Heather Alberro
@dralberro.bsky.social
Green utopian academic-activist, writer, Lecturer in Sustainability @ University of Manchester, co-convenor for @PSAEnvironment, fellow of all terrestrials. She/her. ✊🏼🌏🌱🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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@dralberro.bsky.social
· May 21
Friends & fellow 🪴 enthusiasts! Have you acquired live houseplants during/since the COVID-19 pandemic? Does your houseplant collection continue to grow? If so, please consider taking part in my research! Details & survey link 👇🏼Please share widely! 😊 🌱 🪴 www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“Rest is resistance and sleep is political. Systemic nightmares threaten our sleep.” - Alexis Pauline Gumbs, ‘Undrowned: Black femminist lessons from marine mammals’ ✊🏼🐬🐳
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Rest is resistance and sleep is political. Systemic nightmares threaten our sleep.” - Alexis Pauline Gumbs, ‘Undrowned: Black femminist lessons from marine mammals’ ✊🏼🐬🐳
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This #TrusteesWeek we celebrate the PSA trustees and recognise the difference they make to our charity.💙 buff.ly/qC1d7TZ
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November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This #TrusteesWeek we celebrate the PSA trustees and recognise the difference they make to our charity.💙 buff.ly/qC1d7TZ
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Hands off Venezuela! 🇻🇪✊🏼
The US has a long history of military intervention in Latin America -- but the US campaign against Venezuela goes beyond all precedents, according to a scholar who recaps the history: buff.ly/95slpmI
Trump’s squeeze of Venezuela goes beyond ‘Monroe doctrine’ – in ideology, intent and scale, it’s unprecedented
A US military buildup in the Caribbean after weeks of naval strikes is both the latest case of intervention in Latin America and uniquely aggressive in key ways.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hands off Venezuela! 🇻🇪✊🏼
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Review (2025) of our book Entangled Futurities (Routledge 2024) by Sarah Lohmann in Science Fiction Studies journal! online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-... @sarahlohmann.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @rhifirth.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
Review: Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities, edited by Heather Alberro, Emrah Atasoy, Nora Castle, Rhiannon Firth, and Conrad Scott
Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities is a collection published as part of the ROUTLEDGE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES series. This collective labor...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Review (2025) of our book Entangled Futurities (Routledge 2024) by Sarah Lohmann in Science Fiction Studies journal! online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-... @sarahlohmann.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @rhifirth.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
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Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
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I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf 👏
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
Zack Polanski leads a conference shout of "migrants and refugees are welcome here"
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf 👏
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!
#GreenParty
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🚨CfP closing soon!
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the ‘Topics’ section when submitting your abstract.
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the ‘Topics’ section when submitting your abstract.
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Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'Our ...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨CfP closing soon!
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the ‘Topics’ section when submitting your abstract.
We would love to host your paper at the 2026 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference in Oxford.
More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
Just select 'Environmental Politics Specialist Group' in the ‘Topics’ section when submitting your abstract.
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Exicting events on a great new book 👇
Please join us to discuss our book on Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance (thread below). One launch on the 8th Oct, 10am EST, one on the 16th Oct, 4pm EST. See flyer for details and to register. The book is open access so you can quiz us. See you there! @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Exicting events on a great new book 👇
“An economic order that contains inequalities as extreme as ours- in which the vanity rocket ships of billionaires sail over seas of human misery- is its own kind of depravity, and that level of injustice reproduces more depravity as a matter of course.” - Doppelganger @naomiaklein.bsky.social ✊🏼
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“An economic order that contains inequalities as extreme as ours- in which the vanity rocket ships of billionaires sail over seas of human misery- is its own kind of depravity, and that level of injustice reproduces more depravity as a matter of course.” - Doppelganger @naomiaklein.bsky.social ✊🏼
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📢 Don’t miss out! ♻️
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” 🙌🏻
🗓️ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registration⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” 🙌🏻
🗓️ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registration⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Workshop: Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity
A one-day workshop on global (in)security, geopolitics and the environment.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
📢 Don’t miss out! ♻️
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” 🙌🏻
🗓️ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registration⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” 🙌🏻
🗓️ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk
Programme & registration⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Our dominant socioeconomic systems have “a Midas problem. There’s no endgame, just a stagnant pyramiding scheme. Endless, pointless prosperity”… - Richard Powers, The Overstory 🌱🌳
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our dominant socioeconomic systems have “a Midas problem. There’s no endgame, just a stagnant pyramiding scheme. Endless, pointless prosperity”… - Richard Powers, The Overstory 🌱🌳
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📢 In case you missed out!
Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 🎉
Why attend?
✅ A great place to present your research & get feedback 💡
✅ Network with peers & senior academics 🫱🏽🫲🏼
✅ Get involved in Specialist Groups 👀
More info⬇️
Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 🎉
Why attend?
✅ A great place to present your research & get feedback 💡
✅ Network with peers & senior academics 🫱🏽🫲🏼
✅ Get involved in Specialist Groups 👀
More info⬇️
*PSA26 Annual Conference* - For information about how to submit a paper proposal, or to see registration fees, visit the PSA26 conference page, which includes extensive FAQs.
Paper proposal deadline: 17 October 2025
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Paper proposal deadline: 17 October 2025
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How can I stay up to date with announcements about PSA26? The dedicated webpage for PSA26 will include all the latest information, deadline dates and related links. PSA Members will also receive…
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August 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📢 In case you missed out!
Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 🎉
Why attend?
✅ A great place to present your research & get feedback 💡
✅ Network with peers & senior academics 🫱🏽🫲🏼
✅ Get involved in Specialist Groups 👀
More info⬇️
Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 🎉
Why attend?
✅ A great place to present your research & get feedback 💡
✅ Network with peers & senior academics 🫱🏽🫲🏼
✅ Get involved in Specialist Groups 👀
More info⬇️
“The world is not made for our utility…what use are we to trees?” - Richard Powers, ‘The Overstory’ 🌳💚🌍
August 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“The world is not made for our utility…what use are we to trees?” - Richard Powers, ‘The Overstory’ 🌳💚🌍
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🚨 In case you missed it! 🚨
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity”.
Save the date 🤓 🗓️ 17 September. ♻️
To register and find out more, click on the link below ⬇️
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity”.
Save the date 🤓 🗓️ 17 September. ♻️
To register and find out more, click on the link below ⬇️
Join us in September for our workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity', organised with @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @psaecn.bsky.social @psabcpe.bsky.social @psainter-relations.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
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@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @psaecn.bsky.social @psabcpe.bsky.social @psainter-relations.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Workshop: Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity
A one-day workshop on global (in)security, geopolitics and the environment.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚨 In case you missed it! 🚨
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity”.
Save the date 🤓 🗓️ 17 September. ♻️
To register and find out more, click on the link below ⬇️
Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity”.
Save the date 🤓 🗓️ 17 September. ♻️
To register and find out more, click on the link below ⬇️
Tuesday vibes 🤪😸
August 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Tuesday vibes 🤪😸
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It's alive! Publication day! Play in Utopian and Dystopian Ficion arrived in the mail. Thanks Liverpool University Press for producing such a beautiful book.
August 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's alive! Publication day! Play in Utopian and Dystopian Ficion arrived in the mail. Thanks Liverpool University Press for producing such a beautiful book.
“There are more lives up here, in his one maple, than there are people in all of Belleville” - Richard Powers, The Overstory 🫶🏼🌳🌍
August 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“There are more lives up here, in his one maple, than there are people in all of Belleville” - Richard Powers, The Overstory 🫶🏼🌳🌍
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🚨 Full programme announced for our September workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity'!
Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Workshop: Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity
A one-day workshop on global (in)security, geopolitics and the environment.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🚨 Full programme announced for our September workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity'!
Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
From this month's edition of The Onion.
"The tumbleweed, an icon of the American West, is not native to the United States or even the Americas. Indeed, none of the classically quintessential American icons—the cowboy and his accessories of horse, cattle, and tumbleweed—are native to the United States" - Banu Subramaniam, Botany of Empire
August 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"The tumbleweed, an icon of the American West, is not native to the United States or even the Americas. Indeed, none of the classically quintessential American icons—the cowboy and his accessories of horse, cattle, and tumbleweed—are native to the United States" - Banu Subramaniam, Botany of Empire
“Tomorrow was created yesterday, you see…and by the day before yesterday, too. To ignore history is to ignore the wolf at the door.” - John Le Carré, A Most Wanted Man
August 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“Tomorrow was created yesterday, you see…and by the day before yesterday, too. To ignore history is to ignore the wolf at the door.” - John Le Carré, A Most Wanted Man