Emily Woodhouse
emilywoodhouse.bsky.social
Emily Woodhouse
@emilywoodhouse.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UCL Anthropology. Conservation, sustainability, justice & gender. Feminist. Terrible gardener.
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Conservation Labor: A New Frontier in Labor Theory and Conservation Science (CONLAB)
There is a rapidly developing literature on the 'human dimensions' of conservation, including critical scholarship and appli...
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June 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Children in England "are being driven indoors by a lack of safe spaces to play, move and socialise freely" - importantly this also limits connection to nature www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Children in England growing up ‘sedentary, scrolling and alone’, say experts
Raising the Nation Play Commission report recommends ban on ‘no ball games’ signs and raising digital age of consent to 16
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
New paper out arguing for improving transparency around the realities and messiness of field based #conservation social science, as intimately tied to #reflexivity, and vital for improving quality, #equity and cross-disciplinary collaboration conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Improving transparency in conservation social science research to enhance quality, equity, and collaboration
Recognition of the value of multidisciplinary research that bridges natural and social science perspectives has come with calls for conservation scientists to reflect critically on underlying assumpt....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Very happy to announce the 2025 Wageningen Political Ecology Spring school (7-11 april):

Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts

Please spread the word or consider joining!

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Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts - 4 ECTS
The five-day intensive PhD spring school ‘Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts’ will be held from 7-11 April 2025 in Wageninge...
www.wur.nl
December 19, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Thought-provoking paper on the 'conservation patriarchy' www.nature.com/articles/s44... - highlights the need to move far beyond 'women's participation' and 'empowerment' in conservation to dismantle structures and norms based on dominant masculinities
Mapping the patriarchy in conservation - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Mapping the patriarchy in conservation
www.nature.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:42 PM