๐๐งชThe full paper is out now and free to read here: ๐๐๐ปhttps://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70266 #rewilding #future
18.02.2026 12:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@researchrestore.bsky.social
social scientist ~ University of #Aberdeen ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ช interested in the #social decision-making aspects of #biodiversity #conservation & #rewilding ๐ฎ ๐ป ๐ฆฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ MCIEEM
๐๐งชThe full paper is out now and free to read here: ๐๐๐ปhttps://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70266 #rewilding #future
18.02.2026 12:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Indeed! Construction/contestation of โmessโ or โmessinessโ in nature recovery is the subject of Flurina's previous research. Aesthetics shape views of what is โnaturalโ, โnormalโ, โgoodโ & thus desirable in what future (recovered) nature looks like besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
13.02.2026 11:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐๐งชNew #blog ahead of our upcoming #research #paper: Why visual #representation in #rewilding matters๐ฌ๐ซ๐ณ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ง Visual patterns reveal exclusionary visions of #landscapes & environmental futures. #AI generated images risk amplifying biases tinyurl.com/y9dyyfrf #repeopling #UK #naturerecovery #socialjustice
13.02.2026 10:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1The British Academy Place-sensitive understandings of nature recovery Introduction to a set of discussion papers commissioned by the British Academy
If this is your sort of thing we also recently published a series of discussion papers on place sensitive understandings of nature recovery
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/pla...
๐ข๐๐งชOur #paper for @britishacademy.bsky.social is out!
We analyse place-based & social justice dimensions of England's Biodiversity Net Gain #policy, and provide a framing for policymakers to integrate social & cultural #values into #naturerecovery
Open access here ๐๐ป๐ lnkd.in/ena2eyqS
#BNG #nature
๐จ Just one week left to apply for one of the THREE postdoc positions in the #GreenFrontier project hosted at @fnp-wur.bsky.social
#conservation #EnvJustice #wilderness #rewilding #rural #underdevelopment #LandAbandonment
Deadline 25 November!
Full details ๐ www.wur.nl/en/research-...
๐ #rewilding is happening at home - found an intrepid flat worm in the cellar. Maybe (?)Bipalium kewense, a non-native shovel-headed garden worm. Any #worm experts please confirm! You can submit a @inaturalist.bsky.social record of cosmopolitan visitors to Buglife PotWatch campaign lnkd.in/ebKyggVG
04.11.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ Fantastic conservation postdoc roles x 3 with @georgeiorda.bsky.social on the Green Frontier project๐ #postdoc
03.11.2025 08:33 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ชSpecies reintroductions have a radical history; in the UK, where official rewilding remains tightly regulated, a covert counterculture has emerged๐
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Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms๐ฆซ
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๐ฅ๏ธ lnkd.in/dxJK4Wy6
Also worth checking out the accompanying blog with amazing photos of the origins of ๐ฆซ#beaverbombing ๐๐งช
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www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/bringin...
Great to see our new guerilla #rewilding #paper out in Oryx
Available #openaccess here ๐๐
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
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Considering the value that history and other disciplines outside of the natural sciences offer for rewilding efforts.
09.09.2025 21:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you for the recommendations!
06.08.2025 05:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ฃ Super important paper ๐ฃ
It explores what's needed to ensure placemaking, the built environment, & transport can play a role in health creation & overcoming inequalities. Systems thinking is vital: foster the right leadership, collaborate across disciplines, and empower.
(HT @sfrost.bsky.social)
Our new #rewilding #paper is Open Access and free to view ๐ ๐
05.08.2025 20:03 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Louise Fitzgerald & I are hiring an 18 month postdoc and 18 month research assistant (no PhD required) for a project on the political ecology of land ownership in Ireland. 2 weeks to apply. DM for any questions. ๐งต
Link to DCU website: www.dcu.ie/people/jobs
When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
29.07.2025 02:14 โ ๐ 506 ๐ 176 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 8Fantastic ๐คฉ ๐
25.07.2025 05:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 01/ ๐New paper! Alison Hutchinson @georgeiorda.bsky.social Teresa Lappe-Osthege & myself have developed a new harms-based #PoliticalEcology as a way of understanding the #WildlifeTrade published in @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social โฌ๏ธ
beastlybusiness.org/2025/07/23/n...
Plus a jargon-free Plain Language Summary explaining how using #socialscience in #rewilding benefits #nature and #people ๐๐
relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/07/15/p...
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POLLEN 2026 is happening in Barcelona ๐
The call for panels is open and closes on July 31st.
See here for more information: tinyurl.com/5b8c5w7j
Spread the word.
Perhaps a survey is needed by @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social to keep up the momentum following the Climate & Sustainability Assembly on this topic ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐
23.07.2025 10:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0An image of the cover of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Report. Overlay text reads: โTransformative Change Assessment Report. Laid-out report in English available now.โ
OUT NOW: The laid-out version of the FULL @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Report ๐ฅ
Explore how fundamental change can halt biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. ๐๐งช
Access the full report in Englishโฌ๏ธ
https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
Working on #EnvironmentalJustice topics in Central and Eastern Europe? Then you might want to send an abstract for the conference 'The Greyzone of the Green Transition' that I'm co-organizing with my colleagues from Sibiu next year in Romania (18-19 May 2026).
Participation is free of charge!
Thanks George!
22.07.2025 22:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ข Our new #rewilding #paper is now out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
We show how #interdisciplinary critical #socialscience can help enhance social and environmental #justice in #conservation
Available FREE #openaccess here ๐ ๐
doi.org/10.1002/pan3... ๐๐งช
Would more people get to enjoying active travel and time outdoors if they had better route information?
Do you use a wheelchair, scooter or pushchair and feel limited by a lack of good information on accessible paths?
We've got a plan. Please look and share!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways โญ๐
screenshot of https://forest-restoration.eu/
Looking for a research associate to explore societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media โ with @lboungr.bsky.social @wildflyingpanda.bsky.social @gabrielecolombo.bsky.social & more. Grateful for help sharing with those who might be interested! jonathangray.org/2025/05/31/s...
19.06.2025 15:54 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sustain responds to Land Use Framework consultation
โถ๏ธ 21 organisations sign joint response coordinated by Sustain, highlighting key oversights in the government's proposed framework, intended to guide future decision making about land use in England.
๐ขFREE online course on Biodiversity Finance!
Learn to develop financially sound conservation solutions, conduct needs assessments & create effective finance plans.
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