Hannah D-C
@hannahdcknsn.bsky.social
Geographer, thinking & writing about: oceans, marine biotech, biobanking, illegal wildlife trade & caviar
Simon Research Fellow @uomseed.bsky.social
Secretary of @rgs-agwg.bsky.social
Simon Research Fellow @uomseed.bsky.social
Secretary of @rgs-agwg.bsky.social
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Hannah D-C
@hannahdcknsn.bsky.social
· Oct 8
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
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Our special issue, ‘Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea’ is out!
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Our special issue, ‘Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea’ is out!
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
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We've added a new post by Nils Johansson to our blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation'; originally published as a Snapshot in 'Environment and History'. Check it out here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/11/10/t... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhist #plastic
THE PLASTIC BAG: FROM A MUNDANE SWEDISH INNOVATION TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS
This blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation’, republishes a Snapshot by Nils Johansson, originally published in Environment and Histor…
whitehorsepress.blog
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We've added a new post by Nils Johansson to our blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation'; originally published as a Snapshot in 'Environment and History'. Check it out here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/11/10/t... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhist #plastic
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Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
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AGWG is pleased to offer an annual prize of £100 for the best postgraduate dissertation. In addition, we will announce a Runner-Up prize!
The new deadline for submissions is 30th November 2025.
See more info here: www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/ani...
The new deadline for submissions is 30th November 2025.
See more info here: www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/ani...
Animal Geography Working Group Postgraduate Dissertation Prize — RGS Animal Geographies
The RGS-IBG Animal Geography Working Group (AGWG) is pleased to offer an annual prize of £100 for the best postgraduate dissertation. In addition, we will announce a Runner-Up prize. The new deadlin...
www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
AGWG is pleased to offer an annual prize of £100 for the best postgraduate dissertation. In addition, we will announce a Runner-Up prize!
The new deadline for submissions is 30th November 2025.
See more info here: www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/ani...
The new deadline for submissions is 30th November 2025.
See more info here: www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/ani...
Super excited to be travelling for work again. Happy to visit Algeciras (via Gibraltar) for the first time for the @deepmed.bsky.social ANTHseas, Mednet @easainfo.bsky.social “The Sea Ends Here” workshop. Today kicks off at the European University of the Seas (UofCadiz) campus at Algecrias port 🌊🌊
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Super excited to be travelling for work again. Happy to visit Algeciras (via Gibraltar) for the first time for the @deepmed.bsky.social ANTHseas, Mednet @easainfo.bsky.social “The Sea Ends Here” workshop. Today kicks off at the European University of the Seas (UofCadiz) campus at Algecrias port 🌊🌊
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New article!
“Another ocean is possible”: thinking ocean justice beyond mastery by Chris Armstrong and Antje Scharenberg.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
“Another ocean is possible”: thinking ocean justice beyond mastery by Chris Armstrong and Antje Scharenberg.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
New article!
“Another ocean is possible”: thinking ocean justice beyond mastery by Chris Armstrong and Antje Scharenberg.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
“Another ocean is possible”: thinking ocean justice beyond mastery by Chris Armstrong and Antje Scharenberg.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Are you looking for a postdoc on the environmental politics of conservation in Europe? Amazing opportunity to join the fantastic ERC Green Frontier team and work with @georgeiorda.bsky.social
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Are you looking for a postdoc on the environmental politics of conservation in Europe? Amazing opportunity to join the fantastic ERC Green Frontier team and work with @georgeiorda.bsky.social
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We've posted another new piece ahead of print in 'Environment and History', being Claudia Leal's article 'Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs'; online here: doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist #dogs #mongrels #colombia #latinamerica @eandhwhp.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We've posted another new piece ahead of print in 'Environment and History', being Claudia Leal's article 'Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs'; online here: doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist #dogs #mongrels #colombia #latinamerica @eandhwhp.bsky.social
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Join us for a friendly and informal writing retreat! All the info and sign up details below:
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Join us for a friendly and informal writing retreat! All the info and sign up details below:
Looking for papers to join our panel on 'Animal Waste/Waste Animals' at #POLLEN2026 @pollenetwork.bsky.social
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Looking for papers to join our panel on 'Animal Waste/Waste Animals' at #POLLEN2026 @pollenetwork.bsky.social
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Re-posting this one ahead of the deadline on Friday - CfP on posthuman IR for BISA 2026!
Call for Papers! Excited to be putting together a panel on more-than-human and posthuman IR for the BISA 2026 conference. Deadline Fri 24 Oct - details below. Please reach out with any queries
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Re-posting this one ahead of the deadline on Friday - CfP on posthuman IR for BISA 2026!
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Some ocean clams live hundreds of years, and their growth rings tell a very detailed climate story. Right now, the ending doesn't look good for humanity, with a looming collapse of key ocean currents ...
New Study Shows Disruption of Ocean Currents That Stabilize the Global Climate - Inside Climate News
Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse.
insideclimatenews.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Some ocean clams live hundreds of years, and their growth rings tell a very detailed climate story. Right now, the ending doesn't look good for humanity, with a looming collapse of key ocean currents ...
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Small afternoon rant: we need to stop talking about the ocean in terms of “secrets” & “mystery”. That tends to be an excuse for not actually looking at its wonderful (known) richness properly. It’s not a void… it’s a fascinating physical part of Planet Earth. We know a lot and we will know more! 🌊
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Small afternoon rant: we need to stop talking about the ocean in terms of “secrets” & “mystery”. That tends to be an excuse for not actually looking at its wonderful (known) richness properly. It’s not a void… it’s a fascinating physical part of Planet Earth. We know a lot and we will know more! 🌊
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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New in Area:
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New in Area:
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
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🎯from @petercorkeron.bsky.social conservation efforts have long been a Trojan horse for US strategic/military interests. Now the WH is saying it out loud.
So on the one hand, the Trump admin is talking about $50 million for polar bears in Greenland. Greenland only, not Svalbard, Canada, Russia, US.
While Repubs want to gut the MMPA that protects polar bears in the US
apnews.com/article/seal...
US intelligence using conservation as an excuse
🐳🌍🦑
While Repubs want to gut the MMPA that protects polar bears in the US
apnews.com/article/seal...
US intelligence using conservation as an excuse
🐳🌍🦑
Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50mn for Greenland’s polar bears, $25mn for Nepal's snow leopards
The Trump administration is considering whether to spend up to $50 million in foreign aid to protect polar bears in Greenland and $25 million for snow...
thepeninsulaqatar.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🎯from @petercorkeron.bsky.social conservation efforts have long been a Trojan horse for US strategic/military interests. Now the WH is saying it out loud.
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CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors
Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc
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OnlineFirst - "Dying to breathe: Caste, law and the urban political ecology of manual scavenging in India" by Ambarish Karamchedu:
#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
OnlineFirst - "Dying to breathe: Caste, law and the urban political ecology of manual scavenging in India" by Ambarish Karamchedu:
#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#caste #sanitation #India #urbanpoliticalecology #law
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series.
Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...
Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...
Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive
What hope can be found in encounters with animals in archival documents?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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As Germany demilitarized after World War II, it dumped massive amounts of its leftover munitions into the Baltic Sea.
A recent study has found that some of those submerged weapons, which are still releasing toxic compounds, now host more marine organisms than the sediments around them.
A recent study has found that some of those submerged weapons, which are still releasing toxic compounds, now host more marine organisms than the sediments around them.
Marine life are thriving on Nazi missile debris in the Baltic Sea: Study
As Germany demilitarized after World War II, it dumped massive amounts of its leftover munitions into the Baltic Sea. A recent study has found that some of those submerged weapons, which are still…
news.mongabay.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
As Germany demilitarized after World War II, it dumped massive amounts of its leftover munitions into the Baltic Sea.
A recent study has found that some of those submerged weapons, which are still releasing toxic compounds, now host more marine organisms than the sediments around them.
A recent study has found that some of those submerged weapons, which are still releasing toxic compounds, now host more marine organisms than the sediments around them.
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Really looking forward to co-hosting this panel at #POLLEN2026 with @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social and Larissa Fleischmann - we'd love to see your abstract submissions!
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
October 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Really looking forward to co-hosting this panel at #POLLEN2026 with @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social and Larissa Fleischmann - we'd love to see your abstract submissions!
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The call for abstracts for POLLEN 2026 is open 🌟 Leigh-Rutt, Assa Doron & I have a panel on *Political Ecologies of Animal Agriculture* - details are here along with instructions for submitting abstracts. If this is in your zone, consider submitting an abstract!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
P025: Political ecologies of animal agriculture: methods, storytelling, and convergences
We expect 3-5 presentations of apprx 12 mins each plus time for discussion.
nomadit.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The call for abstracts for POLLEN 2026 is open 🌟 Leigh-Rutt, Assa Doron & I have a panel on *Political Ecologies of Animal Agriculture* - details are here along with instructions for submitting abstracts. If this is in your zone, consider submitting an abstract!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
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The #POLLEN2026 prelim program looks amazing! With that in mind, John Casellas Connors and I are going to be looking for paper submissions for our accepted session "Critical engagements in necropolitical ecologies" -check it out!
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The #POLLEN2026 prelim program looks amazing! With that in mind, John Casellas Connors and I are going to be looking for paper submissions for our accepted session "Critical engagements in necropolitical ecologies" -check it out!
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...
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Victor Hensen coined the term "Plankton" in 1887. By 1910 it was an industry (still is)! Steuer's book ran 722 pages!
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Victor Hensen coined the term "Plankton" in 1887. By 1910 it was an industry (still is)! Steuer's book ran 722 pages!