Researcher- Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University. Interested in social-ecological systems, participatory research and anything fluffy.
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Joined November 2015
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Our new review paper on Indigenous futures thinking: how Indigenous leadership & perspectives are shaping innovative solutions to social-ecological challenges. We highlight futures methods/ approaches, bring together diverse terminology, & ID strengths rdcu.be/d6a4U
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Are you passionate about advancing resilience? 🌍
Join us for an info session on the next round of Southern African Resilience Academy working groups. Don't miss this chance to network & co-produce policy & practice-relevant knowledge!
🗓️2 Oct, 1pm CAT
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Submit a proposal for a working group in the Southern African Resilience Academy: an exciting opportunity to form new partnerships, build skills & generate policy-and practice relevant knowledge. Support for meeting & comms. Due 31 October, more info at: globalresiliencepartnership.…
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It's the final day to submit your abstracts to the Southern African Resilience Academy's Knowledge Exchange. Theme of the Exchange: "Connecting research, policy and practice for social-ecological resilience". Visit saraknowledge.co.za for info.
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‼️ Abstracts are due on 7 June!
Join SARA from 10-12 July for a Knowledge Exchange to unpack the latest thinking on "Connecting research, policy, and practice for social-ecological resilience" from across the southern African region.
🔗 bit.ly/3VxtCIh @CST_SU
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Abstract deadline for the Southern African Resilience Academy's Knowledge Exchange has been extended to 7 June 2024. Share your knowledge on the theme of "Connecting research, policy and practice for social-ecological resilience". Info can be found at lnkd.in/drgiFZzP
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📌 Join the Southern African Resilience Academy (SARA) from 10-12 July for a Knowledge Exchange to unpack the latest thinking on "Connecting research, policy, and practice for social-ecological resilience" from across the southern African region.
🔗 bit.ly/3UWABKn
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🎉 We are thrilled to welcome Julia van Velden to our team as a Researcher for Evidence-based Resilience. She leads the Southern African Resilience Academy (SARA), and she was part of the SARA working group we are featuring on social media this week.
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Per the request of some of my African @InsideNatGeo colleagues, I've created a living document of fellowships, scholarships, & grants for which African nationals are eligible. Please add to this document and share widely. tinyurl.com/AfricanFellowshi…
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Our new paper which envisions new futures for #InvasiveAlienSpecies, and provides a set of actions to achieve them, is now out in Sustainability Science.
Take a look!
link.springer.com/article/10…
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"An under-appreciated strategy to achieve success comes from bottom-up, experimental innovations (so-called “seeds”), which offer alternative visions of what may be possible in the future" link.springer.com/article/10… Kudos @TanjaHichert
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We are seeking proposals to the Special Feature “Achieving sustainable and equitable consumption of wild meat' from a range of disciplines, including nutrition and food, health, conservation, law, development, and behavioural change.
Find out more here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
With the new @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies report just released, it is clearer than ever that we need to reimagine how we think about the future of IAS management. Check out our exciting new paper, which uses the @SeedsGA framing to do this!
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with @OonsieBiggs @TanjaHichert @esler_karen @SthAfricanVoice @NicolaWilgen @DaveRichSBosch and others
@CST_SU @MatiesResearch
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A slight departure from fire and savanna ecology, here's our paper on African Penguins. Investigating the changes in potential nesting habitats off the coast of Southern Africa over the last 22 000 years
@ClimateSchoolSU @vonderHeydenlab @MatiesResearch
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2…
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Join us this Thurs at 3:30pm for the launch of the new website on Social-Ecological Systems research methods. Featuring videos by leading researchers, this website aims to make learning about SES research methods accessible for all.
More here: bit.ly/3SNifYk #sesmethods
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What are approaches to teach social-ecological systems methods? The new #PECSWorkingGroup on SES methods training resources led by @ForceCT & @juliavanvel will critically evaluate & prepare teaching material. Learn more here: bitly.ws/tLrA (JH)
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Fiji’s Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama at #COP26:
"We Pacific nations have not travelled to the other end of the world to watch our future to be sacrificed at the altar of appeasement of the world's worst emitters."