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Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚

@estherturnhout.bsky.social

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Chair of Science, Technology and Society, University of Twente. Explores ways to transform science & create better knowledge. Posts about #Nature #Conservation #STS #Politics of Knowledge #IPBES #Biodiversity #TransformativeChange #Justice .. more

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Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · 21h

The course uses diverse creative and engaging teaching methods and builds a space to jointly consider, discuss, and reflect on how research does, can, and could relate to deeply rooted sustainability challenges and how it can contribute to #TransformativeChange

Registration is open until Oct 31

Transformative Research for Sustainability Sciences

Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · 21h

We will be teaching our Transformative Research PhD course again on 20 April to 1 May. After four really succesful episodes, I think I can safely say that this course is a unique experience.

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Klaudia Prodani @kprodani.bsky.social · 15d

We think that this might not be possible without collaborating with civil society to “follow the money” from the ground up. @forestsandfinance.bsky.social @globalwitness.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @foeeurope.bsky.social @milieudefensie.bsky.social @ran.org

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Klaudia Prodani @kprodani.bsky.social · 15d

🚨New article🚨 Why has the promise of universal ownership been broken, as @benbraun.bsky.social has suggested?

Our argument: because the Big Three are hardly universal. They mainly invest in those that can insulate themselves from environmental harm - big tech & financials in the Global North.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 7

"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"

I’m Captain Ahab and I Say We Must Never Transition Away from a Whale-Based Energy Industry

When I heard that the globalist oligarchs and fat cats in the Washington marshland were conspiring to invest in alternative, non-whale-based energy...

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BIOTraCes 🌿 @biotraces.eu · Aug 6

Prof. Dr. Esther Turnhout (@estherturnhout.bsky.social) , Professor of Knowledge, Transformation & Society TU Twente, explains why urban agriculture such as Food Park Amsterdam is of great importance in today's times.

See also @voedselpark.bsky.social

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Adriana Ressiore @aressiorec.bsky.social · Jul 30

Let’s rethink how we relate knowledge, care, and policy relevance.
Can we build science-policy interfaces that are more plural, reflective, and just?

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Prof Rachael Garrett @rachgarr.bsky.social · Jan 21

Why no English speaking outlets covering such an egregious case of abuse by a high profile scientist?

Thomas Crowther dismissed from ETH after multiple cases brought against him over multiple years.

@natureportfolio.bsky.social @scinews.bsky.social @theguardian.com @britishecolsoc.bsky.social

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · Jan 3

#ICYMI

«Steve Jobs der Umweltwissenschaft» verliert Job an der ETH

Der Ökologe Thomas Crowther ist nach Vorwürfen von 8 Personen freigestellt. 2019 hatte eine von ihm geleitete Studie in Science zum CO2-Einlagerungspotential von Aufforstungen Kontroversen ausgelöst

www.watson.ch/schweiz/fors... 🧪

Nach unangebrachten «Annäherungen»: Weltbekannter Klimaforscher verliert Job an der ETH

Crowther war seit 2017 bei der ETH im Verfahren zum fest angestellten Professor. Der ETH-Präsident entschied, den Klimaforscher nicht weiter zu beschäftigen.

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Wisse van Engelen @wissevanengelen.bsky.social · May 10

In case you missed these: some great papers appeared in the last few days that address the relation between monetary wealth and environmental degradation/protection 🧵👇

Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · Jun 19

Such a pleasure to meet you! I hope we stay in touch!

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Jun 19

Listening to @estherturnhout.bsky.social talk about science and the global polycrisis at @uni-hamburg.de #inspiring

Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks Rosaleen 🙏

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is a really important & useful paper: the persistence of the idea that poverty causes biodiversity decline inhibits just and effective conservation. @upascual.bsky.social @estherturnhout.bsky.social @pettorelli.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Unveiling pervasive assumptions: moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation

This paper reflects on the continued persistence of the idea in conservation research and practice that poverty drives biodiversity loss (the poverty-…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · Jun 4

This paper is part of our special issue “The Forest Multiple” with Environment and Planning F. You can also listen to co-author Naomi Millner’s related talk at our Forest Multiple symposium and other episodes in this playlist: atlas.smartforests.net/en/playlists...

Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · Jun 4

While acknowledging that pluriversal potential can be provisional and precarious, the authors emphasise that drones could become part of projects and designs that resonate with Indigenous territorial rights and multispecies care.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · Jun 4

In “Between the god-trick and pluriversal potential,”
@naomimillner.bsky.social and Mónica Amador-Jimenez explore 4 different ways that drones contribute to “making forests” and discuss their potential as pluriversal technologies for social & ecological justice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The front page of the article “Between the god-trick and pluriversal potential: Four figures of drone in tropical forest conservation”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Naomi Millner and Mónica Amador-Jimenez , published in the Environment and Planning F.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · Jun 3

This text is part of our special issue “The Forest Multiple” with Environment and Planning F. Stay tuned for future posts about this collection. Also, check out co-author Esther’s talk at the Forest Multiple symposium and other episodes on Smart Forests Atlas: atlas.smartforests.net/en/radio/the...

The Forest Multiple: Esther Turnhout — Smart Forests Atlas

In this radio episode recorded at The Forest Multiple symposium in October 2022, we hear a panel talk by Prof Esther Turnhout, Chair of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Twente. Pa...

atlas.smartforests.net

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · Jun 3

Esther and Casey trace the long and colonial histories of science that are driven by optimisation and efficiency, which can foreclose other ways of “knowing, valuing, and living with the forests.”

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · Jun 3

In “Raising the Carbonized Forest,” @estherturnhout.bsky.social and Casey R Lynch discuss how science works as a “technology of singularization” by foregrounding forests as carbon storage mechanisms: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The front page of the article “Raising the carbonized forest: Science and technologies of singularization”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Esther Turnhout and Casey R. Lynch, published in the Environment and Planning F.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · May 29

She also highlights how producing knowledge about complex, evolving, and multi-scale systems such as forests requires navigating various scales of forest ecosystems. This involves “adjusting the macroscope.”

Figure 6. No walls, Duke Forest, North Carolina, USA. Photograph by Will Owens. Research supported by the Office of Science (BER), US Department of Energy, grant no. DE-FG02-95ER62083. Image and description source: Véra Ehrenstein (2024), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26349825241246013.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · May 29

Do “Forests high on CO2” store more carbon?”
In her article, Véra Ehrenstein @ehess.fr explores the collective efforts of scientists who address this question through forest ecosystem experiments and model simulations: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The front page of the article “Forests high on CO2: A glimpse into how scientists study the biochemical machinery of forest ecosystems”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Véra Ehrenstein, published in Environment and Planning F.

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Planetary Praxis @planetarypraxis.bsky.social · May 28

What is a forest?
Rather than singular objects, forests are made up of many ecosystems and relations. “The Forest Multiple,” our new special issue in Environment and Planning F, explores the varied & conflicting ways that forests take shape amid planetary change: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Adriana Ressiore @aressiorec.bsky.social · May 22

🌴 Grateful to share that I’ve been selected as one of the winners of the Geoforum 2024 Best Student Paper Award for my article:
“Care narratives: Babassu breakers and mother palm trees”
🔗 Read: lnkd.in/d9U7rCYs
🔗 Award announcement: lnkd.in/dSv9mm63

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Ann De Craemer | tikgoud.be @anndecraemer.bsky.social · May 16

‘Ik hoor nog weleens om me heen: wat ben je links geworden. Dat is een verkeerde aanname. Ik zei dit soort dingen al in de jaren zeventig. Toen was daar niets radicaal aan. Het is de samenleving die zo rechts is geworden, zo verschrikkelijk rechts.’

Jan Terlouw, 1931-2025

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Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · May 5

@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social discusses why JOY is this year's #ArendtCon2025 theme in yesterday's #AmorMundi newsletter: medium.com/amor-mundi/t...

Subscribe at hac.bard.edu!

The Radical Politics of Joy

by Roger Berkowitz

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · Apr 28

Would you like to teach philosophy of science and technology in Vienna? #philosophy #STS

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology

jobs.univie.ac.at

Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · Apr 24

☘️ methodologies to imagine and anticipate alternative sustainable and just futures
☘️ the sustainability dimensions of technologies in use, including repair and phase out

More information here: www.utwente.nl/en/education...

#STS @utclimate.bsky.social @ltdandreas.bsky.social

Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · Apr 24

Course cover the following topics:
☘️ decolonization and transformative change
☘️the historical, cultural, and political-economic patterns and paradigms that drive social-ecological crises
☘️ the role of scientific and computational technologies in representing and governing nature and environment

Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · Apr 24

We have an exciting new interdisciplinary program in critical perspectives on the relation between science, technology, and sustainability

The program is a track in the globally unique two year master in philosophy and social studies of science, technology and society at the university of Twente.

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@Marcel @elsschot.bsky.social · Apr 24

"Het is nauwelijks te geloven maar binnen 100 dagen staat het veelbezongen 'land of the free' op de rand van totalitarisme. Maar zelfs nu bedekken we in Europa dit alles met de mantel der relativering."

Aldus een strijdbare @diederiksamsom.bsky.social vandaag in de @volkskrant.nl. Terecht!