André Mascarenhas
@andremascarenhas.bsky.social
Sustainability scientist interested in Human-Nature relations and spatial planning. Trying to be a better human being.
Just published: Balancing density and open space provision towards sustainable compact cities: Evidence from São Paulo, Brasília and Berlin
Free access until 16th May
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Free access until 16th May
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Balancing density and open space provision towards sustainable compact cities: Evidence from São Paulo, Brasília and Berlin
Cities worldwide face the challenge of balancing densification and open space provision. However, few studies investigate how urban morphology influen…
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March 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just published: Balancing density and open space provision towards sustainable compact cities: Evidence from São Paulo, Brasília and Berlin
Free access until 16th May
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Free access until 16th May
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by André Mascarenhas
After years of discussion a
Social-Ecological Systems Society (SocSES)
socses.org
is launching
March 27 2025, 2:30 - 4pm CET
you can register for the virtual launch event here
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Social-Ecological Systems Society (SocSES)
socses.org
is launching
March 27 2025, 2:30 - 4pm CET
you can register for the virtual launch event here
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SocSES Launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Social-Ecological Systems Society (SocSES) - a global community advancing research, practice, and collaboration for just and sustainable futures. Join us ...
zoom.us
February 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
After years of discussion a
Social-Ecological Systems Society (SocSES)
socses.org
is launching
March 27 2025, 2:30 - 4pm CET
you can register for the virtual launch event here
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Social-Ecological Systems Society (SocSES)
socses.org
is launching
March 27 2025, 2:30 - 4pm CET
you can register for the virtual launch event here
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Happy to share our new paper on the Theatre of the Innova(c)tors, an interactive theatre tool to stimulate reflexivity & learning by creating transformative spaces
Thanks Robert Bosch PostDoc Academy for Transformational Leadership and Neža Krek for your support!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thanks Robert Bosch PostDoc Academy for Transformational Leadership and Neža Krek for your support!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Theatre of the Innova(c)tors: an interactive theatre tool to create transformative spaces - Sustainability Science
Complex sustainability challenges call for transformative spaces where participants are encouraged to move away from conventional thinking. Arts-based and embodied practices can enable new encounters ...
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February 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy to share our new paper on the Theatre of the Innova(c)tors, an interactive theatre tool to stimulate reflexivity & learning by creating transformative spaces
Thanks Robert Bosch PostDoc Academy for Transformational Leadership and Neža Krek for your support!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thanks Robert Bosch PostDoc Academy for Transformational Leadership and Neža Krek for your support!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by André Mascarenhas
This is the result of a bunch of interdisciplinary sustainability science folks trying to think about what and how to incorporate landscape complexities into landscape sustainability assessments to inform landscape-level decisions and actions. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Landscapes—a lens for assessing sustainability - Landscape Ecology
Context There are urgent calls to transition society to more sustainable trajectories, at scales ranging from local to global. Landscape sustainability (LS), or the capacity for landscapes to provide ...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is the result of a bunch of interdisciplinary sustainability science folks trying to think about what and how to incorporate landscape complexities into landscape sustainability assessments to inform landscape-level decisions and actions. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fascinating paper about creativity cross-pollinating science & art. 1 nice point:
"Obsession with the end result can destroy the route to the end product. It’s not the same as not caring, it’s putting the work first and not worrying what happens after it is completed" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Obsession with the end result can destroy the route to the end product. It’s not the same as not caring, it’s putting the work first and not worrying what happens after it is completed" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘That’s funny’: creative solutions for time-starved researchers
An immunologist and his illustrator friend reveal tips and tricks to help scientists to reach peak performance and creativity.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Fascinating paper about creativity cross-pollinating science & art. 1 nice point:
"Obsession with the end result can destroy the route to the end product. It’s not the same as not caring, it’s putting the work first and not worrying what happens after it is completed" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Obsession with the end result can destroy the route to the end product. It’s not the same as not caring, it’s putting the work first and not worrying what happens after it is completed" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Another risk for researchers and a challenge for journal editors (yet another one...)
Yet another mechanism of cheating in academic publishing. The "public or perish" game is killing science. In our Trumpian world these scientists thrive, but science dies.
This being said, handling editors at STOTEN - not only Malafaia- must give some explanations
www.science.org/content/arti...
This being said, handling editors at STOTEN - not only Malafaia- must give some explanations
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
www.science.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Another risk for researchers and a challenge for journal editors (yet another one...)