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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · Aug 14

A massive congratulations to all our new #TeamLivUni students who have received the news they’re joining us today! 🎉

Your next chapter starts now - and we can’t wait to welcome you! 💙

Find out more about your Liverpool Welcome here >>> www.liverpool.ac.uk/welcome/

#ResultsDay2025

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · Jul 25

We have a new #blog:

@andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social wrote a blog on the handover of Lady Park Wood (Wales/ England) from George Peterken to a new academic team at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & @liverpooluni.bsky.social.

Read it here: bit.ly/4eoChUS

#Woodland #LongTermExperiment #LTE 🌎

Lady Park Wood Handover — ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST -

Andrew Hacket-Pain (Liverpool University) writes about the handover of the Lady Park Wood long-term experiment.

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Laura Baugh @laurabaugh94.bsky.social · Jul 29

Great few days sampling 2 sites in the North Pennines for aquatic GHG emissions. Thanks to the @northpennines.bsky.social for arranging access. @livunigeog.bsky.social

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Morag Rose @thelrm.bsky.social · Jul 22

So... here's why I havent posted much. Been writing a book! Thrilled to share The Feminist Art of Walking is out on Pluto October 20th www.plutobooks.com/978074535100... Thanks so much to everyone who has helped make this happen, I am excited and a bit scared for you to read it

The book cover for The Feminist Art of Walking by Morag Rose. The text is in large sans serif font and is in the middle of the page. It is in white over an image of the sky with a cloudy sunset. On the left edge, vertical, is a cityscape, on the right some gorse bushes

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Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thanks to Peter Ghin for interviewing me for his podcast about working with Energy Limiting Conditions @isrfoundation.bsky.social & a paper co-authored with @alisonallam.bsky.social @thelrm.bsky.social @equihealthfutures.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social & Ana Bê Pereira tinyurl.com/mrx876c8

9. Cripping Time: Experiencing chronic illness in academia (with Prof. Bethan Evans)

Bodies @ Work · Episode

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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · Jul 11

The mapping tool to be used in Liverpool to tackle health inequality will draw on the work of health #geographer Prof Mark Green & colleagues @livunigeog.bsky.social

#usegeography
#choosegeography

www.gov.uk/government/n...

New mapping tool launched to help bring healthy food to those who need it most

New project, backed by government, will develop mapping tool to tackle food inequality.

www.gov.uk

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Laura Baugh @laurabaugh94.bsky.social · Jun 20

The 3 week Swedish adventure has come to an end. In total 20 sites have been sampled for GHG emissions including radiocarbon analysis. Sites ranged from Uppsala all the way down to Kalmar, Southern Sweden @livunigeog.bsky.social

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · Jun 11

A really wonderful start to my day, thanks to two final-year @livunigeog.bsky.social students. Such kind words are really appreciated. Plus an excellent addition to my office plant collection!

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Jun 5

No advert out yet, but I will recruiting a 2yr postdoc, start date autumn 2025, at @livunigeog.bsky.social soon. Lowland and upland peatlands, GHGs, DOM and water chemistry. Plenty of fieldwork. Feel free to drop me a DM or email if you might be interested, and please spread the word.

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · May 29

🚨New paper 🚨 I asked senior councillors with highways/transport responsibility across the UK how social media interactions affected their decision making on cycling.

🧵The core findings were:

1) That social media doesn't massively alter decision-making

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does social media influence local elected leaders? A study of online engagement methods through the lens of cycling policymaking in the United Kingdom

Social media can be sold as a way to improve grassroots citizen engagement, yet the ways in which it affects decisions made by local elected leaders are less well understood. This study examines th...

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · May 29

New research by @alexnurse.bsky.social explores how social media shapes local government decision-making.

The study reveals alarming levels of abuse—both online and in person—towards local councillors over cycling & transport policy.

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/29/s...

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · May 27

The amazing team from @livunigeog.bsky.social & @buforestry.bsky.social who are helping with the 2025 resurvey of permanent plots at #LadyParkWood, originally established in 1945. Some plots has been untouched since ~1900. Thanks to @ect-uk.bsky.social for helping us, including with funding

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Laura Baugh @laurabaugh94.bsky.social · May 23

GHG sampling earlier this week at Westhay Moore, Somerset at some of the newer restoration areas. We even found some Sundew on site @livunigeog.bsky.social

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Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social · May 23

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New article by my colleague @livunigeog.bsky.social
Kathy Burrell, Anna Key and Kate Botterill: Digital by default: the literacies, legibilities and legacies of the UK’s post-Brexit EU settled status regime doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Digital by default: the literacies, legibilities and legacies of the UK’s post-Brexit EU settled status regime

This paper explores the significance of the UK’s post-Brexit residency agreement for EU citizens – ‘Settled Status’ (EUSS) – as a ‘digital by default’ immigration regime. As the UK transitions to a...

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Laura Baugh @laurabaugh94.bsky.social · May 21

Successful morning at Greylake Somerset, sampling GHG emissions from a range of water bodies. @livunigeog.bsky.social

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Rich Boothroyd @rjboothroyd.bsky.social · May 16

Global RIver Topology (GRIT) is a new and improved global river network that represents bifurcations, multi-thread channels and canals. Great to see this important output from the NERC-funded EVOFLOOD project. See more here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · May 14

Great day spent with my brilliant new(ish) colleague @belenfadrique.bsky.social installing a branch warming experiment at Ness Botantic Gardens, replicated across Europe. Testing how the solstice enables beech to synchronise fruit production (masting). Results next spring…
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Andrew and Belen on tall ladders installing a warming experiment in beech trees

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · May 12

Congratulations to Prof Mark Green (@livunigeog.bsky.social) who has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society (@rgsibg.bsky.social) 2025 Back Award for outstanding geographical research impacting public policy on a national and international scale👏👏👏

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/12/p...

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Dr Olivia Fletcher @livfletcher.bsky.social · May 2

Excited that my 3rd paper has been published 🥳 It focuses on space in young people's emotional experience of fitness tracking, engaging with digital geographies & feminist new materialism. Available Open Access in Emotion, Space and Society! lnkd.in/e-8cMqZT

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Francisco Rowe 🚀 @fcorowe.bsky.social · May 7

Come and join me in Sept at the 5th conference on approaches to migration, language and identify

I'll talk about the use of LLMs for migration research showcasing some of our recent work!

Thanks @inesvano.bsky.social for spreading the word!

Event details: store.hope.ac.uk/conferences-...

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Lucy Timbrell @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social · May 1

Looking forward to our next MENDLS talk on Wednesday 14th of May with Prof Andrea Manica of the University of Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social

Join us in Liverpool! Sign up via the QR code below

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Laura Baugh @laurabaugh94.bsky.social · Apr 30

Had a great day today @egu.eu for ‘The future of Northern peatlands’ poster session were I presented the first of my PhD work. Thank you to everyone who came along to chat/see my poster (and for inspiring new ideas!)
@peatymike.bsky.social @livunigeog.bsky.social
@egubg.bsky.social

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Geography at University of Liverpool @livunigeog.bsky.social · Apr 29

Higher incidence of strongly evaporative days drives severe water deficit for ombrotrophic peatlands - just published take a look if you're keen on peatland hydrology, drought impact/recovery and long-term monitoring... #maymoss doi.org/10.1002/hyp....

Higher Incidence of Strongly Evaporative Days Drives Severe Water Deficit for Ombrotrophic Peatlands

A decade of hydro-meteorological monitoring and three annual water balances of a near-intact blanket bog in NE England indicate that summer water availability (precipitation − evapotranspiration) pri...

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Dr Kaja Fenn (she/her) @drloessismore.bsky.social · Apr 29

At the airport putting the final touches to my talk at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Earth Sciences tomorrow — all about loess geochemistry, chronology, and chasing ancient dust across continents.

Slide attached for a sneak peek. Looking forward to the discussion!
#AcademicLife #LoessIsMore

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Dani Arribas-Bel @darribas.bsky.social · Apr 27

I wrote up my 10min contribution to last week's OECD Working Party in Territorial Indicators on (geospatial) AI for land use: me.darribas.org/2025/04/27/g...

"Geospatial AI for Land Use" (my talk at OECD's WPTI'25)

What I told the OECD is worth watching in AI for land use

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