Gill Petrokofsky

New Wellcome report examines how archives, manuscripts and material culture are currently used in life, health and wellbeing research, identifying 15 recommendations to enhance methodological innovation and cross-disciplinary experimentation.
#histmed #medhumanities

Charley's Aunt | Watermill Theatre Brandon Thomas’ riotous farce Charley’s Aunt is given a glamorous glow-up in a new adaptation by Rob Madge, the award-winning creator of My Son’s a Queer (

www.watermill.org.uk/events/charl... Absolutely loved the show @watermilltheatre.bsky.social . Rob Madge's adaptation was superb- witty, fast paced and contemporary

This was a fantastic webinar - well worth a watch 👀😎

Souleymane's Story - The Ultimate Picture Palace Racing through Paris on his bike, an undocumented migrant faces a life-changing interview to stay in France. Anchored by award-winning actor Abou Sangare, Boris Lojkine’s taut, compassionate drama fus...

uppcinema.com/show/souleym.... Such a brilliant, if harrowing, film. Great to have the opportunity of seeing it in Oxford . Highly recommend!

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Ensure BBC refrains from compensating Donald Trump

c.org/6BvFqHMGPG

poster from asylum welcome. Let's fill Oxford with light and kindness this winter Place an orange light in yöur window during the Oxford Christmas Light Festival (14-16 November). The colour orange represents compassion for people fleeing war and persecution - inspired by the Refugee Nation flag and the colours of a lifebelt.

Oxford charity Asylum Welcome is asking residents to place an orange light in their window during the Oxford Light Festival, 14-16 November. The light represents compassion for people fleeing war and persecution and is inspired by the colours of a lifebelt.

Photograph of Dr. Biljana Macura standing outdoors, wearing a white blouse, arms crossed, and smiling slightly. The photo is credited to SEI. Next to her is a quote that reads: “AI opens new possibilities for evidence synthesis, and CEE remains committed to ensuring that technology serves our goal of generating transparent, reliable and timely evidence for better environmental decisions. Using AI with human oversight remains essential.” Below the quote, it says: “Dr. Biljana Macura, Co-author of the 2025 position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis and Co-Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Evidence.” At the bottom right is the logo for the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence.

#EnvironmentalEvidence #AI #EvidenceSynthesis @biljana-macura.bsky.social

YouTube video by Plant One No Trees No Seas Trailer

'Our oceans and forests are deeply connected...'

This looks like an amazing new project - No Trees, No Seas - which aims to restore coastal & riparian woodland to cool rivers, boost salmon numbers & restore missing ecosystems

notreesnoseas.com

Film trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2F2...

Restoration of ecological interactions: The influence of site and landscape factors Restoration has been extensively used in agricultural landscapes as a mitigation measure to reduce biodiversity loss in response to historic habitat d…

Restoration of ecological interactions: The influence of site and land... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New output from the restreco.com project

Communities must have the right to own environmental assets | Community Land Trust Network We have written on behalf of 100s of community land trusts to urge the government to add 'environmental interests' to the definition of Assets of ...

'Communities must have the right to own environmental assets'

Great letter from @tomchance.bsky.social of the Community Land Trust Network to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, asking her to amend the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy:

www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Fabulous bit of radio! #Ringo

Join us for a high-level science-to-policy dialogue ahead of #COP30, hosted by @ox.ac.uk & Embassy of Brazil. With Amb. Antonio Patriota, we'll explore forest conservation, climate, & the upcoming Tropical Forest Forever Facility launching soon. Don’t miss it! oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com

For transparency and as a decision support tool, the (anonymous) data from the Horizon Scanning have been made available by CABI.

This Horizon Scanning for One Health was a great collaboration, guided by a superb international Advisory Group

Forestry carbon information resource launches on the Climate Change Hub - Forest Research Forestry carbon information resource on the Climate Change Hub

The #ClimateChange Hub is the official home of UK forestry climate change guidance.

🌳 Our practical, evidence-based resources can help land managers navigate risks, adaptation measures and carbon considerations.

Explore the Climate Change Hub ➡ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/forestr...

A simple way to reduce the risk of importing illegal conflict timber, would be to grow more timber in the UK.

In reality domestic timber availability is set for long term decline, so we are deliberately increasing our dependence on imported timber and other forest products.

People sitting under and around trees in St James Park, London

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you don't expect to sit."

Each year the Museum runs a club for key stage 4 students. Investigators interested in the natural world have an opportunity to meet in the Museum and pursue an extended project of their choice. Investigators meet on Saturdays from 10:30 to 12:30 for 10 weeks, and work on their personal projects.

Systematic Review and Mapping International School Join us from the 10-15/11/25 for a 5-day workshop focusing on systematic review and mapping methodology training in social and environmental science

PhD or ECR in env/social sciences interested in systematic review/mapping?

Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol.

💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant

🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io

#SystematicReview #ECR #PhD

What a great paper!

Made me remember the fabulous musical theatre- Quipu- developed and performed at Imberhorne School back in the 70's

Excellent visualisation of important difference.

To balance the good progress on Horizon... depressing continued Brexit downside.

Such good news after devastating Brexit fallout.

The risk of bias in effect estimates is indeed real in environmental research, but it is still largely ignored doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

This looks terrific!

Great thread about the new @uk.theconversation.com article @sheencr.bsky.social and I wrote about how Kennedy is systematically undermining vaccines in a coordinated and scarily effective way in the US.

full article here:
theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...

(PDF) Professor Dieter Mueller-Dombois (1925-2022), obituary PDF | On Dec 15, 2022, Hans Juergen Boehmer published Professor Dieter Mueller-Dombois (1925-2022), obituary | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Dieter #Mueller-Dombois would have turned 100 years old these days. He died in 2022, one week before his 97th birthday. His archive on the #vegetation of the tropical #Pacific islands consists of countless notes, documents and slides. Context: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Where modern multi-causal #research into #forest #decline began...

Forest decline research in 1976... #forest #dieback #history