Josh Cinner
@joshuacinner.bsky.social
Professor of Geography & Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Sydney. My Thriving Oceans Research Hub studies how to make coral reef fisheries more resilient & sustainable. We operate at the intersection of social science & ecology.
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In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
June 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
Big thanks to the @lec-reefs.bsky.social crew for hosting the Thriving Oceans team in Lancaster. Workshops in castles and walks in the woods made for an amazing collaboration.
June 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Big thanks to the @lec-reefs.bsky.social crew for hosting the Thriving Oceans team in Lancaster. Workshops in castles and walks in the woods made for an amazing collaboration.
Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
Generations of my PhD students (4 former and 2 current) working together. @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Generations of my PhD students (4 former and 2 current) working together. @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social
In my way to a series of exciting workshops in Lancaster and Montpellier - we’ll be developing the next generation bright spots analysis. Watch this space… @lec-reefs.bsky.social
@nickajgraham.bsky.social
@nickajgraham.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
In my way to a series of exciting workshops in Lancaster and Montpellier - we’ll be developing the next generation bright spots analysis. Watch this space… @lec-reefs.bsky.social
@nickajgraham.bsky.social
@nickajgraham.bsky.social
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BIG new paper on the MegaMove project with @netlab.bsky.social - portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... Top areas to reach 30 x 30 for marine megafauna are highlighted
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June 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
BIG new paper on the MegaMove project with @netlab.bsky.social - portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... Top areas to reach 30 x 30 for marine megafauna are highlighted
This is why I am not that worried about AI
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is why I am not that worried about AI
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Out today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Out today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vale Jim Estes- a giant in marine ecology.
June 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Vale Jim Estes- a giant in marine ecology.
Got my first electricity bill after installing solar with a battery. $0…
June 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Got my first electricity bill after installing solar with a battery. $0…
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Colin Simpfendorfer’s resignation from working group comes as conservationists lash expansion of lethal program they say ‘does nothing to improve beach safety’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Gut punch’: top shark expert quits Queensland advisory panel after LNP expands cull program
Exclusive: Colin Simpfendorfer’s resignation comes as other members of working group members say state government went against their advice against expanding lethal controls
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Colin Simpfendorfer’s resignation from working group comes as conservationists lash expansion of lethal program they say ‘does nothing to improve beach safety’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Awesome postdoc opportunity in our school to work with the amazing Sophie Webber on Australia’s climate economy
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Australia's Climate Economy
Full time (Part Time negotiable), Fixed term for 3 years Work with a team of interdisciplinary researchers and doctoral students building a conceptual and empirical map of the emerging Climate Economy...
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May 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Awesome postdoc opportunity in our school to work with the amazing Sophie Webber on Australia’s climate economy
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
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New article: Our team's reflections on the use of Q methodology in environmental justice research, and the ways we tried to embed EJ principles in the process - and interpretation of the data.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Q methodology and environmental social science: adapting Q for complexity and inclusion in environmental justice research
This paper details an application of Q methodology for a global environmental justice project, a novel use in terms of the scale and complexity of our research agenda. We provide a rationale for ou...
www.tandfonline.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
New article: Our team's reflections on the use of Q methodology in environmental justice research, and the ways we tried to embed EJ principles in the process - and interpretation of the data.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The QLD $90 million on more shark nets, etc is disgraceful.
My quote:
“Today’s policy decision makes politicians more safe and Queensland beaches less safe by taking the focus off the personal responsibility and education in beach safety.”
newshub.medianet.com.au/2025/05/quee...
My quote:
“Today’s policy decision makes politicians more safe and Queensland beaches less safe by taking the focus off the personal responsibility and education in beach safety.”
newshub.medianet.com.au/2025/05/quee...
Queensland Government dives backwards by declaring war on marine life - News Hub
SYDNEY 25 MAY 2025: The Queensland Crisafulli government’s ‘new’ Shark Control Program—that will amp up the slaughter of sharks—looks like it was written in the 1900’s and flies in the face of conserv...
newshub.medianet.com.au
May 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The QLD $90 million on more shark nets, etc is disgraceful.
My quote:
“Today’s policy decision makes politicians more safe and Queensland beaches less safe by taking the focus off the personal responsibility and education in beach safety.”
newshub.medianet.com.au/2025/05/quee...
My quote:
“Today’s policy decision makes politicians more safe and Queensland beaches less safe by taking the focus off the personal responsibility and education in beach safety.”
newshub.medianet.com.au/2025/05/quee...
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New #sharkscience from @hollieboothie.bsky.social
Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program. A deep dive into the ins and outs of pay to release.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@iucnshark.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social
Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program. A deep dive into the ins and outs of pay to release.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@iucnshark.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social
Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program
Pay-to-release program encouraged live release of endangered marine taxa but led some fishers to increase catches of those taxa.
www.science.org
April 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
New #sharkscience from @hollieboothie.bsky.social
Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program. A deep dive into the ins and outs of pay to release.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@iucnshark.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social
Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program. A deep dive into the ins and outs of pay to release.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@iucnshark.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social
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Most conservation initiatives require changes in human behavior. Insights from behavioral science may help bridge that gap.
Learn more on #EarthDay:
Learn more on #EarthDay:
How behavioral science can help conservation
Leveraging cognitive biases and social influence can make conservation efforts more effective
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April 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Most conservation initiatives require changes in human behavior. Insights from behavioral science may help bridge that gap.
Learn more on #EarthDay:
Learn more on #EarthDay:
Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/c...
Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries
The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/c...
THREE DAYS LEFT to apply for a 🔥 fully funded PhD scholarship to join our interdisciplinary Thriving Oceans Research Hub. Come be part of an epic global project focused on locating and learning from coral reef bright spots. Prior publications are helpful.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au
April 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
THREE DAYS LEFT to apply for a 🔥 fully funded PhD scholarship to join our interdisciplinary Thriving Oceans Research Hub. Come be part of an epic global project focused on locating and learning from coral reef bright spots. Prior publications are helpful.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
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Congrats to the 2025 Pew Marine Fellows! This is such a wonderful program and we are looking forward to seeing the great work the new class of Fellows will do.
#PewMarineFellow pewtrsts.org/4c1h16q
#PewMarineFellow pewtrsts.org/4c1h16q
Pew’s 2025 Marine Fellows Work to Conserve Ocean Species and Ecosystems
The Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation has named six scientists from China, Curaçao, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Africa as the newest recipients of the Pew fellowships in marine cons...
pewtrsts.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Congrats to the 2025 Pew Marine Fellows! This is such a wonderful program and we are looking forward to seeing the great work the new class of Fellows will do.
#PewMarineFellow pewtrsts.org/4c1h16q
#PewMarineFellow pewtrsts.org/4c1h16q
Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity to join our new Thriving Oceans Research Hub www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-.... Looking for candidates with training in social science, fisheries, and/or ecology. Prior publications are helpful.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
March 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity to join our new Thriving Oceans Research Hub www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-.... Looking for candidates with training in social science, fisheries, and/or ecology. Prior publications are helpful.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
The Thriving Oceans team assembled at last (11/13 of us at least). Such an amazing group of ECR talent. Watch this space for some exciting and interdisciplinary marine sustainability science!
February 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Thriving Oceans team assembled at last (11/13 of us at least). Such an amazing group of ECR talent. Watch this space for some exciting and interdisciplinary marine sustainability science!