Managed to steal an hour of reading my book in the woods with the hound today. The autumn colours and moody skies are phenomenal at the moment 💚🧡💛🩵 #woodland #walkies

As a first gen student who self funded her PhD whilst working, it's moments like these that hit home how far I've come. I'm reading a chapter for a reading group on paid time. I'm not fitting it in on the commute to my day job. I'm reading it as my job. Wow! #AcademicSky #FirstGen #LittleThings

I am extremely excited to be able to support this collaborative PhD call alongside Durham University. Please share with your networks. #geography #politicalecology #conservation #socialscience #wildlifetrade

Our latest research revealed consumer deception is widespread in the sale of #civetcoffee on #eBay, #Amazon and #Etsy. Help us get this unethical product banned. Sign the petition c.org/CKKyBv8XPX

And that's it from me in York for another month. Next time I'll be here will be for the Theoretical Archaeology Group Annual Meeting where I'll be presenting my research on the colonial and patriarchal heritage value of #civetcoffee. See you in December! #TAG

Yesterday I chaired a seminar for @hgcresearchcentre.bsky.social at Kings Manor @york.ac.uk delivered by my lovely colleague Jafet Quintero about his edited book 'Tourism, heritage and commodification of non-human animals: a posthumanist reflection.' Great discussions were had by all!

This week I delivered several samples of pre-digested coffee beans to the lab for microbial, chemical and fatty acid testing. This will feed into the #Humancoffee project - an art-science problematization of #civetcoffee and #naturecommodification Watch this space! 👀

New publication 🙌 share.google/Cp7DrvulOm2J... #animalstudies #tourism #wildlife

I've never been more excited to sit in a car park. Cabin fever has been setting in with the post-op recovery. Today I got to read a chapter in the car whilst my partner walked the dog after my doctors apt. So nice to see autumn shades! #AcademicSky #Reading #Recovery

The night shift care staff in action. #PostOp #Surgery #Therapy #CatsofAcademia

Finally, after 14 months of chronic pain and mobility issues I've had the metal removed ❤️‍🩹 1 day post surgery and I'm already in less pain than before the op. #DogStrike #Trauma #ThanksNHS

I had the best time at the Asia for Animals Conference 2025 this past week. I spoke about #civetcoffee and the work of #TheCivetProjectFoundation to work with large tourism providers to stop the promotion and sale of civet coffee tours. #kopiluwak #civets #conservation #animalwelfare

Yesterday we had a VIP guest in the office. Respect for her presence must be paid with head scratches. #CatsofAcademia

Yesterday I met an Elephant hawk moth caterpillar. I was immediately taken back to my lectures on Batesian mimicry- look at those magnificent "eyes"! #SussexWalks #NatureSky

Just found #CatsofAcademia and now must, naturally, introduce Poe- my office manager. She is particularly concerned with staff wellbeing. She will stop my screen use by walking in front of my screen every hour and onto my keyboard if I haven't stood up and walked around in a while. 10/10 recommend.

It's official! I am over the moon to start my postdoc at @york.ac.uk as part of the Anthropocene Encounters project. My focus: multispecies heritage with civets as the species entry point (of course). Who else should I be connecting with here? #heritage #multispecies www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...

A little sample from my camera reel this week. Lovely!! #woodlands #pine #bees #tomatoes

Really enjoying my latest read- Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Her writing is thoughtful and poignant and is helping me better consider the capital roots of my cultural upbringing and why I've always felt out of place within it. Highly recommend. #reading #AcademicSky #Decolonise

Writing, reading, and accompanied by Po my cat colleague. Now this is a work-life balance I can get behind! #multispecies #academicsky #ethnography #writing

A piece I wrote for @therevelator.org about how the world's most expensive coffee is pushing the endangered Owston's civet even further to the edge of extinction. #kopiluwak #conservation #consumerism #civetcoffee #journalism

My daily ritual is making cups of coffee and/or tea throughout the day, letting each cup go cold, microwaving each, letting that go cold too, and repeat. 🤦

Revisiting some of my favourite multisited #multispecies ethnographies, this time for inspiration in narrative non-fiction. What a joy to return to this one by Kathryn Gillespie! #reading

Finally the perfect weather for an outside office! Writing my book and draining the swelling from my injured leg (multitasking warrior over here 💪). #AcademicSky

For multispecies and archaeology 🏺 folks, here's paper I wrote last year with Kathyrn De Luna, about human-insect 🐜🦟 entanglements in South Central Africa. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/8016fd...

The last event of the civet season was a lovely CPD delivery with the team at 'Population Matters'. I led a one day program all about Distant Nature Encounters in the Anthropocene. And, of course, civets were the species entry point. #multispecies #workshop #MTHjustice #academicsky

I had such a blast delivering Civet Ambassador Training at Newquay Zoo and University this week. Traveling around educating about civets is always fun! #charity #conservation #civets

I recently gave a seminar for Oxford Brookes PhD and MSc students (conservation, biosciences and anthropology courses) about my research into human-civet relations. It was brilliant and I loved revisiting my old haunts from my decade-ago (!) MSc days. #Oxford #Seminar #Lecturer

Wow. You're not wrong Carmen, you're not wrong. #Book #LoseYourMother #literature

It's official! This August I'll be heading to Taipei to present at the AfA 2025 conference on all things high impact research for animals in tourism. #conference #civetcoffee #animals

I'm looking for a postdoc or similar position. Ideally on Multispecies Ethnography, MTH and pluriversal futures beyond the Anthropocene. I'm an experienced HE lecturer and transdisciplinary scholar. Please let me know if you know of anything! 🙏 #AcademicSky #humanities #socialscience #morethanhuman

A great time was had by all at the Socio-Oceanography Conference 2025. I was there to bring the more-than-human (MTH) perspective to a transdisciplinary exploration of coastal speculative futures. #morethanhuman #multispecies #transdisciplinary

Apparently it was valentine's day recently. We don't do valentine's. We do, however, go on little family outings to the town where we met. It's pretty great 🥰 #family

Reviewer comments in and I'm pleased and relieved that they're positive! Still amendments to make but I can already see how these will improve our paper. Yippee! 👏 #research #peerreview #WhatHappenedToR2? #DontJinxIt

It's out in the world! The first paper to document the conservation (and welfare) costs of the commercial breeding of civets. Social media is driving the bourgeoning civet pet trend in Indonesia. #wildlife #trade #anthropology #conservation #animalwelfare link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Guys, I've been nominated for an IG Nobel prize. That's it, I can retire now. I don't even need to win. #research #goals #academicsky #satire #award #ignobel

The best thing about bad weather is the number of #cat photos that appear on social media as everyone's fur masters refuse to go outside. Here is Princess Po, for good measure:

Please keep sharing. We are open to non-traditional presentations such as artworks, artifact or reading based discussions and round tables. #AcademicSky #posthuman #pluriversal #politics #morethanhuman #multispecies

What a great time! We succeeded in bringing together 25 European zoos with orgs and researchers from #Viverrid range countries including Laos, Vietnam, Tanzania, S Africa and Indonesia. All working to safeguard a family of poorly understood small carnivores! #civets #conservation #research

Today is the day! Really looking forward to meeting lots of civet conservationists, researchers and vets for day one. #conference #conservation #civets

Woohoo!! Paper accepted 💪 ...and yes, it's about civets. #research #conservation #Viverridae

Postdoctoral application submitted, revised manuscript submitted, conference program finalised and published. I miss Christmas. I'm finishing off the brandy. #January #AcademicSky

I think my funding bid for the boring fund was too boring. So now I still need money to develop a very specific and large database. Oh well, better luck next year! 😂 #research #EvenIWasBored #grantwriting

Did anyone else struggle to read for pleasure when doing their PhD? One of the best aspects of being "PhDone" (after the existential crisis of course) is falling back in love with reading. #PhDVoice #AcademicSky

CFP: "Pluriveral living and dreaming: relational, more-than-human and decolonial sustainability futures". Please share! 🙏 nomadit.co.uk/conference/d... #PhDVoice #AcademicSky

Happy New Year! Personally 2024 is one I'd like to forget. Sad really as it was a year of many achievements, but all were overshadowed by trauma and loss. But...Max and Poe joined the family and they are healing my soul 💞 #NYE #OnwardsAndUpwards

I'm pretty sure I've been hypnotized by my #cat. I took her in "temporarily" but she sleeps on my pillow all night, I find myself making excuses to hang out with her all the time, and I'm now redecorating to incorporate cat ledges, steps and runways around the walls. Tell me this is normal.

Something incredible has happened. Reviewers 1, 2, and 3 have given consistent, constructive and supportive feedback. Is this real? #AcademicSky

Tomorrow I teach my classes in person for the first time this year- to 40 students who have kept their cameras and mics off since September. Daunted much. #lecturer #SendHelp

And it's #PhDone

I’ve finally finished my book on extinction! If you’re interested in reading how ideas of race, empire, and extinction have shaped our world and left important legacies for thinking about just conservation and the future of our planet, preorder here. #skystorians uk.bookshop.org/p/books/vani...