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Thom van Dooren

Field philosopher and writer | The University of Sydney

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BBVA Foundation Biophilia Award

  • September 30, 2025February 27, 2026
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New article on the ethics of modifying animal behaviours for conservation

New article on the ethics of modifying animal behaviours for conservation

May 26, 2023September 26, 2023

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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New Book Out Now

New Book Out Now

September 14, 2022May 26, 2023

“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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New Book Out Now

New Book Out Now

September 12, 2022October 25, 2022

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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French translation of The Wake of Crows

French translation of The Wake of Crows

January 14, 2022May 20, 2022

The French translation of my book The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds is due to be published in February this year: Dans le

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French translation of Flight Ways

French translation of Flight Ways

August 4, 2021May 20, 2022

The French translation of Flight Ways is due to be published in October this year: En plein vol: Vivre et mourir au seuil de l’extinction. The book is coming out with Éditions Wildproject, Marseille.

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2021 Ludwik Fleck Prize

2021 Ludwik Fleck Prize

July 21, 2021May 15, 2022

I’m delighted to announce that my book, The Wake of Crows, has been awarded the 2021 Ludwik Fleck Prize by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S).

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An Endangered Menagerie

An Endangered Menagerie

May 4, 2021May 14, 2022

We recently published a series of short essays on bushfire and extinction, titled “An Endangered Menagerie” in the journal Plumwood Mountain.

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Audio Documentary on Hawaiian Snails

Audio Documentary on Hawaiian Snails

February 23, 2021April 18, 2024

This week we published a new audio documentary that tells the story of the ongoing decline and extinction of Hawai’i’s incredible land snails. The piece

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About me

About me

January 31, 2021June 26, 2025

I am Professor of Environmental Humanities in the School of Humanities and the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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Multispecies Care in the Sixth Extinction

Multispecies Care in the Sixth Extinction

January 30, 2021May 14, 2022

A new collection of short essays in “Theorizing the Contemporary” on the Cultural Anthropology website, edited by Ursula Münster, Thom van Dooren, Sara Asu Schroer, and Hugo Reinert.

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