In her new paper, “This Machine Kills CO2,” Jennifer Gabrys considers the narrative of trees as machines, which reflects the role of technological thinking in addressing planetary crises: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Smart Forests uses tech + grey literature to rethink forest governance 🌲 With help from Policy Commons, they surfaced 60+ practice-based insights on equity and civic design. policycommons.net/orgs/smart-f... @planetarypraxis.bsky.social #SmartForests #PlanetaryPraxis #ForestTech #OpenAccess

In this new article, 'Designing Biodiversity Systems via Digital Kinships’, Michelle Westerlaken examines how digital biodiversity data is used in local restoration based on her fieldwork in a Dutch living lab: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our department is hiring for this prestigious professorship! Applications are welcome from scholars working in any area of the discipline. The position offers a competitive salary. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI980/t... @camsociology.bsky.social

*समुदाय-नेतृत्व वाली वन प्रौद्योगिकी* अंतरिम रिपोर्ट अब हिंदी में भी उपलब्ध है - ऑनलाइन और पीडीएफ के रूप में: publications.smartforests.net/hi/community...

Laporan sementara *Teknologi Hutan yang Dipimpin Masyarakat* kini telah tersedia dalam bahasa Indonesia - daring dan dalam format PDF: publications.smartforests.net/in/community...

Nuestro informe provisional *Tecnologías Forestales Lideradas por la Comunidad* ya está disponible en español, en línea y en formato PDF: publications.smartforests.net/es/community...

Our *Community-led Forest Technologies* interim report is now available in three additional languages: Spanish, Indonesian, and Hindi, alongside English.

Check out this new publication, *Common Sensing*, edited by Riccardo Badano, Tomas Percival, and Susan Schuppli at the Centre for Research Architecture. Find the book here: spectorbooks.com/book/common-...

In “Actually existing smart forests,” Jennifer Gabrys, Michelle Westerlaken, and @yutiariani.bsky.social revisit the analytic of “actually existing” to consider how speculation is a critical component of how smart environments are composed and realised: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In “Putting the digit back in digital,” Lydia Gibson & Tone Walford foreground zero as a “digit” central to digitalisation, exploring how its numerical and conceptual forms transform and reproduce forest relations in ways that are calculative and deeply colonial: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In their contribution, Priscila Santos da Costa and Steffen Dalsgaard at the Center for Climate IT at IT University of Copenhagen examine how tech-driven bioeconomy initiatives interconnect conservation and extraction, focusing on the Amazon Rainforest: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“The gendered forest,” a paper by @trishantsimlai.bsky.social and @csandbrook.bsky.social, critically examines the gendered implications of surveillance technologies, such as camera traps and drones, in forest environments: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In “Between the god-trick and pluriversal potential,” @naomimillner.bsky.social and Mónica Amador-Jimenez explore 4 different ways that drones contribute to “making forests” and discuss their potential as pluriversal technologies for social & ecological justice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In “Raising the Carbonized Forest,” @estherturnhout.bsky.social and Casey R Lynch discuss how science works as a “technology of singularization” by foregrounding forests as carbon storage mechanisms: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do “Forests high on CO2” store more carbon?” In her article, Véra Ehrenstein @ehess.fr explores the collective efforts of scientists who address this question through forest ecosystem experiments and model simulations: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What is a forest? Rather than singular objects, forests are made up of many ecosystems and relations. “The Forest Multiple,” our new special issue in Environment and Planning F, explores the varied & conflicting ways that forests take shape amid planetary change: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A new Louisiana law makes it illegal to use air pollution data to push for stricter controls or enforcement unless it's collected with expensive monitors that meet strict EPA standards. Community groups are suing, saying it violates their right to free speech.

Our Smart Forests project is featured in the research stories by @cambridgeuni.bsky.social. The story highlights our recent report, including key findings and proposals to ensure digital technologies enable social and environmental justice. 🔗Read the full story: www.cshss.cam.ac.uk/research/res...

Our Smart Forests project is featured in the research stories by @cambridgeuni.bsky.social. The story highlights our recent report, including key findings and proposals to ensure digital technologies enable social and environmental justice. 🔗Read the full story: www.cshss.cam.ac.uk/research/res...

📚 Join us at King’s College London on 21 May for the launch of Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, a book by @disconetwork.bsky.social exploring the possibilities that technoskepticism can create. 📍 Strand Campus and online, 17:30 🔗 Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/techn...

Do you have a research interest in how AI can harm or benefit non-human animals? I'm recruiting a Research Officer to drive forward the "Animals and AI" priority area of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE. Please apply by 6 May! 🐖🐔🐟 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY to come and spend up to three weeks in our natural history collections at @camunivmuseums.bsky.social to undertake humanities research on a visiting fellowship! #museums

A reminder that IPBES is seeking experts for the 2nd global assessment on biodiversity. This will be a hugely important report for the future of biodiversity. Experts are needed, especially, interdisciplinary experts and those from the Global South.

📣 JOB ALERT PostDoc (3+3 years) and PhD (3 years) in Cultural Geography/Society-Environment Research in the new Society-Environment Research Group at @fau.de Deadline: 28 March 2025. More info here: www.geographie.nat.fau.de/job-offer-po... Do get in touch with any questions!

Three-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography at Mount Holyoke College. They are looking for a human or physical geographer, and candidates with expertise in critical geography, urban studies, and/or planning are encouraged to apply! mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

From drones planting trees to AI monitoring deforestation, what are the socio-political impacts of smart forest technologies? The *Community-led Forest Technologies* interim report explores this question and proposes community-led approaches to forest technologies: smartforests.net/community-le...

Participatory mapping can be a key tool for claiming forest rights. In this film segment in India, @trishantsimlai.bsky.social explores how the Van Gujjar forest-dwelling community uses digital and non-digital mapping tools to claim forest rights: atlas.smartforests.net/en/logbooks/...

What is the potential for technologies to aid in biodiversity monitoring? In this segment from the Smart Forests film📽, @mwesterlaken.bsky.social introduces the Netherlands case study, focusing on her collaboration with Ecodorp Boekel’s ecovillage residents: atlas.smartforests.net/en/logbooks/...

In our Indonesia case study, @yutiariani.bsky.social discusses her engagement with one of the first Indonesian community-led projects aimed at reducing carbon emissions from deforestation. Watch this Smart Forests film segment and review other resources here: atlas.smartforests.net/en/logbooks/...

Three postdocs positions (36 months each) are available in the School of Geography at QMUL; all working on a great ERC project on the dark side of green energy (waste, labour rights, etc) with Dr Carlo Inverardi-Ferri. Please share! qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

How are communities responding to wildfires in Chile? This case study segment from the Smart Forests film shows our research on forests, fires and technologies in a collaboration including Jennifer Gabrys, Fundación Mar Adentro, and Chilean partners: atlas.smartforests.net/en/logbooks/...

We are delighted to announce the launch of our project film Smart Forests 📽! The film documents ongoing research into the increasing digitalization of forest environments. You can watch it now on our website: smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.

We are looking for a new Outreach and Communications Officer as our wonderful current officer is moving on to a new role: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49463/

“The gendered forest”, a new paper by Trishant Simlai @trishantsimlai.bsky.social and Chris Sandbrook @csandbrook.bsky.social, critically examines the gendered implications of surveillance technologies, such as camera traps and drones, in forest environments: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In “Between the god-trick and pluriversal potential”, Naomi Millner & Mónica Amador-Jimenez explore 4 different ways that drones contribute to “making forests” and discuss their potential as pluriversal technologies for advancing social and ecological justice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Call for Manuscripts: SubAtlantic – Latin American, Caribbean and Luso-African Ecologies #EnvHum Submissions in English, Spanish and Portuguese More info here: blog.degruyter.com/call-for-man...

we are recruiting a PhD student to work on illicit and unregulated conservation translocation (e.g. #beaverbombing, unregulated release of 'native' butterflies), particularly the conservation and policy aspects. Funded by NERC, in collaboration with Natural England. yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/eco...

Great piece on the excellent & thorough research by Dr Trishant Simlai @planetarypraxis.bsky.social on misuse of conservation drones & camera traps to harass women. tribune.com.pk/story/251128...

We are looking for a #PhD candidate in #STS focusing on the topic of #energy #transitions - based in the Human-Centred Innovation section at the Technical University of Denmark. ⚡️Please help us spread the word⚡️

🌍 Our book - 'Digital ecologies: Mediating more-than-human worlds' - will be published in December with @manchesterup.bsky.social! 🍃 Editors: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social 🫂 Pre-order now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/

How are digital technologies reshaping forest governance and mapping practices in South Asian pastoralist communities? - In this episode of Smart Forests Radio, we speak with Mohammad Meer Hamza, the tribal leader of the Van Gujjars in India (in Hindi): atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/moh...

How can academic research be brought closer to communities affected by forest fires in the face of climate change? In this episode of Smart Forests Radio we talk with Jorge Felez-Bernal about this question: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/jor...

¿Cómo acercar la investigación académica a las comunidades afectadas por incendios forestales frente al cambio climático? En este episodio de Smart Forests Radio hablamos con Jorge Felez-Bernal sobre esta pregunta: atlas.smartforests.net/es/radio/jor...

"We record 24/7 so we capture everything, throughout the day, throughout the year. And that’s never been done before.” On Smart Forest Radio, we speak to Paul Roe about the Australian Acoustic Observatory’s open access, data-driven approach: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/pau...

How do we manage disaster risk in the context of climate change? In this Smart Forests Radio episode, Claudia Arellano, a geographer and specialist in disaster risk management, explores this topic and more: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/cla...

¿Cómo enfrentar el riesgo de desastres en contexto de cambio climático? Claudia Arellano, Geógrafa y especialista en el estudio y gestión de riesgo de desastres, abordó esta pregunta en su entrevista junto al equipo de Smart Forests: atlas.smartforests.net/es/radio/cla...

On Smart Forests Radio, Danilo Urzedo and Michelle Westerlaken speak to Claudia Araújo from Rede de Sementes do Xingu about community-led seed networks, seeding technologies, and mobilisations against deforestation in Brazil. Listen (in Português): atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/cla...

“How can we help scale good fire?” In this Smart Forests Radio episode, Dr Waleed “Lee” Haddad, co-founder of BurnBot, discusses developing a scalable solution for prescribed burning to mitigate destructive wildfires: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/bur...

“One leopard picture taken by a camera trap made a case for nature conservation…” On Smart Forests Radio, Hana Raza of Leopards Beyond Borders discusses finding the Persian Leopard in Iraqi Kurdistan and the broader impacts for wildlife in the region. Listen: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/han...