O Come, All Ye Rural Enthusiasts

This international women's day we're celebrating the brilliant women who make up our Society and Environment Research Group. See the thread below for some examples of the great work being done👇🌲 #InspireInclusion #WomeninForestry #IWD2024

A rare fieldwork treat learning how to ID different types of woodland browsing and grazing. Sweet dog a bonus to the day.

🚀✨ From tomorrow, we're diving into the stories of six phenomenal #WomenInScience at Forest Research. Join us as we celebrate in the lead up to International Day for Women and Girls in Science on 11 February. #WomenInSTEM

Find out more about us here: ow.ly/WCXi50QyJvo

The day finally came - a strange farewell to a city I hardly knew & wonderful weekend celebrating on the Welsh coast. As one chapter closes, another has just begun 🌳📚!

& Congratulations | Llongyfarchiadau to Dr Natasha Coleman on receiving your PhD! Enjoyed working with Keith Halfacree on Natasha’s brilliant thesis.

Delighted to share as of December I will be working as a Social Scientist for Forest Research Society & Environment Research Group.

This role combines several of my passions including for research, woodlands & the environment, so I am very excited to begin & see what's ahead!

4 years ago I stumbled across this museum when I began this rural research journey, at the time deep diving into an MSc on landed estate/ game shooting history. A post PhD pilgrimage to The Museum of English Rural Life

One of the best events I attended early on in my PhD, a supportive environment and the chance to meet others in what can be a lonely world of research. I'd encourage you to join if this sounds like your area. Feel free to dm if you're new or unsure.

Highly recommend a trip to @VisitGrizedale Lumberjills exhibition, celebrating the crucial role women played in Forestry during WW2 & women’s connection to forests today. Forestry England

A hopeful & wonderful creation landed on my desk today. An utter delight from a former writing buddy & inspirational scholar. Excited to delve in this weekend + great to see an all women team - Jean Combes would be proud. Will add own seasons too ᖇOᗯᗩᑎ ᒍᗩIᑎEᔕ Noticing Nature: the British microseason project

I’m on the job market! Trained in Human Geography, Rural/Cultural Studies & MSc in Social Research Methods. Research: land use transition, private estates, landownership, rural culture, more-than-human & creative methods. Seeking post docs or non-academic roles! #jobsearch

13 lessons I learned from the brilliant Anne Lamott (on writing, story, and creativity):

1. Shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts.

2. Writing is not just jotting ideas down on paper. Writing…

My brilliant friend Sam captured the hauntingly empty streets of Sheffield, lockdown 2020. I can’t help but think of the sheer scale of trauma that’s still deeply nestled in many of us. instagram.com/reel/CxOrQM2MT…

Mushroom Methods Workshop: New Directions for Researching Fungal Futures, Aug 14-16, 2023. Oulu, Finland. Free, open to all. Online & in-person 'explore the recent explosion of fungal-related interest in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences & art' mushroommethodsgroup.com

Yesterday, I deliberately tweeted 2 contrasting headlines from our paper about ecological correlates of gamebird release & management

One portrayed them as ecologically +ve(⬆️🐦🦋,⬇️🦊)
The other as ecologically -ve(⬇️🪲⬆️🐀)

Both were true but partial

What would Twitter do?🧵

Big sad news. Foodhall's doors will shortly close for the final time. A big glimmer of light for this city & many within it.

Good luck Ruth (my wonderful BA supervisor). A big loss for Sheffield Geog/Academia:

Autumn Equinox (Mabon). Mabon is the 2nd harvest festival of the Pagan Wheel of the year. There's 8 seasonal festivals which mean 8 reasons to celebrate seasonal shifts. Pic - Weekend on NE Coast, the cusp of one such season change.