@besaldernetwork.bsky.social
A network for the LGBTQIA+ ecologist community to interact, share, and support each other 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌱 More info at https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join-the-alder-network/
Colourful Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Attending #BES2025? Join the ALDER, REED, & EDGE networks for our triple festive social 🎄🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
📍: Roxy Lanes, Edinburgh
🕐: 19:30 Wednesday 17th Dec
We hope to see you there! 😁
More info: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... @britishecologicalsociety.org
Call for abstracts for the first ever @rainbowr.org conference is still open! We're looking for talks that either
🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats
🏳️🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data
Get in your abstracts before December 1st.
conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html
#queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay
A cartoon of 2 rhinocerous beetles clashing. One beetle is saying "I'm just trying to kiss you!" and the other beetle is saying "I'm just trying to kiss you too!". Above them is text reading LGBTQ+ Journal Club in the colours of the progress pride flag.
Hello bluesky! We are an LGBTQ+ Biology Journal Club at Uni of Oxford 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. We are interested in topics relevant to queer ecology and amplifying queer voices in academia 🪲🌱.
For those in Oxford, we meet every 2 weeks - get in touch for more details! 🥳
Last year I wrote this for Transgender Awareness Week because of the challenges I've faced in my institution. Sharing it again as this week we celebrate trans identities and remember those who have been targeted for being themselves
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/five-steps-t...
Happy Polar Pride y’all 🏳️🌈❄️🐧🐻❄️🇦🇶
#PolarPride is a declaration of commitment to support, unite and uplift LGBTQIA+ people & enhance diversity in #PolarScience 😎🏳️🌈❄️
#PolarPrideDay #PolarPride2026 #PolarPrideDay2026 #LGBTSTEMDay #LGBTQSTEMDay #DiversityInPolarScience #DiversityInUKPolarScience
Happy #LGBTQinSTEMDay everybody! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌱
Check out this great thread of podcasts, newsletters, resources, and more from @prideinstem.bsky.social 😁
And don't forget, if you want to hear what the BES ALDER network are up to - sign up to our newsletter at www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join...
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM! 🧪⚒️
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The logo for LGBTQ+STEM Day, with the hashtags below and the date 18 of November, over a rainbow background
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
event flyer, see details via http://bit.ly/rsscdnov
rainbowR event: Trans Lived Experiences in Data 🏳️⚧️
We are partnering with the
@rssdiversity.bsky.social Celebrating Diversity SIG to host an online event next week. More info below!
📅 19th Nov 17:30–18:30 (GMT)
👉 bit.ly/rsscdnov
LGBTQ+ Journal Club is turning 1! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈To celebrate, here's a bit about what we've been up to over the past year: a thread of interesting papers in queer biology (1/n) ⬇️🧵
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British Ecological Society's Black History Month collection: podcasts, reads, and research curated for Black ecologists.
During the course of Black History Month, we have been collating a resource page of blogs, networks, literature and more, with the aim of consistently supporting and elevating Black ecologists.
30.10.2025 16:31 — 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
A circle of rainbow leaves with the details about the event. Pride in STEM and ZSL institute of zoology organising the LGBTQ+STEM Day celebrations. November 18 fom 5pm - tag line hear us roar!
Our LGBTQ+ STEM Day Celebrations are taking place at @zslofficial.bsky.social and then at Zodiac Bar!
Join us!
Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/31027/... #PrideInSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🔭🧪
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 BES Awards, honouring 11 distinguished ecologists whose contributions have greatly benefited the scientific community and the Society as a whole.
Huge congratulations to all the winners 👏
4 lego characters in vegetation symbolising a supportive community
[🌱Cross-post from the @britishecologicalsociety.org LinkedIn]
The Emerging Leaders and Managers (ELM) Network committee is looking for passionate people in ecology to join their committee 📣
lnkd.in/ex6n39fQ
🗓️Due Wed 5 Nov
More info about ELM: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/what...
Our poster for LGBTQ+ STEM Day. It says save the date. Free tickets and full program coming soon from Pride in STEM. November 18 5pm -late at London zoo Hear us roar!
One month to go to the International Day of LGBTQIA+ in STEM!
We have something exciting in the works (free tickets coming soon) and a lot of announcements for 2026!
A BES Endemic network advertisement for their upcoming reasonable adjustments webinar. It is on 4th November, from 6-7:30 pm BST
Next up in the @britishecologicalsociety.org Endemic webinar series, we'll focus on reasonable adjustments in the workplace and at university. Both in the field & in the office, being neurodivergent in ecology can be difficult – but there is help!
16.10.2025 07:37 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Shana V. Stoddard: How to create an environment for all science students to succeed
Grad student Alyssa T. Paparella talks with this computational biochemist about adjusting work styles and leaning on community.
#DisabledInSTEM #NDEAM cen.acs.org/synthesis/me...
[🌱Cross-post from the @britishecologicalsociety.org REED Network LinkedIn 🌱]
REED Ecological Network Survey – We Need Your Voice! 🌿
Open to REED members, collaborators, allies & friends who have been involved with REED
🔗https://lnkd.in/evCcKquF
More info:
www.linkedin.com/posts/reuben...
"Inclusive design doesn’t just widen participation; it expands the very structure-function relationship of science itself. We all stand to gain from that."
#NDEAM #DisabledInSTEM #chemsky 🧪
cen.acs.org/careers/dive...
Anyone interested in queer ecology, forests or SDMs... roll up! 🌲🌈📈
02.10.2025 21:45 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
1 week to go until our next Quantifying Ecology webinar with
@besaldernetwork.bsky.social!
Feat. Taiwanese forest SDMs and RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBT+ voices in the R community.
Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST
Sign up here: bit.ly/3HWpEol
Applications for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme close TOMORROW! ⏰🌏
If you'd like to learn more about the peer review process then this voluntary two-year role could be the role for you 🌱🧪
Find out more and apply: bit.ly/47uwYlD
Our latest podcast series 'Included in Nature with Clare Rishbeth' explores the barriers to nature inclusion for various communities and the ways in which we can overcome them 🌱
This discussion is based on four reports deposited in Applied Ecology Resources 📚
Listen here 👇
buff.ly/7BpYW1c
Who are we? ALDER (Advancing LGBTQIA+ Diversity, Equality & Representation) is a Network for the LGBTQIA+ ecologist community to interact, share and support each other.
Hi everyone, we're the BES ALDER Network 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌳 Follow us for information about upcoming events, opportunities, community stories, & resources
Want more info? Join our newsletter? www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join... @britishecologicalsociety.org
Join us for our next webinar, with @besaldernetwork.bsky.social!
Catherine Mercer and Ella Kaye will present their work predicting forest distributions using SDMs, and with @RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBTQIA+ voices in the R community.
Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST
Sign up: bit.ly/3HWpEol