
Gavin Smith
@gavin_jd_smith
Interdisciplinary thinker & doer | Research urban governance & snakes | Learning from & making a better future for snakes/wildlife | Views mine
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21-01-2016 23:53:56
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A full house for today's Sociology seminar series with Prof Roger Patulny Roger Patulny visiting fellow at ANU Sociology speaking on narratives of climate anxiety "Climate anxiety can feel immobilizing but can in turn be used to mobilize publics" 🌏 sociology.cass.anu.edu.au/events/ive-got…


Congratulations to our ANU Sociology researchers for their success in the latest round of ARC Discovery Project Grants! 🥳👏🥳👏🥳



Tune in to ABC Canberra’s Breakfast show to hear Gavin Smith sharing his views on whether the ACT Government should fund snake catchers, as well as other fascinating insights into local snake encounters. 🐍🎙️loom.ly/if6JgE0 | #Canberra #Wildlife #Snakes #SafetyTips

Did you see Gavin Smith on WIN News? 🐍 our #ANUExpert Gavin Smith is leading a project to understand the impact of relocating reptiles due to urban sprawl. Initial findings show that snakes are losing body condition as they struggle to find food in new areas. #SnakeCatcher



Happy Lunar New Year to all! Especially to our favourite #Snakecatcher Gavin Smith 🐍 Make your projects shine in this Year of the Snake!!


As a snake catcher, I'll be very interested to see this whole study once it's published! cc/ Herpetological Highlights Gavin Smith "Years-long research project finds snakes become 'very disoriented', lose weight and get sick when relocated" abc.net.au/news/2025-02-0… via ABC Australia

So proud & grateful to have been able to do this remarkable project over the last few years, which has produced illuminative insights into the secretive lives of urban brown snakes & some confronting results about their current plight. abc.net.au/news/2025-02-0… via ABC Australia

Kicking off the ANU Sociology Seminar Series for the year is A/Prof Julia Coffey @juliacoffey & A/Prof Steven Threadgold Steven Threadgold presenting their work on 'Young people, platform practices, and the data gaze'



Great to acknowledge & celebrate the excellent work performed by university vets that supports wildlife ecology research and welfare principles/outcomes. We are lucky ourANU to have Senior Vet, Dr Justin Clarke making a contribution to our study & snakes! research.anu.edu.au/research-innov…





FREE EVENT on university governance, higher education, environment and other important issues with David Pocock - ANU 17/6, 5:30-7pm. Sign up and come along. Online and recording available. davidpocock.com.au/_2025_town_hal…

Did you catch the newest publication from ANU Sociology Honorary Professor Nikolas Rose? "5E Mental Health? Notes on an emerging style of thought" Open access now in the journal Transcultural Psychiatry journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
