Monica Vasile 🐾
@monicavasile.bsky.social
Environmental historian working on wildlife conservation, extinction & political ecology of forests. University of Oulu, Finland, since June 2025.
Former @MaastrichtUni & former RCC fellow
Former @MaastrichtUni & former RCC fellow
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Monica Vasile 🐾
@monicavasile.bsky.social
· Jun 26
When you research the history of #PrzewalskisHorse and your partner is a painter
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📣 New paper by Alison Hutchinson on #harms #WildlifeTrade & #EuropeanEel. She uses photovoice narratives to explore understandings of harm & responses to it #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology beastlybusiness.org/2025/11/21/n...
New Publication: Alison Hutchinson shares her new book chapter on European eels - Beastly Business
Glass eels in a tray. Photo credit: Alison Hutchinson New Publication: Alison Hutchinson shares her new book chapter on European eels ‘Photovoice for Ecojustice: Following the European eel from the Sa...
beastlybusiness.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📣 New paper by Alison Hutchinson on #harms #WildlifeTrade & #EuropeanEel. She uses photovoice narratives to explore understandings of harm & responses to it #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology beastlybusiness.org/2025/11/21/n...
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#EnvHist opportunity in Vienna!
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#EnvHist opportunity in Vienna!
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Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
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-> @nichecanada.bsky.social has published 257 posts in 2025 alone. A the vast majority of those posts are full-length blog posts, articles really.
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
-> @nichecanada.bsky.social has published 257 posts in 2025 alone. A the vast majority of those posts are full-length blog posts, articles really.
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
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The article follows the work of two biologists in remote forests demonstrating that species recovery depends on both data and human-animal bonds forged in the field.
You can now read the entire article on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: doi.org/10.5282/rcc-...
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You can now read the entire article on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: doi.org/10.5282/rcc-...
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Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through Fieldwork - Springs
The work of two biologists in remote forests shows that species recovery depends on both data and human-animal bonds forged in the field.
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The article follows the work of two biologists in remote forests demonstrating that species recovery depends on both data and human-animal bonds forged in the field.
You can now read the entire article on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: doi.org/10.5282/rcc-...
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You can now read the entire article on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: doi.org/10.5282/rcc-...
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Today, we would like to highlight “Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through #Fieldwork” by environmental historian and anthropologist @monicavasile.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today, we would like to highlight “Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through #Fieldwork” by environmental historian and anthropologist @monicavasile.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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CfP POLLEN26 - please join our panel, "Historicizing Geopolitical Ecologies of War" - see for more details and how to submit a proposal before 5th of December here; nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
@casesofyou.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social @nicosananes.bsky.social
@casesofyou.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social @nicosananes.bsky.social
P066: Historicizing Geopolitical Ecologies of War
Standard Panel
nomadit.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
CfP POLLEN26 - please join our panel, "Historicizing Geopolitical Ecologies of War" - see for more details and how to submit a proposal before 5th of December here; nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
@casesofyou.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social @nicosananes.bsky.social
@casesofyou.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social @nicosananes.bsky.social
"We are all farmers ploughing in wildflowers in the night"..
This new article by Andrea Gaynor is fantastic: "Regenerative histories for troubled times"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#envhist
#envhum
This new article by Andrea Gaynor is fantastic: "Regenerative histories for troubled times"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#envhist
#envhum
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"We are all farmers ploughing in wildflowers in the night"..
This new article by Andrea Gaynor is fantastic: "Regenerative histories for troubled times"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#envhist
#envhum
This new article by Andrea Gaynor is fantastic: "Regenerative histories for troubled times"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#envhist
#envhum
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🚨 Just one week left to apply for one of the THREE postdoc positions in the #GreenFrontier project hosted at @fnp-wur.bsky.social
#conservation #EnvJustice #wilderness #rewilding #rural #underdevelopment #LandAbandonment
Deadline 25 November!
Full details 👉 www.wur.nl/en/research-...
#conservation #EnvJustice #wilderness #rewilding #rural #underdevelopment #LandAbandonment
Deadline 25 November!
Full details 👉 www.wur.nl/en/research-...
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🚨 Just one week left to apply for one of the THREE postdoc positions in the #GreenFrontier project hosted at @fnp-wur.bsky.social
#conservation #EnvJustice #wilderness #rewilding #rural #underdevelopment #LandAbandonment
Deadline 25 November!
Full details 👉 www.wur.nl/en/research-...
#conservation #EnvJustice #wilderness #rewilding #rural #underdevelopment #LandAbandonment
Deadline 25 November!
Full details 👉 www.wur.nl/en/research-...
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Why don't we have an EU wide carbon tax? Well, some people worked as hard as they could to stop it. Important new research by Fabienne Jouty and Christophe Bonneuil!
Undermining Climate Action: The Fight by European Oil Companies Against the European Carbon Tax
This article examines, in the lead-up to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, the role played by five major European oil companies—BP in the United Kingdom, Shell in the Netherlands and UK, ENI in Italy, ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Why don't we have an EU wide carbon tax? Well, some people worked as hard as they could to stop it. Important new research by Fabienne Jouty and Christophe Bonneuil!
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Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
arxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.
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We have new members! Sebastian Lundsteen, Mona Bieling, and Jonatan Palmblad remain from the old team, and we welcome Nike Stolpe Wikström, Aofie O'Leary McNeice, and Gilberto Mazzoli! Updates on what we are doing and planning will follow. Nextgate supports early-career scholars in #EnvHist
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We have new members! Sebastian Lundsteen, Mona Bieling, and Jonatan Palmblad remain from the old team, and we welcome Nike Stolpe Wikström, Aofie O'Leary McNeice, and Gilberto Mazzoli! Updates on what we are doing and planning will follow. Nextgate supports early-career scholars in #EnvHist
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Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
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If any journalists would like a copy of Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain to review, please get in touch w me /MUP. It's a rigorous history of wind energy written for a wide audience, with plenty to say about today's energy challenges. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/
Manchester University Press - Electric wind
Electric wind - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Electric wind by Marianna Dudley
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If any journalists would like a copy of Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain to review, please get in touch w me /MUP. It's a rigorous history of wind energy written for a wide audience, with plenty to say about today's energy challenges. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/
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The Globalizing Wildlife volume emerging from the Moving Animals project is out soon. I was a great experience to contribute a chapter on #brownbear diplomacy during Cold War 🐻.
Check out the details below 👇
Check out the details below 👇
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
www.uncpress.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Globalizing Wildlife volume emerging from the Moving Animals project is out soon. I was a great experience to contribute a chapter on #brownbear diplomacy during Cold War 🐻.
Check out the details below 👇
Check out the details below 👇
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So many amazing humans contributed to this book, writing about all kinds of 🌎🌍🌏 animals: rhinos, chimps, parrots, horses, rats, monkeys, bees, otters, mongoose, tigers, elephants, pigeons, bears and more! #animalhist
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
www.uncpress.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So many amazing humans contributed to this book, writing about all kinds of 🌎🌍🌏 animals: rhinos, chimps, parrots, horses, rats, monkeys, bees, otters, mongoose, tigers, elephants, pigeons, bears and more! #animalhist
Reposted by Monica Vasile 🐾
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
www.uncpress.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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Next year, Tero Toivanen and I are organizing a workshop for the Nordic Environmental Social Science conference on questions of how we understand climate obstruction / opposition! Submit your idea to the workshop 14 over here:
Workshops
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Next year, Tero Toivanen and I are organizing a workshop for the Nordic Environmental Social Science conference on questions of how we understand climate obstruction / opposition! Submit your idea to the workshop 14 over here:
Wrote a piece for Springs @carsoncenter.bsky.social Marmots, eagles, Finland, Canada, two wildlife biologists
springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo...
#envhist #envhum
#animalhist #histsci
#goldeneagles
#vancouverisland
springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo...
#envhist #envhum
#animalhist #histsci
#goldeneagles
#vancouverisland
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wrote a piece for Springs @carsoncenter.bsky.social Marmots, eagles, Finland, Canada, two wildlife biologists
springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo...
#envhist #envhum
#animalhist #histsci
#goldeneagles
#vancouverisland
springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo...
#envhist #envhum
#animalhist #histsci
#goldeneagles
#vancouverisland
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Details for the position with Polish: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Postdoc GreenFrontier - Politics of Conservation and Unequal Ecological Exchange in European Peripheries - the case of Poland
www.wur.nl
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Details for the position with Polish: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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This beautiful piece by @monicavasile.bsky.social is available online for free at springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo.... #envhist #envhum #conservation #fieldwork
springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo... A fantastic tale of #conservation and #care in logged landscapes. Rich in personal detail - free-to-air with #Springs @carsoncenter.bsky.social Congratulations @monicavasile.bsky.social
@esehnextgate.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social
@esehnextgate.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social
Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through Fieldwork - Springs
The work of two biologists in remote forests shows that species recovery depends on both data and human-animal bonds forged in the field.
springs-rcc.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This beautiful piece by @monicavasile.bsky.social is available online for free at springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo.... #envhist #envhum #conservation #fieldwork
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Fancy coming to POLLEN in Barcelona and joining our panel on "Political Ecologies of Restoration: Reintroduction, Assisted
Migration, and Rewilding"? Then submit an abstract via the link below!
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
Migration, and Rewilding"? Then submit an abstract via the link below!
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
Programme - POLLEN
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pollenpoliticalecology.network
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fancy coming to POLLEN in Barcelona and joining our panel on "Political Ecologies of Restoration: Reintroduction, Assisted
Migration, and Rewilding"? Then submit an abstract via the link below!
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
Migration, and Rewilding"? Then submit an abstract via the link below!
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
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📣 3 post doc roles on GreenFrontier @erc.europa.eu project - fantastic opportunities to work on an exciting project on socio-ecological relations in Italy, Spain & Poland. And best of all, a chance to work with @georgeiorda.bsky.social as team lead #PoliticalEcology #Conservation ⬇️
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📣 3 post doc roles on GreenFrontier @erc.europa.eu project - fantastic opportunities to work on an exciting project on socio-ecological relations in Italy, Spain & Poland. And best of all, a chance to work with @georgeiorda.bsky.social as team lead #PoliticalEcology #Conservation ⬇️
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🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!