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William San Martín
@wsanmartin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Science, Technology & Governance @WPI

Scholar, Climate Social Science Network @Brown University • Research Fellow, Earth Systems Governance @Utrecht University

https://www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/wsanmartin
Lovely to see this conversation with the editors published—thank you for the invitation to reflect on the Handbook www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
April 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Our former fellow William San Martín, leader of the 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, is looking for #envhum and #envhist scholars to join the group. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡.

@wsanmartin.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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You have until this Friday, March 7th to apply to be part of the iN-Net Global Nitrogen Governance Working Group

Environmental historians are encouraged to apply to this interdisciplinary group led by @wsanmartin.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2025/03/04/c...

#envhist #nitrogen #science #pollution
Call for Applicants: iN-Net Global Nitrogen Governance Working Group
We are particularly interested in scholars and practitioners with a background in the social sciences and humanities who actively engage with social and environmental issues, especially those based in...
niche-canada.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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If you're not at #AGU24, the largest gathering of earth scientists in the world, and you're feeling some FOMO, don't worry: @kellyhereid.bsky.social has you covered.

Here's her feed of "what's hot at AGU". Just pin and enjoy! bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 10, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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📢Exciting News!
Tapuya is now on Bluesky! Find us at @tapuya.org and explore our Starter Pack designed to kick off a thriving Latin American STS community.📦

Join the conversation, connect with us, and let’s build this space together! go.bsky.app/JxBWBbS

🚀 #Bluesky #LatinAmericanSTS
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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"Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism" will come out in paperback on December 3. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
Public Citizens
The story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society., Public Citizens, The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism, ...
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November 17, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Thanks to @nichecanada.bsky.social & @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social for inviting me to write an epilogue to this piece on N2O governance.

The takeaway: #Humanities #socialsciences can shape, not merely inform, #EnvironmentalGovernance. The challenge is how institutions can better support this work.
October 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Apply now for a unique 2-year postdoctoral research associate position with our NSF grant-funded project, Epistemic and Ethical Functions of Categories in the Agricultural Sciences led by Kendig and Thompson. Review of applications begins 7 Feb nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/51...
January 6, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Ahead of print alert! You can now read my article "The Economy of Rarity: Animal-Catching, Cryptozoology, and the Mid-Twentieth-Century Zoo" for the January 2024 issue of Environmental History for free.
#envhist #animalhistory #endangeredspecies #zoos www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 22, 2023 at 12:49 PM
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This conference looks fun and can be attended online. Anyone interested in putting together a film panel?

networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
CFP for Conference: Nonhuman Animals in the Age of Extinction and Mass Production | H-Net
Conference: Nonhuman Animals in the Age of Extinction and Mass Production CFP: UCD Environmental Humanities Conference, 17 May 2024 Plenary Speakers: Dr John Miller, University of Sheffield and Dr Sar...
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December 12, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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The Routledge Handbook of Environmental History is published!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Includes my chapter authored with Miles Powell, "Extinction in environmental history: Historicising problems of classification and intentionality"
#envhist
December 7, 2023 at 11:49 AM
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Really happy to my & @palmblad.bsky.social ‘s chapter on communicating environmental history out in the world!

Many thanks to Emily O’Gorman, @wsanmartin.bsky.social, @wildpasts.bsky.social, & Mark Carey for the invitation to contribute to this volume.

www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

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December 9, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Thrilled to see this out

60+ authors from diverse regions, areas of expertise, & career stages.

A project rethinking critical issues in how we use historical analysis to address social justice and planetary crises, from #decolonization and non-human agency, to the #Anthropocene & #policymaking
December 11, 2023 at 9:41 PM