justice by ignoring the deep bonds between humans and plants, warns ethnobotanist Pavel Partha. In an interview with fellow Usraat Fahmidah, he explains how ecological destruction also erases languages, culture & Indigenous knowledge.
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Humans’ relationship with nature: Interview with ethnobotanist Pavel Partha
Pavel Partha and I first crossed paths almost two years ago at a 2024 sit-in protest against the destruction of Panthakunja Park in Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital. In a makeshift tent that housed a…
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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Check out the latest #TransformativePathways newsletter for more on community biodiversity monitoring in Mt. Elgon and other Indigenous and community-led conservation stories from around the world. Latest news: transformativepathways.net/news/ Newsletter signup: mailchi.mp/forestpeople...
A graphic showing a photo of four people walking in a sunny, mountainous landscape, with text below reading 'community monitors track biodiversity across Mt. Elgon, Kenya.'
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John Fellowes @jrf66.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"The Inter-American Court’s climate Opinion requires States across Latin America and the Caribbean to apply the standards of the Escazú Agreement—even if they have not yet ratified the treaty." www.ciel.org/inter-americ...
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No More Excuses: Protecting Environmental Defenders Is a Legal Obligation - Center for International Environmental Law
The Inter-American Court’s climate Advisory Opinion makes protecting environmental defenders a legal obligation under Escazú standards.
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Interested in #ConSocSci? Attending #NACCR2026? Leveraging Social & Behavioral Sciences for Conservation & Restoration 📅 July 14 🕥 10:30–12:00 📍 N208-C @scientistsophia.bsky.social @fosonline.bsky.social @nature.org @arizonastateuni.bsky.social @universityofga.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social
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SCB Social Science Working Group (SSWG) @scbsswg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New volunteer opportunities available with SSWG to support our comms and social media activities. See here for more info & to apply! scbsocialscience.org/get-involved... #ConSocSci #Scicomms
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John Fellowes @jrf66.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"At once a warning and a celebration, the film highlights the struggles and triumphs of communities reclaiming their seeds, land, and traditions, showing that the future of food, culture, and the planet depends on honouring these living systems of wisdom." www.youtube.com/watch?v=I04v...
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Indigenous Food Sovereignty
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Steph Brittain @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🎓 THREE fully funded PhDs at DICE 👇 Three fully funded PhDs as part of the Leverhulme *Space for Nature* Doctoral Scholars programme, starting Sept 2026 @dice-kent.bsky.social More info & apply: lnkd.in/eAS5W-rE 📅 Deadline: 14 May #PhD #Conservation #DICE #FullyFunded #Research #Biodiversity
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Steph Brittain @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📣 Applications open for the @society4conbio.bsky.social SSWG Mentoring Program! We’re currently looking for mentors keen to support the next generation of conservation social scientists. 📅 Deadline: 30 April 2026 Apply: lnkd.in/eQG4bYik More info: lnkd.in/ep67A6Rx #ConSocSci #SSWG #SSWGMentor
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Steph Brittain @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Abstract submissions open for the Conservation Social Science Conference hosted by @society4conbio.bsky.social SSWG 📅 Deadline: 8th May 2026 More info + submit: lnkd.in/eQXEkHzU Conference updates: lnkd.in/e-FaBYtU Email sswgprograms@gmail.com for questions! #ConSocSci #ConSocSci2026 #SSWG
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Steph Brittain @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
📣📣📣 Fully funded MSc scholarships available for this Sept. Short deadline: 21st July Kent are offering fully funded taught MSc in Conservation Science #scholarships @dice-kent.bsky.social For more info: lnkd.in/eiPJG8uE Any questions, then please email: lhscholars@kent.ac.uk #phdchat #funding
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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New publication: "Enabling conditions for conservation on Indigenous and community lands" @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Enabling conditions for conservation on Indigenous and community lands
Despite increasing evidence and general acceptance in global environmental policy of the significant role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP&LC) in biodiversity conservation and climate ...
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Stu Butchart @stubutchart.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New paper reviewing the world's 10,443 Critically Endangered species: their status, distribution threats and the actions needed for their recovery www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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The status, threats and conservation of Critically Endangered species - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Species classified as Critically Endangered are at greatest risk of extinction, and their preservation and recovery are crucial to meeting global biodiversity aims. This Review assesses the geographic...
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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Can we expand the narrative and definition of human development to include flourishing with nature? Our new paper in Nature explores such a vision, and outlines a metric - the Nature Relationship Index - to sit alongside the Human Development Index. @naturerecovery.bsky.social
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Steph Brittain @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
👋 Hello BlueSky! I’m Dr Stephanie Brittain, a Lecturer in Conservation Science at @dice-kent.bsky.social & a Research Fellow @iccs.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. I’m also President of the SCB SSWG (Social Science Working Group) @society4conbio.bsky.social scbsocialscience.org #ConSocSci
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SCB Social Science Working Group – Strengthen conservation social science and its application to conservation practice
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