Another Call for Papers for #BISA2026 (3rd-5th June, Brighton), this time for a panel I'm organising with @tom-cb.bsky.social. Deadline 24th Oct. Gender and resistance in environmental politics: This panel will explore how gender relates to resistance against env harm AND resistance to transition.

It was great to have the opportunity to present the findings of the social science research from the Biochar Demonstrator. Thank you to @co2rehub.bsky.social for organising such a brilliant event and for the great questions from the audience. #UKGGR2025

Very excited about being part of the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Event next week and presenting research from the social science research package of the Biochar Demonstrator.

Interesting to see this from the Business Travel Association “Our research shows that most people still rely on their cars when travelling for work, which is no surprise. But it’s not necessarily because they prefer travelling by car, but because there’s no realistic alternative.”

My co-authored long read with Dan Taylor 🧑‍🌾 sharing reflections and worries for the future of farming from our interviewees in their own words theconversation.com/family-farme...

The Met Office’s latest report confirms what many farmers and citizens already know: the UK’s climate is changing rapidly. As temperatures rise and weather patterns become more unpredictable – with flooding and drought commonplace – farmers are on the frontline of the crisis.

Have you ever thought about how artists and scientist view the world? 🌍👀 Find out more about this @openuniversity.bsky.social research & download the illustrated leaflet 🎨👇 inklusivenature.com/2025/06/26/a... #SciArt #SciComm

Climate change affects us all — but not equally 📘 Our new report highlights that while the EU & its Member States increasingly recognise justice as a key principle of climate adaptation, its practical application remains limited. 🔗 Read our new EEA report: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...

Has political philosophy forgotten animals? Looks like a great conference. Abstracts due June 13th. stevecooke.org?p=290

Is there a tension between AI safety and AI welfare? If so, how can it be addressed? My new paper with Robert Long and Toni Sims explores the feasibility of building safe and beneficial AI for humans, animals, and AI systems at the same time. Check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Pollinators: Vital for nature & human well-being, but increasingly threatened.🌍 @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment highlights the critical roles of pollinators, the threats they face, and the severe consequences of their decline. 🧪 For #WorldBeeDay, swipe through to discover their crucial roles! 🦋

More evidence of the climate emergency. ⬇️

Great thread on carbon markets ⬇️

There is no single overarching soil policy providing security and governance for Scottish soils. This soil route map outlines opportunities to gain value and effectiveness through better coordination of activities and policy delivery. www.climatexchange.org.uk/projects/a-s...

We’d be yellow if we were still covered by @eea.europa.eu. 1 Farmers & growers in the UK are starting to struggle with water shortages. 2 The foods we’d normally import are coming from drought-hit countries 3. On farm water storage should be a priority national infrastructure investment

📣PGRs and ECRs interested in biochar - there's still time to register to join the Biochar Demonstrator for an afternoon of talks and networking. Join us on 19 May 2025 at 12 noon. Full details and link to registration here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-and-ec...

Recommended listen: A TEDxLondon podcast focused on how crop failure, drought and extreme weather are damaging the livelihood of pangolins.

A wonderful article by my friend Christine Winter.

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

We have another exciting research seminar coming up – this time with Dr Muhammad Kavesh on ‘Hospitality and Hostility: Arrival and Intrusion of Foreign Pigeons in Pakistan and India’! Please see more info and QR code for registration below:

Dear #ENVHUM folks, have a look at this great opportunity to take part in a 90 min Webinar on Environmental Games which will be held online by Laura op de Beke on May 30th, 4 to 5.30pm CEST. Registration is required: www.easlce.eu/easlce-webin... please share!

Are you a postgraduate or early career researcher interested in biochar? Check out this seminar hosted by the Biochar Demonstrator on 19 May, 12–4pm at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-and-ec... @biochartoday.bsky.social @cdrfyi.bsky.social @openaircollective.bsky.social

Amazing that we get to see more work by Billie Ireland and Miranda Whall. I've collaborated with these artists, and they will bring a different perspective to greenhouse gas removal. Very exciting!

Looking forward to presenting at @britsoci.bsky.social on Wednesday. I'll be talking about farmers as biochar innovators and their role in addressing climate change. #britsoc25

What does the UK public think about climate change, #netzero targets and climate action? Read the ACCESS Net Zero Citizens’ Survey to discover how people really feel about the transition to a net zero society a and how opinion differs across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales👇

As someone who has written a Critical Reflection, they are a really useful way of publishing pieces that do not conform to standard academic journal articles. I'm a social scientist and I co-authored with a soil scientist and a non-academic. exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/ex...

“By redefining what we value and assume about the world, we can transform today’s interconnected risks into opportunities for collective well-being and resilience.” 🌍🧪 - @ununiversity.bsky.social #InterconnectedRisks Report Read more: interconnectedrisks.org

I'm recruiting women in farming for my PhD research! Please share with any farming contacts living/working near Okehampton, London, Wisbech, Market Rasen, Stokesley, and Penrith! #PhDbyBike

“Public sociology is a form of education: speaking out beyond the university also performs an educative function.” Just before he died, Michael Burawoy talked to @michaelacbenson.bsky.social about his career-defining evangelism for public – or, alternatively, a living – sociology. buff.ly/6WD2fzQ

🚗 | NEW REPORT: Around 25,000 car manufacturing jobs in the UK are at risk if Trump announces new tariffs today. But as one door closes another one opens. There is huge untapped potential in building & selling green planes, trains and automobiles. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...

Did you know that you can listen to 135 episodes of the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talks (all our talks 2020-23) via podcast services? RSS feed newnatures.org/greenhouse/f... 🍎 podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0TNTSCl... #envhum

♀️🌍Women grow, sell, buy & cook our #food. Yet they’re excluded from land, finance & key decisions shaping #foodsystems. Gender equality is essential for just #foodsystems. 🚨If we sideline women, we skew food systems toward BigAg profit, instead of feeding people. #Internationalwomensday #IWD2025

We are thrilled to announce that @andreasartorius.bsky.social, Research Fellow at the School of Veterinary Medicine and @catherineprice.bsky.social, Research Fellow at the School of Geography are the two exceptional finalists for the Rising Star Award – Policy Impact! 1/2

It is possible to create just and sustainable futures for people and nature. 🧪🌍 This #WorldWildLifeDay, CITES is highlighting the value of #InvestingInPeopleAndPlanet. Find out more about this day here: wildlifeday.org/en

These deeply beautiful maps show the migration patterns of––respectively––Curlew, Kittiwake & Blackcap. From this interactive migration atlas recording migrations of 300 bird species: migrationatlas.org Birds both tether us to places & stitch the world together.

Environmental change is social change, so social sciences, humanities and the arts (SSHA) should be equal in #soil research. How to achieve that? What are SSHA anyway? See my report written on behalf of the Advisory Board of Horizon Mission Soil mission-soil-platform.ec.europa.eu/resource-lib...

I believe developing frameworks like this is so important! The 'living world' is much better phrasing than the 'natural world'. Capital N 'Nature' sometimes feels to me like we are othering the living world that we depend on and owe our existence to.

Of all the concepts that humankind needs to absorb + act on with extreme urgency, this tops the list.

Our new article is out now: "Animal Cultures at the Edge of Extinction" (open access). It takes a critical #envhum approach to biological research on animal cultures and asks how humanities scholars might contribute to these discussions in a time of extinctions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

“Let us make no mistake: the climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination" - @amitav.bsky.social

You've heard of outsourcing but have you heard of out-horsing? 🐎 Just before you go on leave for the holidays, and you're setting your 'out of office' message, consider this: outhorseyouremail.com (Link via @drmeagantyler.bsky.social ) #AcademicSky #PhDsky #HigherEd

Information about our RRI and more-than-human world project is on the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee website! Really proud for everyone involved with the @accessnetwork.bsky.social project that policymakers are engaging with this work. www.scienceinparliament.org.uk/including-th...

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

I was delighted to work with @catherineprice.bsky.social and the team to create the visual summary for this project: 'Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a Conceptual Framework' 👇🎨🌍 www.scienceinparliament.org.uk/including-th...

Livestock emissions are red Crop emissions are blue We're going to need to reduce emissions from food systems To stay within 1.5°C or even 2°

Good to hear Baroness Hayman lay out why we need a #LandUseFramework in a Lords debate this week 👉 bit.ly/3Ow4VaG We need to produce clean energy, reverse nature loss, sequester carbon, produce food & more - but all in the right place. A Multifunctional #LandUseFramework can help 👉 bit.ly/419qENi

For weekend readers, something to read in the context of COP 29 blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingscienc...

Brilliant read! ⬇️

A reminder that Carol Morris and I will be speaking at this online event organised by Northwoods tomorrow (Thursday 21st November), 5pm-6pm. Please join us! All welcome! Still time to register. Link here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-do-st...