‘This morning the ground was sparkling, with thousands of gritty jewels’ (Elia Micheal)
Whilst Dr Devin Finaughty has been inspiring us with verse and image of local Winterscapes, many of us are very happy that the first month of the year is well behind us. First though, lets celebrate some of Winter Wins.
What is the Economics of Sustainability?
- We kicked off the Spring Term with Professor Madhavi Venkatesan’s talk on Economics of Sustainability. Find out what it means.
Top of the class
- Dr Dario Novellino, Kent Alumnus and Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Bio-cultural Diversity in the School of Anthropology and Conservation has been awarded the 2021 Ostrom Award for Practitioners. Find out more.
- Dr David Roberts’ research suggesting that the first cases of Covid-19 arose earlier than initially reported, was the top news-making paper for PLOS Pathogens in 2021. Read it here.
New research and breakthroughs…
- Dr Tatyana Humle co-authored ‘Using non-human culture in conservation requires careful and concerted action’, a paper that is an intersection between non-human animal culture and conservation. Read more about the careful concerted actions.
- A newly published study co-authored by Dr Simon Black at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, with Kristina Lehocká, Adrian Harland, Ondrej Kadlečík, Radovan Kasarda, Nina Moravčíková evaluates the genealogy and diversity of so-called ‘Moroccan Royal lions’. Read more.
- A multi-disciplinary project hosted by Kent Interdisciplinary Centre for Spatial Studies with Focal Point Gallery shed light on Britain’s largest Waterway at a time when limitations on access loom. Learn more.
- Dr Simon Black produced the first competence framework for Leaders in conservation, following a study drawing upon the experience of hundreds of conservation professionals from around the world. Find out more.
What we’re looking forward to…
- PhD candidate and Herpetologist Steve Allain has been asked to present a talk on the 5th of February at the Herpetofauna Worker’s Meeting on his research investigating the presence and origins of midwife toad populations in Great Britain. Sign up.
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