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Bram Büscher
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Chair @SDC_WUR & Prof @go2uj

Books:

Environmentalism under digital capitalism: http://truthaboutnature.com

The Conservation Revolution: http://convivialconservation.com
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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · 3d
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!
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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...
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)
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Han Wiskerke @hanwiskerke.bsky.social · Dec 15
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

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Dec 5
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!

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Dec 2
Unfortunately not - its in person only...

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Dec 2
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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Dec 2
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...
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

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Nov 21
Some more days before submission deadline on 5 December - please join us if you can!
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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!
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Haroon Akram-Lodhi @ahakram-lodhi.bsky.social · Oct 29
"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/...
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%
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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Oct 28
For those in Roskilde, Denmark next week - please join!

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Oct 17
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!
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · Oct 9
#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.

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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...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Oct 7
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

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Sep 18
Thanks for all the hard work, Dan and Barcelona team! This will certainly be another POLLEN to remember.

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Sep 9
ohhh! intriguing.. you coming to NL?!

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Sep 8
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 ?
jaredmargulies.bsky.social Jared Margulies @jaredmargulies.bsky.social · Sep 8
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...
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Jared Margulies @jaredmargulies.bsky.social · Sep 8
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...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Aug 27
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...
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

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Herman Lambers @herman61.bsky.social · Jul 7
We are in the middle of it.

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Jun 29
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/...
‘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

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Han Wiskerke @hanwiskerke.bsky.social · Jun 10
Een paar kritische kanttekeningen bij het recente pleidooi van de rectoren van de Nederlandse universiteiten over academische vrijheid: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...
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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...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · May 28
📣 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…
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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · May 23
This was horrible, but I'm afraid we havent seen close to rock bottom yet. If post-truth becomes the norm, nothing is out of limits.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s president shows how low the US has fallen | Justice Malala
Instead of embarrassing Cyril Ramaphosa, the US president’s ‘gotcha’ moment illuminates the fact-free reality show that is Trump’s America
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Journal of Political Ecology @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social · May 12
Koot, S 2025 Book review of Van Beemen, O. Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika. J of Political Ecology 32(1). journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/ @pollenetwork.bsky.social @brambuscher.bsky.social Book is in Dutch German & French
Journal of Political Ecology
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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Mar 10
Ha - interesting! fences play a big part of the problems of this world, but the main problems are deeper - curious what you think of this:

Convivial fences? Property, ‘right to wildlife’ and the need for redistributive justice in South African conservation

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · Mar 6
New article: Authoritarianism isn’t just chaos—it’s a power reshuffle. Under Bolsonaro, a “new elite” tore down protections, fueling socioecological crises while hiding their own downfall. 🔥🌍 #Brazil #Authoritarianism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Upsetting the Double Movement? Elite Schisms and Bolsonaro's Brazil in the Context of Global Authoritarian Capitalism
The brazen political antics and mystifying logics accompanying the contemporary rise of authoritarianism have garnered much interest in academic and popular media. A key question is how to make sense...
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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · Feb 27
The UN’s new biodiversity deal aims to protect 30% of Earth by 2030—but does it tackle the root causes of nature’s destruction? Without addressing economic expansion, pollution & systemic issues, conservation alone won’t be enough. #Biodiversity #NatureCrisis theconversation.com/biodiversity...
Biodiversity treaty: UN deal fails to address the root causes of nature’s destruction
Global summits to arrest Earth’s deteriorating health look increasingly farcical.
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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Feb 26
Right, one of the biggest 'free' market capitalists believes that 'free-market thinking' is under threat and must become the official opinion of his newspaper

Seems Bezos is hellbent on ensuring his newspaper's creed 'democracy dies in darkness' becomes reality.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
Washington Post opinion editor departs as Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Opinion editor leaves as Amazon executive and newspaper owner says ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’
www.theguardian.com

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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Feb 21
Rest in Peace James Ferguson.

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RIP James Ferguson: a tribute
Very sad news. Jim Ferguson was a brilliant scholar, a leading light in Anthropology, development studies and the social sciences and an allround amazing intellectual. He profoundly influenced my t…
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Bram Büscher @brambuscher.bsky.social · Feb 19
"Another approach to conservation is needed, one that takes seriously our economic system’s structural pressures, violent socio-ecological realities, cascading extinctions and increasingly authoritarian politics"

We wrote this 5 years ago. Could have been yesterday.

www.jstor.org/stable/26677...
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