New blog: As a grant peer reviewer I consider Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) even if the scheme doesn't list EDI criteria. Key is to tie the selection criteria to EDI. This is how I do it mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social

Happy 4^ / 3^2 / 5^2 day!!! (3^2/ 4^2 / 5^2 for us weird Americans) Not too many days satisfy the Pythagorean thm. @amermathsoc.bsky.social @austms.bsky.social @stevenstrogatz.com @monsoon0.bsky.social ht Peter Baxter for noticing. Looking forward to coming back to the US for joint maths in Jan.

Ooh arXiv paper from @matthholden.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social about embedding sustainability in undergraduate maths with case studies 👀 Looks very actionable! arxiv.org/abs/2508.07594

Excited for our annual conference on modeling for ecology, biodiversity, sustainability, environment, water, energy, climate, fisheries, forestry, & ag. Love all the cool #math & stats used to save the world. Join us in Stellenbosch 2026. 🌍#MathSky @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social

Job alert: 2.75 -3 yr postdoc in Mathematical ecology/epidemiology or Decision Sci at the University of Queensland on the value of information for decisions with @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social Katriona Shea & myself #MathSky 🌍 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... please share

getting in an arms race with LLMs over em-dashes by using dashes so long ——— so very long ——— that they have never appeared in training data

Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

Great work classifying ecosystems around the world to create an IUCN red list of ecosystems presented by Prof Emily Nicholson. Shows a small global decline in ecosystems but with extreme variation with some declining rapidly. 🌍 @aciucn.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

Just saw this amazing science article - Beetle grows replica ‘termite’ on back to steal food www.science.org/content/arti.... Despite it being in Australia it wasn't one of the 1,168 species in our Brisbane home but we did find 6 species of rove beetle doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Bycatch reduction interventions are effective for improving marine species populations but very few studies report the impacts on fisher safety, and other fisher objectives. This is a major barrier to adoption. Great talk by Cindy Vargas @arizonastateuni.bsky.social at #iccb2025.

We can achieve 100% renewable energy in Australia & also protect threatened species impacted by wind and solar developments with only 2-3% increase in electricity bills compared to if we didn't consider threatened species. #iccb2025 great talk by A Rogers

Love the Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English at #iccb2025 for more accessible and diverse conferences @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I really dislike this sentiment re: AI impacts on education: If an assignment can be completed by AI then it is clearly just busy work; educators need to create better assignments. Absolutely not true. Just because AI can do something too doesn't mean that doing it doesn't have pedagogical value.

Every proof in every undergrad math class can be pooped out by the random sentence machine. The point is exactly to engage in the process of generating a proof.

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Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...

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My top tips for conferences 1) have fun, Skip some talks 2) go to the poster session 3) focus your talk/poster around one main message w email address on last slide 4) see who's attending in the program before you arrive and schedule meetings. @iccb2025.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DJQd0_h...

Amazing talk by Dr Helen Mayfield on building models to manage ecosystems by consulting experts in a systematic way (expert elicitation) ... and most importantly an evaluation of whether it worked. @uq-cbcs.bsky.social @martinemaron.bsky.social

The total Australian Research Council budget is $1bn.

Great talk by @alicetwomey.bsky.social on solving the barriers for transdisciplinary research in conservation at the @uq-cbcs.bsky.social seminar. The methods exist we just need to use them. doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...

Job alert: 3 Aotearoa New Zealand Postdoctoral fellowships in complex systems www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2025/03/07/p...

We introduce a method to quantify how extreme events affect ecosystem function and services. Paper out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social - very fitting on a day that Cyclone Alfred is looming off the coast of my city!

Started a Theoretical Ecology starter pack. For from complete. Respond if you want to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/PwpvZLb

Delighted to see the final version of my paper for @asn-amnat.bsky.social appear online. In it, I analyze stochastic matrix models to partition the effects of spatial and temporal variation in demography and dispersal on metapopulation growth rates www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 1/n

Wow what a planthopper! very cool. Fulgora sp. are such amazing bugs.

I recently read a paper by Kleshnina and others and used it to teach myself some evolutionary game theory techniques. This is a little obscure, so I'll thread below about why this topic matters for humans and the environment 🧵 nadiah.org/2024/11/20/k...

Here, CBCS speaks to Harris Wei-Khang Heng, a PhD student about his research where he investigates the influence of seagrass connectivity on the distribution and population structure of megaherbivores at different geographical scales. Read the full interview here:

Is Australia really a global leader in conserving our oceans? A/Prof Carissa Klein of @uq-cbcs.bsky.social says we have good intentions but need to do better, and we are currently NOT a leader due climate change policy, incl. approving new coal mines, and substandard fishery management funding 🌏

How susceptible are insect pollinators to population fragmentation due to anthropogenic land-use changes? This review identifies research gaps and needs on population genetic connectivity for bees and hoverflies @respublications.bsky.social resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

DC area folx in policy, academia, etc: I'm speaking at Georgetown this Fri. It’s in the math dept, but is 100% a nontechnical talk, with attendees from many fields. Join me for "Quantitative Approaches to Social Justice: Race and the Criminal Legal System." Would love to see you. Abstract below.

Long overdue analysis to show how global supply chains stretch around the world to have a major impact on biodiversity in distant countries - those outsourcing resource needs are responsible for much greater cumulative range loss to species outside their own borders than within

Congrats @kleshnina.bsky.social Very well deserved. Look forward to seeing your talk in Nepal.

Congratulations @kleshnina.bsky.social!! The award every academic in the room was vying for. The students were right - her talk on game theory, resilience, and inequality was impressive. Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nice best paper talk on methods for fitting time series data to stochastic models by Brock Sherlock at UNSW. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s115.... @smbmathbiology.bsky.social at #Anziam2025 MBSIG workshop.

Congrats to Maria Kleshnina for winning the best talk by a non-student at #ANZIAM2025 the prestigious cherry ripe prize. Voted by the students. So we'll deserved!

Vivien Challis gives an exemplary maths plenary at #Anziam2025. I'm probably as distant from her area possible, yet my attention was glued the whole time. I now want to do a PhD in topology optimisation - just need to go back in time 15 years.

Excited for Vivien Challis's plenary on a tour of topology optimisation methods and applications at #anziam2025. In the introduction to Challis's work this word cloud shows how international it is, as both spellings of optimisation are prominent.

Always good to be reminded of the importance of phytoplankton and zooplankton in ocean dynamics. Celia Dowling explores their dynamics at #anziam2024

In a great talk @sarahvollert.bsky.social shows us how to use approximate Bayesian computation to calibrate and fit models when there is limited or no raw data and expert elicitation #anziam2025

Please share: Apply for ECR Keynote + travel grant, World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling, Nepal 2025. App = abstract + CV due 29 Jan. See 👉 resourcemodeling.org/rma-conferen.... Topic: Modeling for biodiversity, ecology, sustainability, fish, forest, ag, water, env sci, econ, etc. 🌍

Excited to announce @katehelmstedt.bsky.social will be a keynote speaker at the 2025 World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling June 9-12, Nepal. A/Prof Helmstedt is an expert in modelling & optimisation to improve environmental decisions. Submit an abstract resourcemodeling.org/wcnrm2025-ka...

Job alert: The South Australian Government is seeking a traditional fisheries management officer. Government is a great way to use your PhD skills to make a real-world impact. iworkfor.sa.gov.au/page.php?pag...

Tenure track job alert: Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), professor in Tropical Ecosystems and Conservation Biology cwfront.ulb.ac.be/greffe/modul...

In true academic style, I'm finishing my new years resolutions just before due date. The ideas behind this paper have been my passion project since day 1 of my PhD, and I'm pleased to announce that it's finally published! doi.org/10.1007/s115... @chris-drovandi.bsky.social

I've submitted my abstract. Hope to see you in Nepal to discuss the latest in quantitative modeling to improve the environment! @katehelmstedt.bsky.social

Thanks Bill for having me on your YouTube channel! #languagebarriers

Emma Hudgins, along with @matthholden.bsky.social and others showed how better management for emerald ash borer could protect more trees and save $600 million. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

PSA. Don’t use question time to attempt to point out why the previous/someone else’s question is unnecessary/wrong, and big note yourself. It’s far more courteous and useful to *ask the actual conference speaker (a student!) a question*. Kinda should be obvious, but silverbacks…

#ESAus2024: alcohol/food didn't affect guesses on the number of species observed in our house (answer 1,168, average ESA guess 200). An excuse to indulge at tonight's dinner. Find Andrew Rogers if you want to chat about our house biodiversity study 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 🌍 @ecolsocaus.bsky.social