Nikki Paterson
@niktheearthling.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary PhD at @anthropocenebio.bsky.social, York 🌞🌿
Thinking relationally about (re)connecting people to nature and how to live well on our planet
Thinking relationally about (re)connecting people to nature and how to live well on our planet
Reposted by Nikki Paterson
Winter Well is on air BBC Radio 4 this week.
An audio guide to thriving in winter, with advice from medics, artists, poets and future-gazers on simple but effective ways to bring light into your life during the darkest part of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
An audio guide to thriving in winter, with advice from medics, artists, poets and future-gazers on simple but effective ways to bring light into your life during the darkest part of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Winter Well is on air BBC Radio 4 this week.
An audio guide to thriving in winter, with advice from medics, artists, poets and future-gazers on simple but effective ways to bring light into your life during the darkest part of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
An audio guide to thriving in winter, with advice from medics, artists, poets and future-gazers on simple but effective ways to bring light into your life during the darkest part of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
Finally made it along to ‘More-than-human’ at the Design Museum with @riverreflections.bsky.social. A really vibrant & engaging exhibition about learning from and designing with other beings — it’s very cool & heartening to see this thinking reaching wider audiences 🦋
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Finally made it along to ‘More-than-human’ at the Design Museum with @riverreflections.bsky.social. A really vibrant & engaging exhibition about learning from and designing with other beings — it’s very cool & heartening to see this thinking reaching wider audiences 🦋
A big week continued with Fran Mahon’s brilliant ‘Flooded Memories’ exhibition, exploring river agency. In a space overlooking the River Ouse, he illuminated the ability of Rivers Ouse and Foss to effect change — reshaping local architectures, histories and memory @hgcresearchcentre.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A big week continued with Fran Mahon’s brilliant ‘Flooded Memories’ exhibition, exploring river agency. In a space overlooking the River Ouse, he illuminated the ability of Rivers Ouse and Foss to effect change — reshaping local architectures, histories and memory @hgcresearchcentre.bsky.social
Loved roaming Yorkshire Arboretum & Bog Hall last week for the LCAB field trip. Mushroom season is in full swing! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Loved roaming Yorkshire Arboretum & Bog Hall last week for the LCAB field trip. Mushroom season is in full swing! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
Reposted by Nikki Paterson
What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.
🦊 Reimagining habituation: The case for a reciprocal and contextual understanding ➡️ buff.ly/6rbtYxu
@livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social
@livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.
Reposted by Nikki Paterson
Swimmers and river lovers of Yorkshire! Rave On for the Avon is coming to York THIS THURSDAY 🏊🏻♀️💦💙
Please share…
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
@righttoroam.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
Please share…
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
@righttoroam.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Swimmers and river lovers of Yorkshire! Rave On for the Avon is coming to York THIS THURSDAY 🏊🏻♀️💦💙
Please share…
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
@righttoroam.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
Please share…
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
@righttoroam.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
And Yorkshire Water applies for drought orders, to extract water from Rivers Ouse & Wharfe. Yet 'the sector has been criticised for failing to build reservoirs and to fix leaking pipes, while attention has also focused on the large pay packets awarded to some water company bosses'
Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream
Environment secretary urged to stop drought order that could damage the ecology of River Test in Hampshire
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And Yorkshire Water applies for drought orders, to extract water from Rivers Ouse & Wharfe. Yet 'the sector has been criticised for failing to build reservoirs and to fix leaking pipes, while attention has also focused on the large pay packets awarded to some water company bosses'
Lou & I are continuing our nature journaling practices to pay deep attention to local natures and shifting seasons — highly recommend for anyone who likes to scribble
July 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Lou & I are continuing our nature journaling practices to pay deep attention to local natures and shifting seasons — highly recommend for anyone who likes to scribble
Had a great week in Mons for the Society of Human Ecology conference — lots on relational thinking, rights of nature, emotions & affects. Cherry on top was winning the Richard J Borden award for my poster, ‘Experiences of outdoor swimming’
June 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Had a great week in Mons for the Society of Human Ecology conference — lots on relational thinking, rights of nature, emotions & affects. Cherry on top was winning the Richard J Borden award for my poster, ‘Experiences of outdoor swimming’
Grateful for the opportunity to share my ongoing PhD research at the end of May - as part of a panel on biodiversity & wellbeing @anthropocenebio.bsky.social 🌊
June 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Grateful for the opportunity to share my ongoing PhD research at the end of May - as part of a panel on biodiversity & wellbeing @anthropocenebio.bsky.social 🌊
Reposted by Nikki Paterson
An important @theguardian.com article on @alistairboxall.bsky.social's research: "A study of #Yorkshire’s rivers is helping scientists understand the impact everyday pollutants are having on waterways – and the results are sobering" 👇🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#York #YorkResearch
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#York #YorkResearch
Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers
The list of everyday pollutants is a long one, and they could be as damaging to our water ecosystems as sewage spills
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
An important @theguardian.com article on @alistairboxall.bsky.social's research: "A study of #Yorkshire’s rivers is helping scientists understand the impact everyday pollutants are having on waterways – and the results are sobering" 👇🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#York #YorkResearch
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#York #YorkResearch
Reposted by Nikki Paterson
📣 Time to get your panels and abstracts in @pollenetwork.bsky.social conf 2026 is open for submissions. @icta-uab.bsky.social is a great place to host it - and it promises to be a blast (as always!) @danbrockington.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📣 Time to get your panels and abstracts in @pollenetwork.bsky.social conf 2026 is open for submissions. @icta-uab.bsky.social is a great place to host it - and it promises to be a blast (as always!) @danbrockington.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
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Our new seminar series Anthropocene Biopolitics starts on 3 June with a session on microbes.
We’ll think about how microbial imaginaries necessitate a reimagining of how the human relates to the biodiversity that criss-crosses its boundaries.
Learn more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
We’ll think about how microbial imaginaries necessitate a reimagining of how the human relates to the biodiversity that criss-crosses its boundaries.
Learn more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
May 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Our new seminar series Anthropocene Biopolitics starts on 3 June with a session on microbes.
We’ll think about how microbial imaginaries necessitate a reimagining of how the human relates to the biodiversity that criss-crosses its boundaries.
Learn more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
We’ll think about how microbial imaginaries necessitate a reimagining of how the human relates to the biodiversity that criss-crosses its boundaries.
Learn more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
Looking forward to contributing to the conversation tomorrow, on human-nonhuman relations and links to wellbeing. Please join us if you're free and in York
Join us for a panel discussion on biodiversity, health & wellbeing on Fri 30 May, 15:00 - 16:30. We'll discuss how biodiversity conservation & nature connectedness can contribute to health & wellbeing.
Open to @york.ac.uk staff & students.
Find out more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
Open to @york.ac.uk staff & students.
Find out more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
May 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Looking forward to contributing to the conversation tomorrow, on human-nonhuman relations and links to wellbeing. Please join us if you're free and in York
To continue the watery theme, it was a real treat to have
@amyjanebeer.bsky.social visit @anthropocenebio.bsky.social last week to share her wisdom 🔮 on writing well and on engaging with audiences beyond the specialist. Unsurprisingly this was very well received by our research group!
@amyjanebeer.bsky.social visit @anthropocenebio.bsky.social last week to share her wisdom 🔮 on writing well and on engaging with audiences beyond the specialist. Unsurprisingly this was very well received by our research group!
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
To continue the watery theme, it was a real treat to have
@amyjanebeer.bsky.social visit @anthropocenebio.bsky.social last week to share her wisdom 🔮 on writing well and on engaging with audiences beyond the specialist. Unsurprisingly this was very well received by our research group!
@amyjanebeer.bsky.social visit @anthropocenebio.bsky.social last week to share her wisdom 🔮 on writing well and on engaging with audiences beyond the specialist. Unsurprisingly this was very well received by our research group!
Powerful evening with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social & @amyjanebeer.bsky.social in Leeds, on the urgent need to remember that life is lived in relation, and to reimagine rivers as life sources rather than resources. 'Our fate flows with that of rivers and always has' 🌊
May 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Powerful evening with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social & @amyjanebeer.bsky.social in Leeds, on the urgent need to remember that life is lived in relation, and to reimagine rivers as life sources rather than resources. 'Our fate flows with that of rivers and always has' 🌊
Degrowth is not about reducing all production, but reducing the ‘damaging and unnecessary forms that exist to service elite accumulation’ and needs to be accompanied by universal public services - @jasonhickel.bsky.social to a packed lecture hall in Sheffield last night
April 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Degrowth is not about reducing all production, but reducing the ‘damaging and unnecessary forms that exist to service elite accumulation’ and needs to be accompanied by universal public services - @jasonhickel.bsky.social to a packed lecture hall in Sheffield last night
Huge thanks to @livingmaps.bsky.social for a great conference last week. Particularly inspired by the design-led projects and artworks, including Claire Reddleman’s #GinkgosoftheBritishIsles, and by trying my hand at my first more-than-human map
April 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Huge thanks to @livingmaps.bsky.social for a great conference last week. Particularly inspired by the design-led projects and artworks, including Claire Reddleman’s #GinkgosoftheBritishIsles, and by trying my hand at my first more-than-human map
On my way to London for the More-than-human Mappings conference today & tomorrow. Hugely looking forward to making new connections and soaking in some great ideas 🧽
📢 We are excited to announce the programme for our 2025 conference, More-Than-Human Mappings" Join us for 2 days of talks, workshops and an exhibition. Link for information & tickets here!!👇👇👇 livingmaps.squarespace.com/forthcoming-...
Forthcoming Events — Livingmaps Network
livingmaps.squarespace.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
On my way to London for the More-than-human Mappings conference today & tomorrow. Hugely looking forward to making new connections and soaking in some great ideas 🧽
Reposted by Nikki Paterson
Just out: figures for sewage dumping in England for 2024.
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year - BBC News
Sewage spilled into England's waterways for a record number of hours last year, the Environmental Agency says.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just out: figures for sewage dumping in England for 2024.
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
* 3.61 million hrs of sewage released.
* That's c. 412 years of sewage.
* First yr all 15,000 CSOs were monitored.
£85bn paid out to shareholders since privatisation = underfunded, collapsing infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ridiculously pleased to have my fieldwork underway 🌊 will be swimming my way through Yorkshire until the summer
March 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ridiculously pleased to have my fieldwork underway 🌊 will be swimming my way through Yorkshire until the summer
Happy spring equinox! 🌸 launched into the new season with a sunrise dip
March 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy spring equinox! 🌸 launched into the new season with a sunrise dip
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"Daylighting" is the practice in urban design of restoring buried rivers to the surface.
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
River Sheaf opened up next to Sheffield Castle site - BBC News
The River Sheaf has been exposed at Castlegate for the first time in over 100 years
www.bbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Daylighting" is the practice in urban design of restoring buried rivers to the surface.
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The River Sheaf been unburied in Sheffield city centre, after 100 yrs in the dark.
Fabulous.
A small light in the great gloom.
“It is starting to make its own meandering path…”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Nikki Paterson
There's still time to apply for one of our fully funded (home fees) PhD studentships.
We're interested in supporting interdisciplinary PhD studentships that explore the ways in which human activity enhances as well as diminishes biological diversity.
Take a look: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
We're interested in supporting interdisciplinary PhD studentships that explore the ways in which human activity enhances as well as diminishes biological diversity.
Take a look: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
January 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There's still time to apply for one of our fully funded (home fees) PhD studentships.
We're interested in supporting interdisciplinary PhD studentships that explore the ways in which human activity enhances as well as diminishes biological diversity.
Take a look: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
We're interested in supporting interdisciplinary PhD studentships that explore the ways in which human activity enhances as well as diminishes biological diversity.
Take a look: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
Lichen studies on campus. Really fascinating life forms
January 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Lichen studies on campus. Really fascinating life forms