Marcus Collier

Dreary weather, but enjoyed my visit to Trinity today to meet with @marcuscollier.bsky.social and his students from the Masters in Smart and Sustainable Cities course.

Boy, what a building to study in.

Encouraging to see positions opening in herbarium digitisation at Trinity College, Dublin 🇮🇪, at a time when many biocultural collections are underfunded and understaffed.

Job Alert!
We are seeking a dedicated and passionate research assistant to assist the Herbarium Digitisation Coordinator to continue digitisation efforts at an increased pace within our #herbarium. my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
#AcademicTwitter #Botany

It was brilliant to have a visit from you, and for our students to discuss urban sustainability with you. Thanks a million, Ciarán!

The universal law of getting too hot Life on a temperature roller coaster is getting more precarious

The universal law of getting too hot, from Prof. @ybuckley.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

From control to cohabitation: Social-ecological insights on urban wildness narratives Narratives surrounding urban green space management have experienced significant shifts in recent years. While the command-and-control approach to urb…

Our first paper of 2026 is open access: "From control to cohabitation: Social-ecological insights on urban wildness narratives". Led by @maireadod.bsky.social along with Melissa Pineda Pinto, Erik Andersson, & @marcuscollier.bsky.social : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#novelecosystems

One-Planetary-Health: Reflections on Urban Novel Ecosystems in Bogotá and Copenhagen Nordhavnstippen, a space for birds and ruderal nature, 2024. © Natalia Rodriguez-Castañeda. All rights reserved. by Natalia Rodriguez-Castañeda What do Los Cerros, Bogotá’s degraded peri-urban fore…

Yet another proud moment for me as a PhD supervisor in the @noveleco.bsky.social team! Here is the latest from Dr. Natalia Rodriguez Castañeda.
One-Planetary-Health: Reflections on Urban Novel Ecosystems in Bogotá and Copenhagen seeingthewoods.org/2025/12/18/o... #novelecosystems #onehealth

Global Survey on Citizen Action & Nature
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This is your chance to tell policymakers what your community really needs.

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Talking to ecology students in Trinity College, I spoke of the need for creativity and collaboration in the great nature restoration challenge. It will be resource hungry; human and financial and the state needs to lead by example.

Míle buíochas @marcuscollier.bsky.social as an cuireadh.

Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain

Britain may be 0, but Ireland is barely a shade better as one of the 10 countries with the lowest connection to nature. It's about time we get together and sort this out. Great paper by Myles Richardson @findingnature.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We are hiring!
Applications are open for an Assistant. Prof. In Plant #Biodiversity and #Conservation at Trinity College, School of Natural Sciences in the Discipline of Botany! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Any enquiries, please DM me!
#academicjobs #universityjobs #environmentalscience

The deadline is fast approaching!
We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Plant #Biodiversity and #Conservation
universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
Deadline: November 14th.

The deadline is fast approaching!
We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Plant #Biodiversity and #Conservation
universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...
Deadline: November 14th.

Congrats newly minted Dr. @maireadod.bsky.social!

Pic is from a 2023 visit to Trinity College (hosted by @marcuscollier.bsky.social), including @dublinsoil.bsky.social next to Dr. O'Donnell on the right side of the table on a sunny warm mid-spring day.

Thanks for the lovely memory, Steve! I'm delighted that both PhD students in the photo passed their vivas this month. The visit with you and Liam certainly played a constructive part in that journey.

Very happy to report the first glimpse at the new identity for our research group—EcoVisualization Studio—which combines @mountainlegacy.bsky.social with CEDAR (Co-Lab for Ecological Design And Restoration). More soon!

We are hiring!
Applications are open for an Assistant. Prof. In Plant #Biodiversity and #Conservation at Trinity College, School of Natural Sciences in the Discipline of Botany! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Any enquiries, please DM me!
#academicjobs #universityjobs #environmentalscience

Past to future 1/2 🌍 Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com perspective shows how archives, maps, art, oral histories & palaeo-records can enrich #biodiversity science—helping set baselines, track change & inform #conservation. 🔗 rdcu.be/eEcIt #history #ecology #baselines

Past to future 2/2 🌍 We outline 7 key actions: protect historical data, expand digitization, harness new tech (AI, CV), engage citizen science, ensure FAIR & ethical use, foster inter- & transdisciplinary work. Past insights for future #conservation🌱Big thx to @laenavarro.bsky.social for leading!

Let it grow wild! A more-than-One-Health perspective for wild spaces in cities Urbanisation disrupts connections with nature, compromising human, biodiversity, and environmental health. Urban Wild Spaces – pockets of unmanaged and spontaneous vegetation within cities – may of...

Our new open-access paper is out. Led by Natalia Rodríguez Castañeda, with Melissa Pineda Pinto, Natalie Marie Gulsrud, @marcuscollier.bsky.social & Megan Lynn Maurer. 'Let it grow wild! A more-than-One-Health perspective for wild spaces in cities': www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... #onehealth

Only days before submitting her thesis, my PhD student Natalia just had her 2nd @noveleco.bsky.social paper published. 'Let it grow wild! A more-than-One-Health perspective for wild spaces in cities' is open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... #onehealth #novelecosystems

An effort to seed a revival of hedgerows in Dublin city “We're going to develop different urban trial hedgerows,” says Sophie von Maltzan. “The edible hedgerow, and the not-so-fast-growing hedgerow, and the thorn-free hedge.”

An effort to seed a revival of hedgerows in Dublin city www.dublininquirer.com/an-effort-to...

top of the article here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Global synthesis and regional insights for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions | PNAS Nature-based solutions (NbS) have emerged as a key strategy for sustainably addressing multiple urban challenges, with rapidly increasing knowledge...

I'm excited to share our Global Synthesis on Urban #Nature-based solutions. A meta-analysis of over 60 review papers combined with review from NBS experts in 7 global regions. See insights as well other articles in this Special Feature in PNAS, an output from NATURA www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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The second ‘Global synthesis and regional insights for mainstreaming #urban #naturebasedsolutions, led by Dr. @timonm.bsky.social‬, can be found here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10..... This was a huge effort and a key output from the excellent NATURA Project team! Also #openaccess thanks to the NSF.

I’m delighted to be part of the writing team for TWO exciting new papers published today as part of the Natura Project Network; #openaccess thanks to the NSF. ‘Nature-based solutions for #urban #sustainability’, led by Dr Elizabeth Cook, is here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... #naturebasedsolutions

Great weather for doing some research on drystone wall ecology. Here, with two recently graduated students working as excellent research assistants, Órla R. Fitzgerald and Evelyn Sweeney, we are collecting some very preliminary data and testing methods.

Leveraging machine learning techniques for image classification and revealing social media insights into human engagement with urban wild spaces Scientific Reports - Leveraging machine learning techniques for image classification and revealing social media insights into human engagement with urban wild spaces

Our latest open-access @noveleco.bsky.social paper is out! 'Leveraging machine learning techniques for image classification and revealing social media insights into human engagement with urban wild spaces'. We scraped social media data to show general attitudes to #urbanwildspaces rdcu.be/evHeW.

We are hiring!
The School of Natural Sciences in Trinity College Dublin is seeking to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Environmental Science.
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui..., and under 'Department', scroll to The School of Natural Sciences. Deadline: August 15th.