I want to share my article where I discuss the #conservationcapitalistclass & how #cheetah #conservation #NGOs, as part of this class, are institutions of global academic, economic, & social power in conservation #politicalecology #humangeography #geography journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Fascinating new #OpenAccess article that “argues that factors in conservation and agrarian landscapes squeeze farmers, enabling land acquisition for conservation” #politicalecology #elephant #conservation #agroecology #geography #elephantcorridors 🐘 rb.gy/vipa5y

Hurricane season in #Florida is here. Call your reps 🌀

Today my mom was elevated to Professor Emerita of Education by #RollinsCollege!!! Woohoo!!! 🎉🎊🎉

I need book recommendations otherwise I’m going to be in the library for the foreseeable future (not that that is a problem per se!). I am searching for something fun, light, & hard, but not impossible, to put down!!! 📖📚

Endorse. Incredibly important work.

Beautiful day for a protest! ☀️ #Handsoff #Florida

Roses are red Violets are blue

Nice write up of my research in @w-u-r.bsky.social newsletter. It’s incredibly cool to see my work out in the world! 🐆 #politicalecology #PhDdone #AcademicBluesky #conservation #politicaleconomy #voluntourism #tourism #sociology #wildlifeconservation #phd #geography www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/...

My dissertation is published! 🎉🎉🎉 #politicalecology #Academicbluesky #sociology #geography #geopolitics #conservation #phddone #cheetahs #politicaleconomy #cats #anthropology research.wur.nl/en/publicati...

It’s official!!!! #PHDdone

Tomorrow I will be defending my dissertation @w-u-r.bsky.social titled Selling Extinction: the Politics of Cheetah Conservation in Namibia-Cheetah Capital of the World’ 🐆 #PHDalmostdone #politicalecology #conservation #sociology #geopolitics #geography #academicbluesky www.wur.nl/en/activity/...

Looking forward to defending my thesis this Friday! 🎉 #PHDalmostdone #politicalecology #PHD #academicbluesky

#HappyValentinesDay & #happy submission anniversary to this #publication. Happy to see it out in the world! #geopolitics #politicalecology #Academia #wildlife #volunteertourism #misinformation #AcademicValentines #conservation #science #geography #sociology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Books came today!!!

"... cheetah... NGOs... confuse raising money... with effective action. Framing extinction as... can be solved by global audiences... reinforces economic... & power asymmetries in conservation." Yup, I'd say beware ALL extinction predictions inc people/"civilisation" &c. They're about money.

Over the past few months I feel very privileged to have been doing an analysis for DEFRA of how The UK Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund projects address poverty; providing recommendations on how projects and the Fund can improve practice ⬇️ iwt.challengefund.org.uk/resources/in...

My friend is graduating today. To celebrate, I would like to share some of his brilliant work! 🎉🎉🎉 #academicbluesky #anthropology #PHD #Brazil anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excited to share the formal announcement of my PhD defense @w-u-r.bsky.social 🎉🎊🎉 Selling Extinction: The Politics of Cheetah Conservation in Namibia – “Cheetah Capital of the World” subsites.wur.nl/en/activity/...

I might be a #puppy but I still like to support #cats & #conservation and sometimes that means looking critically at how we talk about #extinction 🐾 #dogsofbluesky #puppiesofbluesky #dogs #bigcats #cheetahs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#SaveTheDate The new year brought the exciting news that my PhD thesis has been approved. Mark your calendars, I will defend in Wageningen on February 21st, 2025! 🎉

For SoCal friends, Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can. For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla

To begin the #NewYear, I am sharing my new paper (again) and a 🧵discussing the #geopolitics of problematic information in #wildlife #conservation & #volunteering #politicalecology #environmentalpolitics #politicalepistemology #politicsofknowledge www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

And Happy New Years from my ridiculously adorable dog 🎉🍾🥂

Happy 2025!

Happy Holidays!!!! 🎄

"This is a disturbing new development. I’ve been teaching at NYU for more than 30 years. I was at Princeton for eight years before. I’ve been around the block and have never seen anything remotely like this crackdown over the last year. It’s completely unprecedented and it’s solely about Palestine"

To protect & serve the obscenely rich

The new political ecology starter pack is here go.bsky.app/Kr7iPwr

HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.

If anyone is looking for #holiday #gift ideas, this is my PhD side-gig #Etsy shop for my #photography. I also have more pictures of #cheetahs to choose from on my Instagram account- @lost_in_Namibia_photography!!! #cats #pictures #shopping lostinnamibiaphotos.etsy.com

A brilliant new paper on conservation patriarchy - must be widely read: ‘We conclude that patriarchal norms and structures within conservation must be questioned and dismantled to make conservation more effective and just’ www.nature.com/articles/s44...

BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:

Given global attention on #Cheetahs today, it is important to keep in mind the #geopolitics of information and private interests in #conservation knowledge claims #politicalecology #politicalepistemology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Cheetah conservation is through a business model and this paper examined the role of private property & private interests in human wildlife conflicts #HWC #cheetah #conservation #politicalecology journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

On #InternationalCheetahDay, this paper discusses the problem(s) with raising awareness online & mediating conservation politics over social media www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It is almost #InternationalCheetahDay & the yearly event that influenced my research 🐆

These are some of the people who are exposing and working to stop the worst parts of Project 2025. Who else should be on this list? bsky.app/starter-pack...

We probably have some more new users here, so I'll reshare this. If you're a sociologist (or in an adjacent field) studying the environment and/or climate and would like to be added, just let me know. go.bsky.app/S8aNPG9

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...

So *many* concerns here, but I don't understand why would a qualitative researcher even want this? Why not use a survey instead?The whole point of qualitative interviews is that we co-produce knowledge with our interlocutors through participation in the research process.

I found the perfect toy! 🐆

Our event on "Political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" collides with the protest in The Hague against the funding cuts in Dutch higher education. Please join the protests on 25 Nov and join our event in February instead campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/st...

To celebrate #GeographyAwarenessWeek, I’m sharing my new article on the epistemic territorialization of wildlife conservation volunteering in Namibia #geosky #geography #politicalecology #politicalepistemology @geographers.bsky.social @criticalpoleco.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are inviting applications for a PhD project on the theme of 'AI geographies of human-animal relations', supervised by @emmajroe.bsky.social & I in Geography at Uni of Southampton. Full details re the project, funding options & how to express interest here: www.thomasdekeyser.com/s/AI-geograp...

New article on epistemic territorialization suggests widening the #politicalecology lens to include #PoliticalEpistemology & account for the role of private property, private property ownership, & absolute private property rights in local & global #conservation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ready for another Computational Social Science Starter Pack? Here is number 2! More amazing folks to follow! Many students and the next gen represented! go.bsky.app/GoEyD7d

If you're in the Netherlands on 25 Nov - we're doing an informal roundtable on "political economy/ecology meets political epistemology/ontology" in Wageningen in the afternoon. Feel free to join!