Delighted that Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, is offering seven Fellowships, each 5 years, in Conservation Science. All really exciting and a great place to work. jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Thrilled to share our latest work with Adrien Bilal! Check out our new working paper: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝘀. 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 Read here: bit.ly/4bsxvU0 Thread below👇

PODCAST | The Economics for Rebels podcast, from the ESEEORG and hosted by Sophus zu Ermgassen, has been featured in two special #DoughnutEconomics dedicated episodes: 1. Doughnut Economics Special Part 1 featuring Kate Raworth open.spotify.com/episode/0SH8pJ…

I've written a new piece for the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose blog: Meeting housing needs within planetary boundaries requires opening the black box of housing "demand" medium.com/iipp-blog/meet… 1/8

The housing crisis is a crisis caused by not building enough homes, right? The evidence suggests the distribution of the existing stock is much bigger problem. Great work here by my UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose PhD student Stefan Horn medium.com/iipp-blog/meet…

🎥 In a recent webinar for IUCN, researcher Sophus zu Ermgassen investigates what we understand by scientifically credible #biodiversity #credits and how to make them #workfornature. For more, read and listen here: forest-restoration.eu/everything-you… European Forest Institute (EFI) Resilience Programme

🚨 New #EconomicsForRebels podcast episode! 🚨 This week, we talked with journalist Nick Romeo about the role of mainstream media in upholding a paradigm that needs to be transformed for people & the planet. ecolecon.eu/new-podcast-ep…

Existing power imbalances and injustices could be exacerbated by large flows of international funding for nature. Conservationists are still grappling with what social justice means in practice; a major shift in mindset is needed. Piece in PLOS Biology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

The Labour party manifesto is now out (labour.org.uk/wp-content/upl…) - I've previously commented on Labour's trailed policies on nature here: x.com/guyshrubsole/s… But a quick thread on what the manifesto itself says on nature 1/

I've written about Labour's plans to rebuild Britain for BlackRock - not just privatisation of every day life, but a surrender of the social contract with citizens. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I absolutely love this paper. One to read for every biodiversity economics specialist - sets a new bar for the estimation of casual effects in biodiversity science IMO

New on European conservation science: Infrastructure developments in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 must achieve biodiversity net gain but 1/4 are at high risk of noncompliance. Action depended on development project's size. Rampling et al. Conservation Biology doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

As a student I used to attend the Cambridge Conservation Initiative's weekly seminars with the biggest names & I felt like a little kid amongst giants. Was such an honour to be invited to give a seminar on nature-markets in that same series last month: youtube.com/watch?v=69bKFh…

🌳4C has an exciting opening for a Research Assistant to quantify evaluate carbon project impact 📷This would be ideal for a recent graduate with some data science skills. Please share in your networks. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47127/ @TrustedCarbon Dept of Zoology #Science #Jobs

Amazing and IMO really important new Economics for Rebels episode out today, on the 'ecological economics of the international monetary system'. A joy to invite Romain Svartzman Jeffrey Althouse onto the show to talk us through their mind-blowing work! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

*New preprint* "The current state, opportunities and challenges for upscaling private investment in biodiversity in Europe". 2 yrs of work, 3 focus groups and 25 interviews with biodiversity finance experts. TLDR: LinkedIn thread: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… osf.io/preprints/soca…

Look! Natural England is appointing new members to its Science Advisory Committee (Deadline 12 noon Fri 23 Aug). NESAC provides advice & assurance, while steering & challenging Natural England on the integrity and relevance of its science & evidence. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a23b41… 🧵

New paper in NatureSustainability led by Tom Swinfield & I on designing scientifically-credible nature-based carbon & biodiversity offset markets rdcu.be/dP6P6. TLDR: LinkedIn thread here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

We share the concerns of ecologists, including members of Natural England's advisory group, who signed an open letter warning of barriers to the independent scrutiny of Biodiversity Net Gain. 📃👇 naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/open-lett…

I didn't know this paper... >300 people refereed the same economics paper, with author listed as 1. an early career scholar 2. anonymous 3. a Nobel laureate (from same university as 1) Recommendations: 65% reject for early career scholar, 23% reject for Nobel laureate 😑