Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.

The Drain of Scientific Publishing

The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...

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#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live. What happens now is a vital part of the preparation Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction. Please spread the word. shorturl.at/fCGhB

Calling all scholars with expertise in the Middle East and Africa! Interested in joining us at the School of International Relations at St Andrews? If so, check out these (permanent) posts: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

OnlineFirst - "‘Mine the volume’: Excess and the voluminous ecological politics of capitalist frontiers" by @yolandaariadne.bsky.social, @theoreevesevison.bsky.social, @materialbarlow.bsky.social, and @lydcole.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

‘Mine the volume’: Excess and the voluminous ecological politics of capitalist frontiers - Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Theo Reeves-Evison, Matt Barlow, Lydia E.S. Cole, 2025

Mining frontiers are moving ever further beyond Earth's surface, as new subterranean realms, the seafloor, the atmosphere and outer space increasingly come...

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As the search for #criticalminerals ramps up, mining is expanding further beyond the Earth's surface. Read about how mining builds on colonial governance strategies and reshapes Amazon, deep-sea, and outer space environments in our latest paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #MineTheVolume

(Late post) Forests of Refuge was now officially out in the world! Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change.

Thank you for this careful and thoughtful review of my book @darmenteras.bsky.social. Made my week! journals.lww.com/coas/fulltex...

Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in ... : Conservation and Society

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"Until the power structure that disadvantages Indigenous and other historically marginalised groups changes, the negative effects of developing technologies to “save” the planet will continue to disproportionately burden these groups"

As renewable energy demand rises, mining for minerals in the Amazon is at a critical point

Mining operations can damage both communities and the natural world. Yet, the demand for critical minerals to supply the renewable energy industry is rising.

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My new paper with Rob Fletcher, titled 'From Green to Black: A Voluminous Political Ecology of the Extraction–Conservation Nexus' was just published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers! Check it out open access here: t.co/XrxAFg63Vj

(Late post) Forests of Refuge was now officially out in the world! Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change.

Starting off the new year with a new publication! My article in Political Geography Journal asks, ‘how are roughly five centuries of colonial history in the Guiana Shield (especially Guyana and Suriname) impacting water availability on the other side of the South American continent?’

My wonderful colleague Ariadne Collins is now here. Follow her @yolandaariadne.bsky.social for postcolonial environmental research. She has a new book coming out: "Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance" Polisky 👇 www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...

Forests of Refuge

Forests of Refuge questions the effectiveness of market-based policies that govern forests in the interest of mitigating climate change. Yolanda Ariadne Collins interrogates the most ambitious global ...

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