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Rosaleen Duffy
@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social
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Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Feb 27
1/ 📣 Big news! For the next 5 years I’ll be working with this amazing team @evahaifa.bsky.social Alasdair Cochrane & Bob McKay on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded Multispecies Mutualisms project wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
Photo of From r-l Alasdair Cochrane Rosaleen Duffy Bob McKay and Eva Haifa Giraud

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 2h
Agree the Southend campus story is really sad, and indicative of structural problems & lack of wider support for the sector

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 3h
Couldn’t agree more

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 5h
Thanks - just read it and it hits the nail on the head, esp the party about the devastating personal impact bsky.app/profile/meli...
melissaterras.bsky.social Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 7h
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 5h
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 6h
Ahem, angrily tapping this sign ⬇️

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timeshighered.bsky.social Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 3d
The average salary among Russell Group leaders increased above £350,000 last year, despite these universities losing almost 7,000 staff members due to cost-cutting. Patrick Jack crunches the numbers #highered #academicsky
https://ow.ly/gJK850XU77K

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 6h
At Sheffield we have been on long running strike action, and now face a 3 week lock out with 💯 pay deductions. We are striking over restructuring to implement cuts & job losses. This is the reality of the impact of job loss figures across the sector. @sheffielducu.bsky.social

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 6h
This ought to be a huge national news story. But the quiet dismantling of a key sector barely registers outside HE. Maybe someone will care when the local economies that Unis sustain start to go bust too. Important story from @patrickjack.bsky.social & @timeshighered.bsky.social
chrishavergal.bsky.social Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · 7h
Ninety UK universities to have posted accounts so far cut 13,300 jobs last year, spending £303 million on severance pay - sector-wide total clearly going to be well in excess of predicted 10,000. Great reporting by @patrickjack.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...
Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs
Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · 7h
Ninety UK universities to have posted accounts so far cut 13,300 jobs last year, spending £303 million on severance pay - sector-wide total clearly going to be well in excess of predicted 10,000. Great reporting by @patrickjack.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...
Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs
Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 7h
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com

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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 1d
📣On May 12-15 in Barcelona the conference The Apocalypse is Not Coming (TANC) invites submissions for paper, to transdisciplinary panels exploring apocalyptic imaginaries, crisis, and regenerative futures across fields. 🌍✨https://webs.uab.cat/apocalypse-conf/call-for-papers/

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 2d
Aw thank you - it was great working with you all and fantastic to see the collabs continue

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 2d
Check out this brilliant piece in the new Handbook on #WildlifeCrime by my lovely colleagues @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social @georgeiorda.bsky.social & Teresa Lappe-Osthege. It highlights the overlooked trade in European wildlife #IWT #WildlifeTrade

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Hannah D-C @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social · 3d
I have a new chapter out in the Routledge Handbook of Wildlife Crime, co-authored with @georgeiorda.bsky.social and Teresa Lappe-Osthege: 'Interfaces of il/legality in European wildlife trade'
If you would like a copy please get in touch!
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Interfaces of il/legality in European wildlife trade | 3 | Routledge H
Europe is overlooked as a hub for illegal wildlife trade. This chapter shines a spotlight on illicit trade in European species, including European eels,
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003333906-3/interfaces-il-legality-european-wildlife-trade-hannah-dickinson-george-iordăchescu-teresa-lappe-osthege

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 3d
Apply now for the first in-person Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade! The application deadline is 30th January 2026 at 23.59pm UK time.

@danchallender.bsky.social @orchiddelirium.bsky.social

#IllegalWildlifeTrade #Ghana #WestAfrica

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 3d
The average salary among Russell Group leaders increased above £350,000 last year, despite these universities losing almost 7,000 staff members due to cost-cutting. Patrick Jack crunches the numbers #highered #academicsky
https://ow.ly/gJK850XU77K

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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 6d
Want to join our panel @eccb26leiden.bsky.social on "Conservation Histories and Humanities: Understanding the Present, Unearthing the Past"? We are looking for presentations exploring the histories of conservation. Email me ([email protected]) with an abstract by 9th Feb.

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 6d
Bad but unsurprising news about upcoming US withdrawal from @ipbes.net - but the work addressing biodiversity loss continues.
ipbes.net IPBES @ipbes.net · 6d
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 6d
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8d
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
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Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 10d
❄️ The #PeakDistrict is at its snowy best today ❄️
Light sunshine through snow covered trees, blue sky Fence post and footpath marker against snow backdrop & blue sky Dog in a red coat on snow Footpath sign against backdrop of snow covered forks & blue sky

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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 10d
New Books Network podcast!

In this conversation, our convenor @paulinesophieh.bsky.social talks to @peternewell.bsky.social about his book States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society.

Check it out!

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New Books Network podcast - States of transition- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12d
I can’t believe that! Also thanks for the nightjar & golden plover sightings, which I forgot in the first post 😜 see you before too long

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13d
As the next listing year begins, there was one bird I really wanted to see, twite, and didn’t see. Maybe 2026 will be the year for them, black redstarts & snow buntings …..let’s see. For now I want to go back to just enjoying watching birds 🦢

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13d
A final thanks to @feargalc.bsky.social who patiently put up with slightly obsessive requests for detours following reports of rarities & drive 2 hours to a village that had resident peacocks
Two female peacocks sat on a green lawn in front of Red brick house

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13d
Another thanks to one of my sisters who took me out to look for flamingoes while visiting - the trip also meant I unexpectedly saw lesser spotted woodpeckers

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13d
A thank you to @toursnatural.bsky.social whose excellent & knowledgeable guidance on trips ensured I saw a Merlin, willow tit and some lovely mountain hares
Birds on feeders - background is brown reeds

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13d
I had brilliant trips to Leighton Moss, Bempton Cliffs & St Aidans which yielded a water rail, bearded tits, puffin & bittern respectively
Two brown birds sitting in a grit tray in brown coloured reeds Black bird standing in brown mud Brown bird in green reeds, next to lake Puffin statue - black & white

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13d
This has to be the most glamorous birdwatching I did - watching from a restaurant geodome overlooking loch Ryan, waiting for the ferry to Belfast
Woman & dog sitting in transparent dome overlooking the sea

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 13d
🦢Listers!!! Did I get all the bird species I needed in one calendar year for the #My200 challenge? No, but I got 198 - decent amount for a first go at a #BigYear. Started with a wren in loughinisland, ended with a sanderling on Tyrella beach.I’ve learned a lot & had some fun experiences, a🧵

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 22d
🎄Happy holidays everyone 🎄switching off for a bit, so in the meantime enjoy this festive-looking slug by Abi Palmer www.sitegallery.org/exhibition/s...
Two model slugs inter-twined with a disco ball. Great background & blue light spots