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Francis Masse

@geofrancismasse.bsky.social

Political Ecologist. Geographer. Conservation, wildlife trade/economies, (in)security, human-wildlife-livestock relations, infectious disease.

124 Followers  |  232 Following  |  9 Posts  |  Joined: 21.05.2025  |  1.7764

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Very excited to be starting at @geogdurham.bsky.social today! Looking forwards to new colleagues, friends, & collaborations and already feeling a very warm welcome.

And a sincere thank you to friends & colleagues at Northumbria GES & @nuglobaldev.bsky.social for some wonderful years!

01.08.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨Job Alert 🚨 πŸ•β€πŸ¦Ί πŸ„πŸŽπŸ¦β€β¬›
Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧡) @sheffielduni.bsky.social
πŸ“† deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...

20.06.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
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The QR code on the poster or the link in the reply will take you to a page with full information.

Please forward and share among your networks.
link again: www.cmi.no/projects/292...

@pollenetwork.bsky.social @society4conbio.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

20.06.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conservation Labor: A New Frontier in Labor Theory and Conservation Science (CONLAB) There is a rapidly developing literature on the 'human dimensions' of conservation, including critical scholarship and appli...

Do you work in conservation/for a conservation organisation? Please take our survey!

We need respondents who work in conservation (broadly defined) in any capacity

Survey takes 15/20 minutes, doesn’t ask for name & is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French

www.cmi.no/projects/292...

20.06.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely glorious day in the NE of England! Just needed to be said.

20.06.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yup. In full agreement here.

20.06.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

exactly. What happens when the 'security' imperative wanes?

20.06.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an excellent- and alarming - read on the growth of journals, including killer line β€˜if you think about it, it’s a steal’. Also has advice on what any of us can do about it ⬇️

13.06.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what a mess. People and Universities making decisions on what is out there but with a whole lot of uncertainty around it.

13.06.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do we know if the exception for up to Jan 1 2026 still holds, updated June 13th? @williamcarruthers.bsky.social and @willtullett.bsky.social .
Seems strange to not even be able to say definitively if this is the case or not.

13.06.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latest from me looking at #SpaceX, #STEMwashing and the #NewSpace industry's jazz hands 'immersion' tactics used to pinch stuff from poor people.

All free today!

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

06.06.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Look's like I'm on Bluesky now. Hello.

30.05.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
POLLEN Conference 2026 - POLLEN To learn more about our rational and purposes, then please look at this page , or download this document. If would like to participate then the first step is to propose a panel, or some other contribu...

Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/

19.05.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coexistence beyond disciplinary silos: Five dimensions of analysis for more convivial human-predator interactions Understanding human-predator interactions has been a central goal of conservation for decades, yet many previous efforts have approached this challeng…

πŸ“£ New Paper on #ConvivialConservation in Biological Conservation, brilliantly led by @judithekrauss.bsky.social We argue for greater transdisciplinary research to develop convivial forms of human-predator #coexistence. It’s #OA and you can read it here ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

28.05.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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