Kate Helmstedt
@katehelmstedt.bsky.social
Maths, models, and decision science for biodiversity conservation. Professor of mathematics. Lead QUT Applied Mathematical Ecology Group, CI in @arcsaef.bsky.social
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How long should we be investing in technology development for ecosystem conservation? When should we divert our funding to other conservation actions? We try to answer these questions with POMDPs: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@katehelmstedt.bsky.social @matthew-p-adams.bsky.social and Iadine Chades.
@katehelmstedt.bsky.social @matthew-p-adams.bsky.social and Iadine Chades.
Developing new technologies to protect ecosystems: Planning with adaptive management | PNAS
Technology development is an essential investment for policymakers to address contemporary
global crises, including climate change, biodiversity lo...
www.pnas.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
How long should we be investing in technology development for ecosystem conservation? When should we divert our funding to other conservation actions? We try to answer these questions with POMDPs: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@katehelmstedt.bsky.social @matthew-p-adams.bsky.social and Iadine Chades.
@katehelmstedt.bsky.social @matthew-p-adams.bsky.social and Iadine Chades.
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Ooh arXiv paper from @matthholden.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social about embedding sustainability in undergraduate maths with case studies 👀 Looks very actionable!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07594
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07594
Embedding Sustainability in Undergraduate Mathematics with Actionable Case Studies
There is a growing need to integrate sustainability into tertiary mathematics education given the urgency of addressing global environmental challenges. This paper presents four case studies from Aust...
arxiv.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ooh arXiv paper from @matthholden.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social about embedding sustainability in undergraduate maths with case studies 👀 Looks very actionable!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07594
arxiv.org/abs/2508.07594
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Job alert: 2.75 -3 yr postdoc in Mathematical ecology/epidemiology or Decision Sci at the University of Queensland on the value of information for decisions with @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social Katriona Shea & myself #MathSky 🌍 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... please share
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mathematical Ecology and Environmental Decision Science
School of Mathematics and Physics Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 2 years and 9 months with the possibility up to 3 years, depending on funding availability. Base salary will be in the range ...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Job alert: 2.75 -3 yr postdoc in Mathematical ecology/epidemiology or Decision Sci at the University of Queensland on the value of information for decisions with @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social Katriona Shea & myself #MathSky 🌍 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... please share
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What information is most useful to make better decisions based on a model? @katehelmstedt.bsky.social explains how Value of Information can inform which marine invasive species should be monitored in Antarctica AND which uncertainties in our ecosystem models should we be resolving? #ICCB2025
June 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
What information is most useful to make better decisions based on a model? @katehelmstedt.bsky.social explains how Value of Information can inform which marine invasive species should be monitored in Antarctica AND which uncertainties in our ecosystem models should we be resolving? #ICCB2025
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🚨 Datavis Job Alert! 🚨
Permanent Senior Lectureship in Data Visualization.
Exciting opportunity to join us @ giCentre, London to teach & research #datavis including our £11m Centre for Doctoral Training in Visualization.
Feel free to DM for informal chat.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Permanent Senior Lectureship in Data Visualization.
Exciting opportunity to join us @ giCentre, London to teach & research #datavis including our £11m Centre for Doctoral Training in Visualization.
Feel free to DM for informal chat.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Details | City St George's, University of London
Details of job vacancy at City St George's,, University of London
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚨 Datavis Job Alert! 🚨
Permanent Senior Lectureship in Data Visualization.
Exciting opportunity to join us @ giCentre, London to teach & research #datavis including our £11m Centre for Doctoral Training in Visualization.
Feel free to DM for informal chat.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
Permanent Senior Lectureship in Data Visualization.
Exciting opportunity to join us @ giCentre, London to teach & research #datavis including our £11m Centre for Doctoral Training in Visualization.
Feel free to DM for informal chat.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...
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Strength to all trans women today. The bigots are out in force, but always remember their hate says everything about them not you. Trans women are women, and a bigot is always a bigot.
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Strength to all trans women today. The bigots are out in force, but always remember their hate says everything about them not you. Trans women are women, and a bigot is always a bigot.
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The US has three bases in Antarctica. Besides the important science done there, they're a proxy for geopolitical power. China just built its fifth base in Antarctica, so if the US pulls back, guess who will take over?
Does US science have a future in Antarctica? Trump cuts threaten to cancel fieldwork and more
Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been reduced, and the agency faces steeper cuts soon.
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The US has three bases in Antarctica. Besides the important science done there, they're a proxy for geopolitical power. China just built its fifth base in Antarctica, so if the US pulls back, guess who will take over?
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A player who has shared the most votes with a jury member is ~37% more likely to get their vote. And more votes, more likely. At this stage, Kaelan has the highest jury favorability, and Myles is critically low.
This is a strong indicator, but not deterministic. A few more things 🧵 1/
#SurvivorAU
This is a strong indicator, but not deterministic. A few more things 🧵 1/
#SurvivorAU
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A player who has shared the most votes with a jury member is ~37% more likely to get their vote. And more votes, more likely. At this stage, Kaelan has the highest jury favorability, and Myles is critically low.
This is a strong indicator, but not deterministic. A few more things 🧵 1/
#SurvivorAU
This is a strong indicator, but not deterministic. A few more things 🧵 1/
#SurvivorAU
We're hosting an early International Women in Maths Day event in Brisbane next Monday - come hang out and eat lunch. All genders welcome, but you gotta like maths and women killing it. Research talks from women, professional development discussions, free food smp.uq.edu.au/event/sessio....
International Women in Mathematics Day 2025
smp.uq.edu.au
March 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We're hosting an early International Women in Maths Day event in Brisbane next Monday - come hang out and eat lunch. All genders welcome, but you gotta like maths and women killing it. Research talks from women, professional development discussions, free food smp.uq.edu.au/event/sessio....
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The total Australian Research Council budget is $1bn.
Always remember - budgets are about choices
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The total Australian Research Council budget is $1bn.
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
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Job alert: 3 Aotearoa New Zealand Postdoctoral fellowships in complex systems www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2025/03/07/p...
Postdoctoral fellowships in complex systems
We're looking for three postdoctoral fellows to join our newly created Modelling for Impact Hub.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
March 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Job alert: 3 Aotearoa New Zealand Postdoctoral fellowships in complex systems www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2025/03/07/p...
We introduce a method to quantify how extreme events affect ecosystem function and services. Paper out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social - very fitting on a day that Cyclone Alfred is looming off the coast of my city!
Thanks to @natureecoevo.bsky.social & the reviewers for the great process and highlighting this work in a News & Views: Effects of extreme events on nature’s benefits to people www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We introduce a method to quantify how extreme events affect ecosystem function and services. Paper out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social - very fitting on a day that Cyclone Alfred is looming off the coast of my city!
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Brief interruption in my/our doom scrolling/posting to share a paper I'm really proud of that has taken almost a decade with the very patient @exconomist.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social P. Reich, S. Polasky & K. Boersma
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n
Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A generalizable, functional-trait-based approach for quantifying the effects of disturbances to ecosystem services and economic outcomes, including under climate change, highlights the need for incorp...
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Brief interruption in my/our doom scrolling/posting to share a paper I'm really proud of that has taken almost a decade with the very patient @exconomist.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social P. Reich, S. Polasky & K. Boersma
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n
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For a long time I've joked that Antony Green is immortal and will never retire.
He is sharp, fast, funny, and it has been such a privilege to have a front row seat to the master at work for so long.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
He is sharp, fast, funny, and it has been such a privilege to have a front row seat to the master at work for so long.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Legendary ABC chief election analyst Antony Green to step down
The ABC's 2025 federal election coverage will be the last to feature Antony Green AO in an on-air role, with the chief election analyst stepping down after more than 30 years.
www.abc.net.au
February 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For a long time I've joked that Antony Green is immortal and will never retire.
He is sharp, fast, funny, and it has been such a privilege to have a front row seat to the master at work for so long.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
He is sharp, fast, funny, and it has been such a privilege to have a front row seat to the master at work for so long.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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This week the ARC should release Expressions of Interest outcomes for Discovery Projects.
Should be Wed–Fri. They’re not public, so my bot cannot track them.
The ARC should email applicants, and maybe tweet(?), to say outcomes are available in RMS.
Should be Wed–Fri. They’re not public, so my bot cannot track them.
The ARC should email applicants, and maybe tweet(?), to say outcomes are available in RMS.
February 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This week the ARC should release Expressions of Interest outcomes for Discovery Projects.
Should be Wed–Fri. They’re not public, so my bot cannot track them.
The ARC should email applicants, and maybe tweet(?), to say outcomes are available in RMS.
Should be Wed–Fri. They’re not public, so my bot cannot track them.
The ARC should email applicants, and maybe tweet(?), to say outcomes are available in RMS.
Yess this conference in Nepal is going to be awesome. Maths, environment, natural resources, lots of biodiversity conservation focus. Can’t wait
The Emerging Scholar Keynote Award winner at the World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling is @kleshnina.bsky.social, for her impressive research in game theoretic modeling of social-environmental systems. A must-see talk in Nepal. Submit your abstract 👉 resourcemodeling.org/wcnrm2025-ka....
WCNRM#2025 Kathmandu, Nepal - Resource Modeling Association
resourcemodeling.org
February 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yess this conference in Nepal is going to be awesome. Maths, environment, natural resources, lots of biodiversity conservation focus. Can’t wait
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Another one for important work on climate change and its effects (presumably on the Great Barrier Reef), Luz V. Pascal from Queensland University of Technology presents: "When does non-stationarity matter for threatened ecosystems?"
#ANZIAM2025
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#ANZIAM2025
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February 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Another one for important work on climate change and its effects (presumably on the Great Barrier Reef), Luz V. Pascal from Queensland University of Technology presents: "When does non-stationarity matter for threatened ecosystems?"
#ANZIAM2025
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#ANZIAM2025
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Congratulations @kleshnina.bsky.social!! The award every academic in the room was vying for. The students were right - her talk on game theory, resilience, and inequality was impressive. Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Congratulations @kleshnina.bsky.social!! The award every academic in the room was vying for. The students were right - her talk on game theory, resilience, and inequality was impressive. Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Next for Tuesday's #ANZIAM2025 is Grace Robinson from Queensland University of Technology: "Balancing competing priorities: optimising land usage allocation"
Mmm, practical optimisation! The type of optimisation I like!
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Mmm, practical optimisation! The type of optimisation I like!
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February 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Next for Tuesday's #ANZIAM2025 is Grace Robinson from Queensland University of Technology: "Balancing competing priorities: optimising land usage allocation"
Mmm, practical optimisation! The type of optimisation I like!
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Mmm, practical optimisation! The type of optimisation I like!
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We can all go back to knowing ARC grant outcomes within 17 seconds of them being posted, thank god
I’ve now activated my “bot posts only” account on Bluesky: @arc-tracker-bot.bsky.social
That account will repost only my bot’s posts, i.e. outcomes & #ARCSenateOrder announcements.
Combined with the separate phone app👇, it can be used to get a notification when the ARC makes those announcements.
That account will repost only my bot’s posts, i.e. outcomes & #ARCSenateOrder announcements.
Combined with the separate phone app👇, it can be used to get a notification when the ARC makes those announcements.
The @bluenotify.app app does push notifications when a specific user posts:
🔹Follow @arc-tracker-bot.bsky.social
🔹Get BlueNotify & add your BSky account in “Settings”.
🔹Add @arc-tracker-bot.bsky.social in “Edit Notifications” & select “Post” & “Repost”.
BlueNotify is open source. Seems to work!
🔹Follow @arc-tracker-bot.bsky.social
🔹Get BlueNotify & add your BSky account in “Settings”.
🔹Add @arc-tracker-bot.bsky.social in “Edit Notifications” & select “Post” & “Repost”.
BlueNotify is open source. Seems to work!
February 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We can all go back to knowing ARC grant outcomes within 17 seconds of them being posted, thank god
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Yep, when you hear that mining is huge, remember they mean the profits are huge...
The Hospitality industry pays more wages to Australians than does mining.
The Hospitality industry pays more wages to Australians than does mining.
January 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Yep, when you hear that mining is huge, remember they mean the profits are huge...
The Hospitality industry pays more wages to Australians than does mining.
The Hospitality industry pays more wages to Australians than does mining.
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The Palisades fire in LA overlaid on a map of central London. calmatters.org/environment/...
January 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Palisades fire in LA overlaid on a map of central London. calmatters.org/environment/...