Catherine Price

We are putting out this Call for Papers for BISA2026 in search of people who are researching the connection between gender and resistance in the field of environmental politics. This call comes at a time of (at least) two forms of gendered resistance: 1. Growing resistance to measures that combat climate change and environmental destruction, a form of resistance that is often masculinised 2. Ongoing resistance against environmental destruction, a form of resistance that is both discursively constructed as feminine and that manifests as a form of burden that is often borne by women and other marginalised peoples Against a backdrop of the target of 1.5 degrees warming looking increasingly unlikely, and a ‘green’ transition currently reliant on new geographies of environmental and human harm and exploitation, any meaningful progress towards global environmental targets is stalling. Resistance to these forms of harm and efforts to transition away from fossil fuels are at a critical juncture. At the same time, there is a surging right-wing politics globally, part of which acts as a defence of industry and environmental harm. This form of resistance is directed at transition itself. We invite papers which explore the intersections of gender and resistance in relation to environment or climate politics. Approaches might include ecofeminism, political ecology, and feminist political economy. Some papers which participants might engage with: • Petro-masculinity: Fossil fuels and authoritarian desire (Daggett, 2018) • Feminist approaches to environmental politics (Lawrence et al, 2025) • ‘Gender and climate change’: from impacts to discourses (MacGregor, 2010) • Colonial erasures in gender and climate change solutions (Resurrección, 2024) Please send your 200 word abstracts to t.n.brookes@keele.ac.uk and weatherillck@outlook.com by 24th October along with your name, affiliation, career stage and geographical location.

Another Call for Papers for #BISA2026 (3rd-5th June, Brighton), this time for a panel I'm organising with @tom-cb.bsky.social. Deadline 24th Oct.

Gender and resistance in environmental politics: This panel will explore how gender relates to resistance against env harm AND resistance to transition.

It's good to see social science becoming an integral part of the GGR journey. If we take stakeholders along with us, we'll be in a much better place to deal with the climate crisis.

It was great to have the opportunity to present the findings of the social science research from the Biochar Demonstrator. Thank you to @co2rehub.bsky.social for organising such a brilliant event and for the great questions from the audience.
#UKGGR2025

Very excited about being part of the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Event next week and presenting research from the social science research package of the Biochar Demonstrator.

Interesting to see this from the Business Travel Association

“Our research shows that most people still rely on their cars when travelling for work, which is no surprise. But it’s not necessarily because they prefer travelling by car, but because there’s no realistic alternative.”

Family farmers say their way of life is an impossible dream when ‘the bread of life is worth less than rusty metal’ In the Fens of eastern England, small-scale farmers fear for their future amid ‘astronomical’ costs and flatlining income.

My co-authored long read with Dan Taylor 🧑‍🌾 sharing reflections and worries for the future of farming from our interviewees in their own words

theconversation.com/family-farme...

The Met Office’s latest report confirms what many farmers and citizens already know: the UK’s climate is changing rapidly.

As temperatures rise and weather patterns become more unpredictable – with flooding and drought commonplace – farmers are on the frontline of the crisis.

Visual summary of the linked page

Have you ever thought about how artists and scientist view the world? 🌍👀 Find out more about this @openuniversity.bsky.social research & download the illustrated leaflet 🎨👇
inklusivenature.com/2025/06/26/a...
#SciArt #SciComm

Climate change affects us all — but not equally

📘 Our new report highlights that while the EU & its Member States increasingly recognise justice as a key principle of climate adaptation, its practical application remains limited.

🔗 Read our new EEA report: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...

Has political philosophy forgotten animals? Looks like a great conference. Abstracts due June 13th.

stevecooke.org?p=290

Is there a tension between AI safety and AI welfare? If so, how can it be addressed? My new paper with Robert Long and Toni Sims explores the feasibility of building safe and beneficial AI for humans, animals, and AI systems at the same time. Check it out!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Pollinators: Vital for nature & human well-being, but increasingly threatened.🌍

@ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment highlights the critical roles of pollinators, the threats they face, and the severe consequences of their decline. 🧪

For #WorldBeeDay, swipe through to discover their crucial roles! 🦋

Scaling is a word always being used with GGR technologies. Carol and I are trying to look at this at the moment with biochar.

Biochar carbon markets: A mitigation deterrence threat This article aims to add to the emerging empirical mitigation deterrence literature by drawing on ongoing research into a particular form of greenhous…

I've co-authored an academic article on biochar carbon markets if it's of interest. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Carbon markets are being viewed as the way to scale biochar. I think there's similar stuff going on as what you found then.

More evidence of the climate emergency. ⬇️

Great thread on carbon markets ⬇️

ClimateXChange report. Securing soils in a changing climate: A soil route map for Scotland

There is no single overarching soil policy providing security and governance for Scottish soils. This soil route map outlines opportunities to gain value and effectiveness through better coordination of activities and policy delivery. www.climatexchange.org.uk/projects/a-s...

We’d be yellow if we were still covered by @eea.europa.eu. 1 Farmers & growers in the UK are starting to struggle with water shortages. 2 The foods we’d normally import are coming from drought-hit countries 3. On farm water storage should be a priority national infrastructure investment

📣PGRs and ECRs interested in biochar - there's still time to register to join the Biochar Demonstrator for an afternoon of talks and networking. Join us on 19 May 2025 at 12 noon. Full details and link to registration here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-and-ec...

Why pangolins need a cooler planet Climate Curious · Episode

Recommended listen: A TEDxLondon podcast focused on how crop failure, drought and extreme weather are damaging the livelihood of pangolins.

Even A Grain Of Sand Deserves Justice | NOEMA Imagine the potential of a justice theory that includes the more-than-human — animal, vegetable, elemental and mineral — as worthy subjects of justice.

A wonderful article by my friend Christine Winter.

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

We have another exciting research seminar coming up – this time with Dr Muhammad Kavesh on ‘Hospitality and Hostility: Arrival and Intrusion of Foreign Pigeons in Pakistan and India’! Please see more info and QR code for registration below:

EASLCE Webinar: Environmental Game Studies: What Is An Ecological Game? With Laura Op De Beke – EASLCE EASLCE Webinar “Environmental Game Studies: What Is an Ecological Game?” May 30, 4–5:30 pm CEST. Laura op de Beke. Ecocriticism

Dear #ENVHUM folks, have a look at this great opportunity to take part in a 90 min Webinar on Environmental Games which will be held online by Laura op de Beke on May 30th, 4 to 5.30pm CEST. Registration is required: www.easlce.eu/easlce-webin... please share!

PGR and ECR Biochar Seminar Join us for a seminar on biochar for postgraduates and early career researchers on May 19, 2025, at 12:00 PM!

Are you a postgraduate or early career researcher interested in biochar? Check out this seminar hosted by the Biochar Demonstrator on 19 May, 12–4pm at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-and-ec... @biochartoday.bsky.social @cdrfyi.bsky.social @openaircollective.bsky.social

Amazing that we get to see more work by Billie Ireland and Miranda Whall. I've collaborated with these artists, and they will bring a different perspective to greenhouse gas removal. Very exciting!

Looking forward to presenting at @britsoci.bsky.social on Wednesday. I'll be talking about farmers as biochar innovators and their role in addressing climate change. #britsoc25

Making a Net Zero Society: Follow the Social Science Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science

What does the UK public think about climate change, #netzero targets and climate action?

Read the ACCESS Net Zero Citizens’ Survey to discover how people really feel about the transition to a net zero society a and how opinion differs across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales👇

As someone who has written a Critical Reflection, they are a really useful way of publishing pieces that do not conform to standard academic journal articles. I'm a social scientist and I co-authored with a soil scientist and a non-academic. exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/ex...