A close up image of the head of a Ring-necked Parakeet showing its bright green plumage and red bill. Wording alongside reads: Origin of the UK’s Ring-necked Parakeets finally revealed!

1/ Forget tales of escapees from the film set of The African Queen. Ignore rumours of Jimi Hendrix’s supposed liberation of a pair on Carnaby Street. Newly declassified documents from the Ministry Of Defence reveal how Ring-necked Parakeets colonised the UK through Operation Norwegian Blue! 😮 🪶

Great programme!

MSCA PF at the University of Rijeka 2026 | UNIRI The University of Rijeka (UNIRI), a modern European university in Croatia, is looking for motivated postdoctoral researchers (Postdocs) for the Marie-Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF)...

Considering an MSCA application?

UniRi launched the MSCA support scheme for this year, details are in the link. Good chances as we have both the ERA widening fellowship and national support for projects that get the seal of excellence.

Please share and/or get in touch!

uniri.hr/en/vijesti/m...

Please spend some time with this incredibly moving website containing the obituaries of 84 Gazan scholars who were killed during the genocide. The list is still growing as the builders of the website continue to collect information and testimonies. Share it widely:

rememberinggazascholars.org

Come work with us! Tenure track position for development economics + postcolonial political economy, feminist economics, critical macrofinance. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
@univie.ac.at @divdececon.bsky.social
@econ4future.bsky.social @econgeo.bsky.social @economicethics.bsky.social

Multispecies Mutualisms - Join Our Research Team! We’re hiring 4 Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRAs) In this video, members of the team share insights into four exciting PDRA opportunities currently available. If you are ready to take the next s...

1/ Calling all ECRS - we have 4x 3 year post docs on Multispecies Mutualisms working with us at Sheffield. Don't want to read through all the stuff to work out if its right for you? Here is a short video explainer 🎥
digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk/media/Multis...

How are youth in SE Europe moving from "Margins to Makers"?

RECAS Fellow Aleksandra Bajde's project examines youth-led ecological imaginaries in Belgrade & Ljubljana. Her work shows how art & music reclaim democratic agency under precarity.
recas.info/fellows/
#RECAS_SEE #YouthAgency #AcademicSky

As always, this took a small village and I'm extremely grateful to mentors, friends, and old colleagues, to new colleagues at UNIRI, and to the Croatian 'returning scientists' scheme that made this possible. And now? Come visit me in Rijeka :)

The image shows a woman (me), kneeling on the floor and petting a very cute brown dog.

First day as an Assoc. Prof. at @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social — complete with Bura, the most adorable office puppy.

It feels a bit surreal to end my long chain of post-docs, but I'm happy and excited to work where I live and contribute to something more permanent. Also, have I mentioned the dog? 🤩

Postdoc position focusing on the visions of political change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Charles University, Prague

We are looking for candidates who either hold PhD degree or are finishing their doctoral studies to join the project’s team, starting between spring and fall 2026

Enrollment for Two New Minors is Open! | UNIRI Minor in Political Transformations (30 ECTS) War, migration, disinformation, climate collapse, and democratic erosion are reshaping politics worldwide. The Minor in Political Transformations explores…

Enrolment is open for the new English-taught Minor in Political Transformations at Uni Rijeka. We explore political change through the rule of law, IR, social theory, and engaged democracy, with a hands-on Challenge module. Apply by 31/01. Feel free to get in touch!

uniri.hr/en/vijesti/e...

📣 Anyone working on creative methods in political research and attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2026 next year? We are looking for another participant in our roundtable on zine-making and creative methods as part of @cawpbisa.bsky.social if it sounds like you - please get in touch ASAP!

I 100% believe in you!

CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026:

Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories.

Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher

More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...

We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!

🗓️ 14 Nov | 15:00–17:00 CET - Upcoming Pathways Forum, Far-right ecologies: what challenges for sustainability science? The webinar explores how far-right ecologisms are reshaping sustainability science. www.tickettailor.com/events/futur...
#FutureEarth #PathwaysForum #SustainabilityScience

In her "Empire, Environment, and the Judson Legacy: Reflections from the first Central European History Convention in Vienna," Daša Ličen discusses the most exciting work at the July Convention that reframed thinking about power, empire, + money beyond the man-nature binary. cehc.hypotheses.org/270

It's available open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The image shows the text of the article abstract, available in this link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08883254251375371

I'm taking a wee break from work, but this article that I really enjoyed working on is published. It will be part of a great SI edited by Ivan Rajković and Jelena Vasiljević. I hope it contributes to the growing interest in human-nature politics in Yugoslavia.

We are very excited to share the CfP for the Pollen26 conference in Barcelona (29 June-3 July) and invite submissions to our panel: Political ecologies of wildfires in Mediterranean Climate Zones: Beyond the Firefighting Trap

nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...

Burnout, inequality, digital overload, and climate precarity are reshaping how we live and work. Are we better workers when we're burned out, or has that become the "new normal"? Explore these and many other real-world challenges in our new UNIRI & YUFE Minor: Work and Wellbeing.

My brain actually hurts from the first photo. If anyone can point me to the politically correct elites who are ‘the establishment’ in Croatia, I’m happy to establish.

It's totally a chant against the establishment elites, who just coincidentally turned up to enthusiastically chant it as well and to take photos with the person leading the chant.

Čestitam i naručujem :) Nadam se da si lijepo proslavila!

My article finally has an issue! A lot has changed in Serbia since I submitted this in 2021, but my point remains: young people are capable political actors who have their own ideas of what the future should look like.

eat interesting things and report back :)

Call for Pitches: Bodies of the Balkans

We’re looking for nonfiction—of any length or form—that dives into the many meanings and manifestations of embodiment in and of the Balkans.

Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24:

www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials