Sarah's project is simultaneously fascinating, important, and creative. Such a brilliant body of work and Sarah is an excellent advocate for the ideas. #extinction #foodsecurity #culture

Excited to be part of this gorgeous film homage to the natural world through language inspired by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, screening at Sheffield DocFest on 21 June! @HannahPapacekHarper @RetroviseurProductions @extinctionleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social www.lostforwords.fr

Great to see work by Sarah Oakes, our of our fantastic Extinction Studies PhD students, highlighted by @leverhulme.ac.uk. Sarah's amazing interdisciplinary project is unique and important in linking social, cultural, and biological facets of #extinction in a #food security context.

Congratulations to @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social on successfully defending their PhD thesis! I can honestly say that this was one of the most interesting projects I have been involved with, the most talented students I have supervised, and the least stressful waits for a viva outcome :-)

Sicily was supervised by academics across three faculties - @katatrepsis.bsky.social in Biology, me in Environment, and Chris Birchall and Tom Jackson in Arts @ahcunileeds.bsky.social . Sponsored by @extinctionleeds.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk. Paper here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...

congratulations to Dr @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social , for successfully defending their thesis on the songbird trade in Indonesia. A highly interdisciplinary study, with some wonderful papers and a cool interactive website here www.uncagedconservation.com

"#TikTok facilitating #songbird #trade in Indonesia" - a recent paper published by #Extinction Studies PhD student @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social in @oryxthejournal.bsky.social: buff.ly/4aNmZaI.

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

We are hiring!!! Please share widely careers.zsl.org/vacancies/42...

Beautiful photography and blogs by PhD students in the Extinction Studies DTP @extinctionleeds.bsky.social, Land Lines Project

The Potato Park near Pisac, Peru, is a very special place. Established by the amazing Alejandro Argumedo, the work they do there is hugely impressive. Communities there have even donated genetic resources to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault - biocultural.iied.org/film-quechua...

"To live and die in an age of extinction: a conversation with Juno Salazar Parreñas." A new paper published by #Extinction Studies PhD student MT Talensby explores experiences of studying #conservation, #death, #loss, and wider socio-cultural aspects of #fieldwork

#Extinction in the Small Isles: A fantastic photo blog from a recent group trip to the Scottish Small Isles, by Extinction Studies PhD students Alfie Howard, MT Talensby, Jon Roberts, @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social, Lydia Woods, Serena Turton-Hughes, Jenny Kennedy

Congratulations to @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social, one of our PhD students, who has been selected to give an invited seminar on their recent paper on "Rethinking #extinction 'crises'" by Cambridge Prisms Extinction. Tune in online on 11th March at 2pm UK time. Register here: buff.ly/42BfgtZ

2 year postdoc opportunity for the project "Climate Citizenship" at Leiden University. "Climate Citizenship explores how adapting environments to climate change through new forms of nature-based infrastructure reshapes people's relationships with each other and the state." Deadline 31 March 2025

2 year Postdoc opportunity in Environmental Humanities (focus on Multispecies Politics) at William & Mary. "We seek an individual with expertise in Multispecies Politics or Animate Ecologies...the postdoc will have substantial amounts of time to focus on their own research agenda."

"How #poetry can help us understand mass extinction events" - a new post on @theconversation.com by #Extinction Studies Researcher @kate-elspeth.bsky.social on #paleontology and poetic methods (strata/stanza, negative space) and how they interact

Happy publication day to Modern British Nature Writing, 1789-2020: Land Lines (Paperback) www.waterstones.com/book/modern-... #naturewriting #envhum

"Awe and Extinction" - Extinction Studies PhD student @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social writes about reflections on a recent photography trip to the Scottish Small Isles:

My amazing book cover is here! Coming soon from University of Chicago Press.

Are you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field? Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities! We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here: environmentalhumanities.org Contact us if you have any questions.

"COP28’s historic agreement, and the pursuit of climate justice" - Extinction Studies PhD student Catriona Flesher writes about the landmark Loss and Damage agreement (in all its complexity) at the COP28 summit in late 2024: https://buff.ly/42D8Sm1 #climate #lossanddamage

Lovely to see so many Extinction Studies DTP people - both PGRs and supervisors - in this special issue.

"The Authenticity of Absence" - Extinction Studies PhD student MT Talensby shares her thoughts on #presence and #absence, #emptiness and #extinction during a recent trip to the Scottish Small Isles during a #photography project:

Hey #WildlifeDisease & #conservation folk, please check out our survey on attitudes to parasite conservation. Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n

Absolutely delighted to be invited to the opening of this exhibition tonight. Such a great doctoral training programme, truly interdisciplinary and vitally important.

"You say potato, I say biocultural heritage that safeguards global food security" - Extinction Studies PhD student Sarah Oakes shares her thoughts on the importance of diverse food crops https://buff.ly/40D8zW0 #extinction #foodsecurity #potato

Jonathan's brilliant work has, like the rest of the @extinctionleeds.bsky.social projects, absolutely zero respect for the niceties of disciplinary boundaries. It's a wonderful exploration of the social, cultural and biological aspects of hookworm eradication. History, philosophy, epidemiology.

Congratulations to #Extinction Studies PhD student (now Dr) Jonathan Roberts on successfully defending his thesis yesterday on "Biological and Social aspects of human #hookworm #infection and eradication". Many thanks to @rohandroy.bsky.social for being a thorough and constructive external.

A Bestiary of Loss ~ a sobering catalogue of some of the roughly 800 animal species estimated to have gone extinct since 1500. There are another 4,000 or so animals currently listed as critically endangered. At L, the extinct yellow-tufted Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō publicdomainreview.org/collection/e...

Come and see some of the work we’ve been doing… SPIRIT: an exhibition of nature photography from the Scottish Small Isles. Parkinson Court, 4-6 Feb.

Delighted to announce that the @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Extinction Studies Doctoral Training Programme at @universityofleeds.bsky.social has now migrated to Bluesky: @extinctionleeds.bsky.social. Follow for lots of #envhum #interdisciplinarity #conservation from our brilliant PhD students.