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Ahead of #IWD2025 tomorrow, we're spotlighting Dr Chi Eziefula, whose research is driven by the effort to address gaps in knowledge around the female body - and the attendant human rights issues. Read more: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... And look out for an extended interview soon! 👀

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The Sussex Forest Food Garden is a hidden gem on our scenic campus 🌲 But what is it, and how does it feed into sustainability and education at the University? On a sunny afternoon in early March, we went to find out - and helped to plant a nuttery! Watch the full video: vimeo.com/1063183254?s...

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You are warmly invited to the launch of our exhibition, Visualising South Coast Sustainability 👋 Join us next Weds (March 12), 12pm to 2pm, to see how SSRP research is protecting the South Coast environment and imagining sustainable futures. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/ssrp/...

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Get to know our Research Support Coordinator Gofaone Koorapetse! 💚 She plays a vital role behind the scenes at SSRP... but what is Gofaone doing her PhD in? What is her guiding mantra? And most importantly, who are her two favourite authors? Read on: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

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It's #WorldWildlifeDay! 🐻 Our Professor @fionamathews.bsky.social recently returned from her latest research trip to #Ecuador with camera trap images of native wildlife including the Andean Bear, Puma, Tayra and Culpeo. Read about this vital conservation project: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

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Find out a bit about what I do at @sussex.ac.uk here: youtube.com/shorts/I7KAZ... #bears #wildlife #rainforest #conservation

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Dr Joanna Smallwood: "Only by embracing the value of nature can COPs become truly transformative in addressing the biodiversity and climate crises." 💬 With national leaders concluding CBD COP16 negotiations in Rome, our Dr Smallwood evaluates COPs as a vehicle for biodiversity conservation 👇

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Just a few more days to apply for a PhD with me! Use new technologies to study movement and ecology of serotine bats in UK. Evidence can guide future rabies control strategies, helping bats and people. Click on project 'Understanding transmission..' here: www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex... #PhD #bats

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𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠: 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 Recent @sussex.ac.uk graduate Sam Nurney reflects on his experience conducting research for his Masters thesis in Ecuador. ✍️ "It was incredible to witness the collective determination that arises from injustice." www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

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💬 "We are concerned with how education engages students to consider the complexities and uncertainties of environmental sustainability." Read our interview with Dr Perpetua Kirby + Dr Rebecca Webb, who discuss how they embrace uncertainty in sustainability education www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

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Our exhibition, Visualising South Coast Sustainability, opens three weeks from today! 🤩 We'd love to see you at the launch on 12 March, 12pm to 2pm. Please register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/ssrp/... We'll hear from the researchers behind the projects exhibited over tea, coffee + lunch.

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𝐒𝐒𝐑𝐏 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰! 💬 Dr Perpetua Kirby and Dr Rebecca Webb: Sustainability, Uncertainty, and Education 👩‍🏫 Read: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... Our latest interview is with Dr Kirby (left) and Dr Webb (right), who talk about their work engaging young people with sustainability issues.

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After last year's 'Bird Bath' at Brighton Festival, our researchers are now involved in the 'Dawn Chorus Day Ecosocial Breakfast Walk' at the Festival 2025 🌅 The 'early morning sound walk' in Stanmer Park is a Sussex Digital Humanities Lab initiative. More: brightonfestival.org/whats-on/X9W...

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Announcing our new exhibition, Visualising South Coast Sustainability! It showcases vital research which is helping to protect our beautiful South Coast environment. You are warmly invited to the launch on 12 March: app.tickettailor.com/event/ev_517... 👋 The exhib runs from 12 March to 12 April.

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📅 Tomorrow, 12 Feb, 2pm! As part of the SU's 'Climate Justice Week', we're hosting a panel discussion about our project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Join us for what will be a fascinating insight into human rights + environmental justice in this vital region. More: sussexstudent.com/events/id/42...

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Terrific work Alyssa! 💚 Read about the latest findings of the 'Ripple Effect' project, which examines pollution and biodiversity levels in the Upper River Medway, here: project-ripple-effect.co.uk/blog

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On #WomeninScience day, we're highlighting the inspiring work of female SSRP researchers. Dr Valentina Scarponi has led a project examining the recovery of the Sussex inshore ecosystem since a trawling ban in 2021, attracting media coverage from BBC and ITV News: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... 🧵

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There is a real appetite for a Sussex Food Research Network, judging by our well-attended Coffee and Catch Up event last week ☕ If you could not make the meeting but are a Sussex food researcher (from any angle) who wants to be involved in the network, please email us at [email protected] 👋

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We are delighted to welcome Dr Daniel Belik, an anthropologist based in Brazil, as our latest SSRP Visiting Fellow. On 5 Feb, Dr Belik will lead a seminar on land struggles in Western Amazonia, including reflections on Indigenous networks of mobility. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/ssrp/...

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New research from SSRP's Professor @davegoulson.bsky.social and colleagues has found high levels of harmful chemicals from pet flea treatment in bird's nests, endangering unhatched eggs and chicks. Read more below 👇

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📰 Read all about it... our January newsletter includes information on: 🔹 Our 'South Coast Sustainability' exhibition 🔹 Plans for a Food Research Network 🔹 Our latest Visiting Fellow seminar 🔹 Reflections on our workshop on sustainability and young people 🔹 Much more! mailchi.mp/sussex.ac.uk...

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Serotine. One of my favourite #bats! I have a PhD available, using new methods to find serotine roosts and understand movement patterns. Will help to develop a rabies vaccination strategy: a priority for people and bats! Pls share! www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex... @batconservation.bsky.social 🦤🌍🦇

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Calling all Sussex researchers with an interest in food! (As an area of academic study, not generally 😉) Are you interested in being part of a Sussex Food Research Network? 🥗 If so, you're invited to our next Coffee and Catch Up on Feb 5! Please register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/ssrp/...

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How can we engage children and young people with climate change and the environment - and what are the sustainability issues that matter to them? 💚 Our workshop today, hosted with @sussexcircy.bsky.social, addressed these questions. Read more: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

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SSRP research is now on YouTube Shorts 🎬😎 Prof @fionamathews.bsky.social and Dr Valentina Scarponi introduce their sustainability research in the links below, and they'll share some of their findings soon. Prof Mathews: www.youtube.com/shorts/JRv3X... Dr Scarponi: www.youtube.com/shorts/zo7Nh...

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Helllooooo Bluesky 👋 We're the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme at the University of Sussex, and we deliver interdisciplinary research from the South Coast to South America and beyond. This video explains what we do, and why it's so important: vimeo.com/1037847728 Thanks for following!

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