I am Professor of Environmental Humanities and Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney, Australia.
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I have recently co-produced a multimedia essay on the decline of the critically endangered regent honeyeater. The piece is the product of a collaboration between scholars in the humanities, design, and biology: me, Zoë Sadokierski, Myles Oakey, Timo Rissanen, Samuel Widin, and Ross Crates.
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In April 2024, I co-organised a roundtable discussion of on the role of mourning and grief in a time of extinctions with Zoe Sadokierski and
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I have been working on a range of digital projects over the past several years, primarily aimed at public audiences. These projects include everything from community storytelling archives and audio documentaries, to digital exhibitions and multimedia essays.
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I’m delighted to announce that I have been awarded a Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. These awards are made
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Living on the Edge is a multi-year collaborative project being developed by the National Museum of Australia and the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney. The project brings together cultural researchers, writers, curators, traditional custodians and artists, as well as policy-makers, scientists and community conservationists, to share knowledge and explore ideas about how best to care for threatened places.
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The French translation of A World in a Shell has now been published by Éditions La Découverte.
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The Japanese translation of Flight Ways was published in 2023 by Seidosha Publishers: 絶滅へむかう鳥たち -絡まり合う生命と喪失の物語
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This post was coauthored with Catherine Price and Daniel Blumstein in the lead up to the publication of our article in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. The post was originally published on the website of the Sydney Environment Institute.
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“A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions” will be published by MIT Press in October 2022.
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Tune in to the richness and diversity in your local environment with this playful, quirky guide that’s packed with interactive projects, nature writing and sketching
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