Professor of Conservation & Society and Director of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership at the University of Cambridgehttps://bsky.app/profile/csandbrook.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/csandbrook.bsky.social/post/3lquhpehgsc2jI had a great afternoon at the @rgsibg.bsky.social collecting the Cuthbert Peek award. The whole event was fantastic - a really inspiring group of prize winners who are advancing geography in so many ways, including student projects, teachers, researchers, civil servants and those doing outreach.05 Jun 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:l3dwcbff72yaibdscy6ythio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquhpehgsc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/csandbrook.bsky.social/post/3lozvjc2ues2c9 months waiting for UK gov action on the HE funding crisis and what we get is a tax on international student fees, which are currently keeping the entire sector afloat. Labour are bending the knee to the far right at the expense of all the benefits we get from thriving universities. So frustrating!13 May 2025 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:l3dwcbff72yaibdscy6ythio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lozvjc2ues2chttps://bsky.app/profile/csandbrook.bsky.social/post/3lo3w4zvij227I just realised Paul Simon's song The Boy in the Bubble (1986) has a verse about the Nature FinTech sector in 2025: "And I believe These are the days of lasers in the jungle Lasers in the jungle somewhere Staccato signals of constant information A loose affiliation of millionaires And billionaires"01 May 2025 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:l3dwcbff72yaibdscy6ythio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo3w4zvij227https://bsky.app/profile/csandbrook.bsky.social/post/3lfjw2qav7k27Impeccable timing George! But an important and interesting post nonetheless [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2025 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:l3dwcbff72yaibdscy6ythio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfjw2qav7k27https://bsky.app/profile/csandbrook.bsky.social/post/3lcwzizbjks2xI'm delighted to have a co-authored chapter (with Bill Adams & Emma Tait) in this fantastic new book. Congrats to the whole @digicologies.bsky.social team for taking the lead on theorising digitally-mediated human–nonhuman entanglements. This field is going to be a wild ride over the coming years... [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2024 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:l3dwcbff72yaibdscy6ythio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcwzizbjks2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/csandbrook.bsky.social/post/3lbxqb3bris23Digital technologies such as camera traps, drones and acoustic monitors have incredible conservation value as tools to collect data for improved decision making. However, they come with risks for people - particularly if human data are collected, either accidentally (human bycatch) or deliberately.27 Nov 2024 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:l3dwcbff72yaibdscy6ythio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxqb3bris23