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@matthholden.bsky.social

Mathematician working in Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Fisheries, Natural Resource Management, Wildlife Trade, and Sustainability. Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. Vice president of the Resource Modeling Association #LGBTQSTEM he/they

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This is excellent. I once reviewed a grant in a European scheme that had 12 while men on the team. I used similar framing to critique the issues, even though EDI was not included in the criteria. I also followed up with the scheme to ask why no EDI.

12.10.2025 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, itโ€™s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. itโ€™s wrong.

08.10.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1323    ๐Ÿ” 349    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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As a grant reviewer, how do you request Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, even if it isnโ€™t an explicit selection criterion Many funding schemes now include equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as an explicit selection criterion. But what happens when it isnโ€™t written into the rubric? Should applicants still consider โ€ฆ

New blog: As a grant peer reviewer I consider Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) even if the scheme doesn't list EDI criteria. Key is to tie the selection criteria to EDI. This is how I do it mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social

25.09.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Happy 4^ / 3^2 / 5^2 day!!! (3^2/ 4^2 / 5^2 for us weird Americans) Not too many days satisfy the Pythagorean thm. @amermathsoc.bsky.social @austms.bsky.social @stevenstrogatz.com @monsoon0.bsky.social ht Peter Baxter for noticing. Looking forward to coming back to the US for joint maths in Jan.

16.09.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Embedding Sustainability in Undergraduate Mathematics with Actionable Case Studies There is a growing need to integrate sustainability into tertiary mathematics education given the urgency of addressing global environmental challenges. This paper presents four case studies from Aust...

Ooh arXiv paper from @matthholden.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social about embedding sustainability in undergraduate maths with case studies ๐Ÿ‘€ Looks very actionable!

arxiv.org/abs/2508.07594

12.08.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excited for our annual conference on modeling for ecology, biodiversity, sustainability, environment, water, energy, climate, fisheries, forestry, & ag. Love all the cool #math & stats used to save the world. Join us in Stellenbosch 2026. ๐ŸŒ#MathSky @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social

17.07.2025 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mathematical Ecology and Environmental Decision Science School of Mathematics and Physics Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 2 years and 9 months with the possibility up to 3 years, depending on funding availability. Base salary will be in the range ...

Job alert: 2.75 -3 yr postdoc in Mathematical ecology/epidemiology or Decision Sci at the University of Queensland on the value of information for decisions with @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social Katriona Shea & myself #MathSky ๐ŸŒ uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... please share

16.07.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

getting in an arms race with LLMs over em-dashes by using dashes so long โ€”โ€”โ€” so very long โ€”โ€”โ€” that they have never appeared in training data

07.07.2025 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 215    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
The value of information for ecological management

Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia ๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿงฎ, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

04.07.2025 05:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great work classifying ecosystems around the world to create an IUCN red list of ecosystems presented by Prof Emily Nicholson. Shows a small global decline in ecosystems but with extreme variation with some declining rapidly. ๐ŸŒ
@aciucn.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

01.07.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beetle grows โ€˜termiteโ€™ on back to steal food Puppet helps insect trick real termites into feeding it

Just saw this amazing science article - Beetle grows replica โ€˜termiteโ€™ on back to steal food www.science.org/content/arti.... Despite it being in Australia it wasn't one of the 1,168 species in our Brisbane home but we did find 6 species of rove beetle doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

29.06.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, where nuclear plants exist they should continue and be maximised to produce relatively clean energy. Of course, in Australia, and other sunny locations building new nuclear plants is extremely costly compared to solar, even accounting for storage and would be wildly irresponsible.

21.06.2025 04:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The latter (sorry character limits created the ambiguity). Agree with you, given that accounting for species protection only adds 2-3%cost, it would be interesting to see what the cost contribution of the renewables are alone. Would help to put that 2-3% in context.

16.06.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He accounted for infrastructure to go the longer distance from the network when avoiding threatened species. Don't think there would be a difference in storage requirements with the increased distance. Storage is mostly about the baseline cost of renewables the % increase is on top of that.

16.06.2025 06:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bycatch reduction interventions are effective for improving marine species populations but very few studies report the impacts on fisher safety, and other fisher objectives. This is a major barrier to adoption. Great talk by Cindy Vargas @arizonastateuni.bsky.social at #iccb2025.

16.06.2025 05:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We can achieve 100% renewable energy in Australia & also protect threatened species impacted by wind and solar developments with only 2-3% increase in electricity bills compared to if we didn't consider threatened species. #iccb2025 great talk by A Rogers

16.06.2025 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ICCB 2025_Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English.docx Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English ICCB Language Accessibility Subcommittee The philosophy of ICCB 2025 is grounded in inclusivity and accessibility, prioritizi...

Love the Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English at #iccb2025 for more accessible and diverse conferences @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

15.06.2025 07:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really dislike this sentiment re: AI impacts on education: If an assignment can be completed by AI then it is clearly just busy work; educators need to create better assignments.

Absolutely not true. Just because AI can do something too doesn't mean that doing it doesn't have pedagogical value.

02.06.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 153    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Every proof in every undergrad math class can be pooped out by the random sentence machine. The point is exactly to engage in the process of generating a proof.

02.06.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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23.05.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Please share. 2 tenure-track T&R math/stat jobs at the University of Queensland, Australia. Amazing weather, gorgeous campus & lifestyle. 17% employer retirement contribution, lots of leave. Strong global reputation. Supports diversity @stevenstrogatz.com uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...

16.05.2025 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿงช๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿฆ ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿ ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ™

13.05.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Login โ€ข Instagram Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

My top tips for conferences 1) have fun, Skip some talks 2) go to the poster session 3) focus your talk/poster around one main message w email address on last slide 4) see who's attending in the program before you arrive and schedule meetings. @iccb2025.bsky.social
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07.05.2025 05:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amazing talk by Dr Helen Mayfield on building models to manage ecosystems by consulting experts in a systematic way (expert elicitation) ... and most importantly an evaluation of whether it worked. @uq-cbcs.bsky.social @martinemaron.bsky.social

06.05.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The total Australian Research Council budget is $1bn.

20.03.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Great talk by @alicetwomey.bsky.social on solving the barriers for transdisciplinary research in conservation at the @uq-cbcs.bsky.social seminar. The methods exist we just need to use them. doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...

08.04.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Postdoctoral fellowships in complex systems We're looking for three postdoctoral fellows to join our newly created Modelling for Impact Hub.

Job alert: 3 Aotearoa New Zealand Postdoctoral fellowships in complex systems www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2025/03/07/p...

18.03.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We introduce a method to quantify how extreme events affect ecosystem function and services. Paper out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social - very fitting on a day that Cyclone Alfred is looming off the coast of my city!

06.03.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Started a Theoretical Ecology starter pack. For from complete. Respond if you want to be added or removed.

go.bsky.app/PwpvZLb

27.12.2024 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Delighted to see the final version of my paper for @asn-amnat.bsky.social appear online.

In it, I analyze stochastic matrix models to partition the effects of spatial and temporal variation in demography and dispersal on metapopulation growth rates

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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20.01.2025 01:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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