Bram Büscher
@brambuscher.bsky.social
Chair @SDC_WUR & Prof @go2uj
Books:
Environmentalism under digital capitalism: http://truthaboutnature.com
The Conservation Revolution: http://convivialconservation.com
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Books:
Environmentalism under digital capitalism: http://truthaboutnature.com
The Conservation Revolution: http://convivialconservation.com
∞
I appreciate much of @ipbesfr.bsky.social but this business and biodiversity nonsense goes beyond 'missing the point'. It is simplistic, ineffective & dangerous
As long as we continue to talk about 'business' when the issue is 'capitalism', nothing will change. It only creates empty virtue signals
As long as we continue to talk about 'business' when the issue is 'capitalism', nothing will change. It only creates empty virtue signals
When you hear business and biodiversity, which of these images resonates most with you, and why?
The #BizBiodiversity Assessment explores the many ways economic activities interact with nature and nature’s contributions to people.
📖 More about the report: ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
#IPBES12
The #BizBiodiversity Assessment explores the many ways economic activities interact with nature and nature’s contributions to people.
📖 More about the report: ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
#IPBES12
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I appreciate much of @ipbesfr.bsky.social but this business and biodiversity nonsense goes beyond 'missing the point'. It is simplistic, ineffective & dangerous
As long as we continue to talk about 'business' when the issue is 'capitalism', nothing will change. It only creates empty virtue signals
As long as we continue to talk about 'business' when the issue is 'capitalism', nothing will change. It only creates empty virtue signals
Update on the 2026 PE Spring school:
I am extremely pleased that Prof Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Iva Peša (University of Groningen) have agreed to join the spring school as instructors
Together with Annah Zhu, Sumit Vij and Erik Swyngedouw, this makes for a stellar line-up!
I am extremely pleased that Prof Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Iva Peša (University of Groningen) have agreed to join the spring school as instructors
Together with Annah Zhu, Sumit Vij and Erik Swyngedouw, this makes for a stellar line-up!
Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school!
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
WASS Courses
Prof. Bram Büscher (Wageningen University)
Prof. Robert Fletcher (Wageningen University)
Prof. Erik Swyngedouw (Manchester University)
Dr. Annah Zhu (Wageningen University)
Dr. Sumit Vij (Wageningen University)
wass.crs.wur.nl
January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Update on the 2026 PE Spring school:
I am extremely pleased that Prof Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Iva Peša (University of Groningen) have agreed to join the spring school as instructors
Together with Annah Zhu, Sumit Vij and Erik Swyngedouw, this makes for a stellar line-up!
I am extremely pleased that Prof Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Iva Peša (University of Groningen) have agreed to join the spring school as instructors
Together with Annah Zhu, Sumit Vij and Erik Swyngedouw, this makes for a stellar line-up!
Reposted by Bram Büscher
E finalmente "Conservation Revolution" in Italiano!! :) Importante testo per capire il legame tra Conservazione della biodiversità, il colonialismo, e l'economia Capitalista. Una chiamata verso la convivialità!
The Conservation Revolution is out in Italian!
Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis)
Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis)
Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
E finalmente "Conservation Revolution" in Italiano!! :) Importante testo per capire il legame tra Conservazione della biodiversità, il colonialismo, e l'economia Capitalista. Una chiamata verso la convivialità!
Reposted by Bram Büscher
What do market thinking and centralized governance mean for academic freedom, public values, and the position of the social sciences? In this Letter to the editor, more than a hundred employees of @w-u-r.bsky.social argue for a pause and fundamental reflection. www.resource-online.nl/index.php/20...
Reorganizing education: What’s at stake? - Resource online
Letter to the editor: 'Increasingly, we are governed as if the university were a firm: steered by measurable outputs.'
www.resource-online.nl
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What do market thinking and centralized governance mean for academic freedom, public values, and the position of the social sciences? In this Letter to the editor, more than a hundred employees of @w-u-r.bsky.social argue for a pause and fundamental reflection. www.resource-online.nl/index.php/20...
Reposted by Bram Büscher
Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school!
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
WASS Courses
Prof. Bram Büscher (Wageningen University)
Prof. Robert Fletcher (Wageningen University)
Prof. Erik Swyngedouw (Manchester University)
Dr. Annah Zhu (Wageningen University)
Dr. Sumit Vij (Wageningen University)
wass.crs.wur.nl
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school!
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
The Conservation Revolution is out in Italian!
Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis)
Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis)
Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The Conservation Revolution is out in Italian!
Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis)
Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
Conservation revolution. Idee radicali per salvare la natura oltre l'Antropocene (MiMesis)
Many thanks to Marco Immovilli, Margherita Cisani, Andrea Zinzani & Giacomo Zanolin for their amazing work!
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social
Unfortunately not - its in person only...
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Unfortunately not - its in person only...
Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school!
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
WASS Courses
Prof. Bram Büscher (Wageningen University)
Prof. Robert Fletcher (Wageningen University)
Prof. Erik Swyngedouw (Manchester University)
Dr. Annah Zhu (Wageningen University)
Dr. Sumit Vij (Wageningen University)
wass.crs.wur.nl
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Please consider joining our 2026 Political Ecology spring school!
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
Planetary Political Ecologies: Environmental disasters, conflicts and possibilities in & beyond capitalism
▶️ 13-17 April 2026
▶️ Wageningen
With Annah Zhu, Erik Swyngedouw, Sumit Vij & others!
wass.crs.wur.nl/courses/deta...
Reposted by Bram Büscher
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Programme - POLLEN
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October 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Some more days before submission deadline on 5 December - please join us if you can!
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Programme - POLLEN
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November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Some more days before submission deadline on 5 December - please join us if you can!
Reposted by Bram Büscher
"The wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"The wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For those in Roskilde, Denmark next week - please join!
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
For those in Roskilde, Denmark next week - please join!
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Programme - POLLEN
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October 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.
Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher
More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!
Reposted by Bram Büscher
#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN
The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...
shorturl.at
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
Reposted by Bram Büscher
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Thanks for all the hard work, Dan and Barcelona team! This will certainly be another POLLEN to remember.
September 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Thanks for all the hard work, Dan and Barcelona team! This will certainly be another POLLEN to remember.
ohhh! intriguing.. you coming to NL?!
September 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
ohhh! intriguing.. you coming to NL?!
Was great indeed to do this piece on The Value of Political Ecology in Biodiversity Conservation for Nature Reviews biodiversity with a great group of colleagues. Next time in person @jaredmargulies.bsky.social ?
I wish this could have been an interactive conversation because its a wonderful group of folks, but nevertheless I enjoyed taking some time to reflect on questions related to the value of political ecology for biodiversity conservation with @brambuscher.bsky.social and others rdcu.be/eEKqA
The value of political ecology in biodiversity conservation
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Political ecology aims to understand how politics and power influence both social and ecological dynamics. Conservation biologists and political ecologists tackle many...
rdcu.be
September 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Was great indeed to do this piece on The Value of Political Ecology in Biodiversity Conservation for Nature Reviews biodiversity with a great group of colleagues. Next time in person @jaredmargulies.bsky.social ?
Reposted by Bram Büscher
2012 #ivory - Al Shabab vibes here when naive conservationists jumped on the idea environmental protection = global security. It doesn’t - just take one look at the Military Emissions Gap project. #Militarisation harms the environment
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield
Restoring the EU’s drained bogs would stop both Russian tanks and planet-warming pollution.
www.politico.eu
August 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
2012 #ivory - Al Shabab vibes here when naive conservationists jumped on the idea environmental protection = global security. It doesn’t - just take one look at the Military Emissions Gap project. #Militarisation harms the environment
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Reposted by Bram Büscher
We are in the middle of it.
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We are in the middle of it.
Another year, another "crucial global summit".
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns CEO of Cop30 ahead of UN summit in Brazil
Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Another year, another "crucial global summit".
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Except that no summit before has actually gone to the roots of the climate crisis and have altogether had near-zero impact.
We need to drastically rethink global environmental governance.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Bram Büscher
Een paar kritische kanttekeningen bij het recente pleidooi van de rectoren van de Nederlandse universiteiten over academische vrijheid: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
Opinie: Universiteiten, jullie beperken ook zelf de academische vrijheid
De rectoren negeren hun eigen rol in de aantasting van de academische vrijheid. Zo zijn marktprincipes de universiteit in toenemende mate gaan regeren, schrijven Joost Jongerden, Bram Büscher en Han W...
www.trouw.nl
June 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Een paar kritische kanttekeningen bij het recente pleidooi van de rectoren van de Nederlandse universiteiten over academische vrijheid: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
@brambuscher.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @rensbod.bsky.social
Reposted by Bram Büscher
📣 New Paper on #ConvivialConservation in Biological Conservation, brilliantly led by @judithekrauss.bsky.social We argue for greater transdisciplinary research to develop convivial forms of human-predator #coexistence. It’s #OA and you can read it here ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Coexistence beyond disciplinary silos: Five dimensions of analysis for more convivial human-predator interactions
Understanding human-predator interactions has been a central goal of conservation for decades, yet many previous efforts have approached this challeng…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📣 New Paper on #ConvivialConservation in Biological Conservation, brilliantly led by @judithekrauss.bsky.social We argue for greater transdisciplinary research to develop convivial forms of human-predator #coexistence. It’s #OA and you can read it here ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
