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(as scientists)", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/12/15/lets-get-political-as-scientists/", "published_at": "2019-12-15T09:40:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a8526111d", "title": "What is a research discipline? We need collaboration, not segregation", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/11/12/what-is-a-research-discipline-we-need-collaboration-not-segregation/", "published_at": "2019-11-12T09:52:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a854cc20a", "title": "Bees and meat consumption: a spurious correlation", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/10/31/bees-and-meat-consumption-a-spurious-correlation/", "published_at": "2019-10-31T08:52:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a8596b4e5", "title": "Book Review: The Last Butterflies", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/10/11/book-review-the-last-butterflies/", "published_at": "2019-10-11T04:12:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a869066f7", "title": "Happy 10th birthday to Ecology is not a Dirty Word!", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/10/06/happy-10th-birthday-to-ecology-is-not-a-dirty-word/", "published_at": "2019-10-06T07:52:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a877777b8", "title": "How damaging is sexy soundbite scicomm?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/09/23/how-damaging-is-sexy-soundbite-scicomm/", "published_at": "2019-09-23T01:31:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a885b9d3c", "title": "Is boycotting peer review reasonable?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/09/07/is-boycotting-peer-review-reasonable/", "published_at": "2019-09-07T10:14:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a88cc67e8", "title": "System Solutions: sustainable agriculture is about ecological interactions", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/08/15/system-solutions-sustainable-agriculture-is-about-ecological-interactions/", "published_at": "2019-08-15T09:41:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a892383b2", "title": "What is a species? Philosophy, Science and Scicomm", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/07/23/what-is-a-species-philosophy-science-and-scicomm/", "published_at": "2019-07-23T12:22:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a8a1fbd5b", "title": "The windscreen phenomenon: anecdata is not scientific evidence", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/07/07/the-windscreen-phenomenon-anecdata-is-not-scientific-evidence/", "published_at": "2019-07-07T11:22:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-995b-7282-9bef-907a8aeac910", "title": "The real Tinkerbell: don’t mess with these tiny fairy wasps", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/07/05/the-real-tinkerbell-dont-mess-with-these-tiny-fairy-wasps/", "published_at": "2019-07-05T04:09:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c27e572e6", "title": "Agriculture vs. Environment: another false dichotomy", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/06/30/agriculture-vs-environment-another-false-dichotomy/", "published_at": "2019-06-30T11:18:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c27f9ed26", "title": "Times have changed: dealing with dodgy science in the internet age", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/06/02/times-have-changed-dealing-with-dodgy-science-in-the-internet-age/", "published_at": "2019-06-02T09:40:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c2863c8e9", "title": "Notre Dame vs. Nature: on why valuing nature is a challenge we need to face", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/05/08/notre-dame-vs-nature-on-why-valuing-nature-is-a-challenge-we-need-to-face/", "published_at": "2019-05-08T10:37:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c288a0ce6", "title": "Insect apocalypse: no simple answers", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/04/20/insect-apocalypse-no-simple-answers/", "published_at": "2019-04-20T07:30:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c288d728a", "title": "Bees in her eyes: lost in translation or fake news?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/04/12/bees-in-her-eyes-lost-in-translation-or-fake-news/", "published_at": "2019-04-12T07:18:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c29538507", "title": "Roosting insects: avoiding predators, or just after a cosy nap?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/04/02/roosting-insects-avoiding-predators-or-just-after-a-cosy-nap/", "published_at": "2019-04-02T09:15:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c29b3d7ea", "title": "New paper: using network analysis to understand ecosystem function in agricultural landscapes", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/03/28/new-paper-using-network-analysis-to-understand-ecosystem-function-in-agricultural-landscapes/", "published_at": "2019-03-28T07:08:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c2a27895c", "title": "Why I posted my first preprint", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/03/09/why-i-posted-my-first-preprint/", "published_at": "2019-03-09T09:49:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c2aafa781", "title": "Bogong moths: pest, icon, or just another insect species we know very little about?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/03/04/bogong-moths-pest-icon-or-just-another-insect-species-we-know-very-little-about/", "published_at": "2019-03-04T05:29:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-4c72-7149-9ec9-465c2ae90647", "title": "Insectageddon is a great story. But what are the facts?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/02/16/insectageddon-is-a-great-story-but-what-are-the-facts/", "published_at": "2019-02-16T10:50:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592853d534", "title": "More women and girls in ecology and environmental science careers", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/02/11/more-women-and-girls-in-ecology-and-environmental-science-careers/", "published_at": "2019-02-11T08:09:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-015929066762", "title": "Two new co-authored papers", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/02/07/two-new-co-authored-papers/", "published_at": "2019-02-07T04:48:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592995948a", "title": "A community of solitary hymenopterans", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/01/27/a-community-of-solitary-hymenopterans/", "published_at": "2019-01-27T10:33:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-015929c02769", "title": "My first 12 months as a journal editor", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/01/20/my-first-12-months-as-a-journal-editor/", "published_at": "2019-01-20T10:42:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592abaa303", "title": "2018’s Word of the Year…a guide for 2019", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2019/01/03/2018s-word-of-the-year/", "published_at": "2019-01-03T09:47:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592b90880d", "title": "Australia’s threatened insects", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/12/11/australias-threatened-insects/", "published_at": "2018-12-11T09:08:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592c288238", "title": "Moving country is rewarding; but you don’t have to do it to have a successful research career", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/12/06/moving-country-is-rewarding-but-you-dont-have-to-do-it-to-have-a-successful-research-career/", "published_at": "2018-12-06T10:18:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592c3321c7", "title": "Don’t, don’t…believe the hype!", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/11/08/dont-dontbelieve-the-hype/", "published_at": "2018-11-08T09:38:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592c627774", "title": "Insect declines: pay attention", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/10/17/insect-declines-pay-attention/", "published_at": "2018-10-17T09:45:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-a144-7336-87e1-01592d5dbcdd", "title": "How to choose a framing narrative for scientific papers", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/10/04/how-to-choose-a-framing-narrative-for-scientific-papers/", "published_at": "2018-10-04T11:56:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26d830666c", "title": "Nature’s sugar shack", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/09/16/natures-sugar-shack/", "published_at": "2018-09-16T08:10:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26d8e76b24", "title": "Honey by any other name…", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/09/07/honey-by-any-other-name/", "published_at": "2018-09-07T07:29:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26d9e43a5d", "title": "The research niche in academic community ecology", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/09/02/the-research-niche-in-academic-community-ecology/", "published_at": "2018-09-02T08:55:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26dad0ad14", "title": "Evidence-based Half Earth", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/08/14/evidence-based-half-earth/", "published_at": "2018-08-14T11:32:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26db80f447", "title": "Book Review: Why Ecology Matters", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/07/29/book-review-why-ecology-matters/", "published_at": "2018-07-29T07:23:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26dbdd5663", "title": "Entomologising", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/07/26/entomologising/", "published_at": "2018-07-26T09:17:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26dc4a39a6", "title": "Sugar teaspoons for bees and science communication", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/07/14/sugar-teaspoons-for-bees-and-science-communication/", "published_at": "2018-07-14T12:18:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26dc88cb4f", "title": "How do you review a conceptual paper?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/06/21/how-do-you-review-a-conceptual-paper/", "published_at": "2018-06-21T12:03:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26dcdd5ef1", "title": "Bumblebees are frequent flyers – what are the impacts?", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/06/20/bumblebees-are-frequent-flyers-what-are-the-impacts/", "published_at": "2018-06-20T11:06:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-f1aa-726a-8a96-6b26dd068aaa", "title": "The Importance of Surveying Pollinators Across Various Environmental Conditions", "url": "https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2018/06/17/the-importance-of-surveying-pollinators-across-various-environmental-conditions/", "published_at": "2018-06-17T07:18:01+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Scholarship, authorship and genAI: claim your work!original ↗
4 Sept 2026
The windscreen phenomenon is misinformationoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
Equity, Ethics, and genAI in Academiaoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2026
How my academic life changed after I had my first childoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2026

2025

New paper: science denial, insect apocalypse and biodiversity lossoriginal ↗
17 May 2025

2024

New data published on post-fire recovery of threatened plantsoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2024
Shape shifting at the research career crossroadsoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2024
AI and Insect SciCommoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2024
Social media declines and the academic blogosphereoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2024
Spiders, SciComm and Body Butteroriginal ↗
5 Jan 2024

2023

Mental health and wellbeing effects of the academic grant treadmilloriginal ↗
10 Nov 2023
How can academia support diverse travel choices?original ↗
15 Sept 2023
What do covid, climate change and the biodiversity crisis have in common?original ↗
17 Jul 2023
Recognition where it matters for peer revieworiginal ↗
29 Jun 2023
New paper: Climate influences pollinator roles in plant-pollinator networksoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2023
Funding data collection on inequitable academic processes and practicesoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2023
Normalise the ‘wanting to quit’ feels in academiaoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2023

2022

Tusks or beaks? I’m still crossing my fingers for the bird apporiginal ↗
11 Nov 2022
Academia on social mediaoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2022
Encouraging undergraduate ecology students into insect researchoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2022
How to cold call an academic if you’re a studentoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2022
The Great Academic Resignationoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2022
Work-life balance and academic parentsoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2022

2021

Academic stereotypes: where are the positive stories?original ↗
9 Nov 2021
Reviewer 4, 5 and 6? New reviewers on already revised papersoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2021
Boycotting peer review is just a kind of gatekeepingoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2021
New paper: feral honey bees and competition for natural cavitiesoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2021
Academic blogs: knowing where your work ends uporiginal ↗
29 Jul 2021
More on insect conservationoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2021
What the windscreen anecdote tells us about scienceoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2021
The teaching-research ‘balance’ as an ECRoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2021
New paper: we don’t know how extreme fire impacts Australian invertebratesoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2021
Let’s talk about standards for scholarly opinion articlesoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2021
Applying for a PhD: worth it, why, and howoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2021
Do academic book reviews deserve more credit?original ↗
24 Jan 2021
Last yearoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2021

2020

Post-fire recovery of threatened plants at Torrington State Conservation Reserve NSW: first observationsoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2020
Admin: drowning, not wavingoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2020
New paper: EPBC Act condition thresholds hinder conservation of threatened ecosystemsoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2020
How not to do peer revieworiginal ↗
17 Nov 2020
Friendships in academia are not just good for your mental health, but they can help your careeroriginal ↗
11 Nov 2020
Why common names are essential for bee conservationoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2020
No evidence of seasonal blog post views in the southern hemisphere: response to Leather (2020) and Ollerton (2020)original ↗
17 Sept 2020
Does science need press releases?original ↗
3 Sept 2020
Insect declines: Apocalypse Now to Great Expectationsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2020
The impossible quest for a biodiversity metric to rule them alloriginal ↗
22 Jul 2020
Teaching resources: history and philosophy of ecologyoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2020
Academia isn’t all bad, and a PhD is definitely worth itoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2020
New paper: Conceptual ambiguity and ecosystem disservicesoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2020
What is a literature review?original ↗
24 May 2020
Counting bees…which bees?original ↗
14 May 2020
How many species live in your home?original ↗
6 May 2020
Nature moves back in…or will it?original ↗
6 Apr 2020
Breaking the Curse of the Postdocoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2020
Special issue on insect conservation and population trendsoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2020
All impact metrics are wrong, but (with more data) some are useful.original ↗
15 Feb 2020
Are 40% of insects facing extinction?original ↗
21 Jan 2020
A personal view on our bushfire crisisoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2020

2019

Moving on from the insect apocalypse to evidence-based conservationoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2019
Let’s get political! (as scientists)original ↗
15 Dec 2019
What is a research discipline? We need collaboration, not segregationoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2019
Bees and meat consumption: a spurious correlationoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2019
Book Review: The Last Butterfliesoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2019
Happy 10th birthday to Ecology is not a Dirty Word!original ↗
6 Oct 2019
How damaging is sexy soundbite scicomm?original ↗
23 Sept 2019
Is boycotting peer review reasonable?original ↗
7 Sept 2019
System Solutions: sustainable agriculture is about ecological interactionsoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2019
What is a species? Philosophy, Science and Scicommoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2019
The windscreen phenomenon: anecdata is not scientific evidenceoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2019
The real Tinkerbell: don’t mess with these tiny fairy waspsoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2019
Agriculture vs. Environment: another false dichotomyoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2019
Times have changed: dealing with dodgy science in the internet ageoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2019
Notre Dame vs. Nature: on why valuing nature is a challenge we need to faceoriginal ↗
8 May 2019
Insect apocalypse: no simple answersoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2019
Bees in her eyes: lost in translation or fake news?original ↗
12 Apr 2019
Roosting insects: avoiding predators, or just after a cosy nap?original ↗
2 Apr 2019
New paper: using network analysis to understand ecosystem function in agricultural landscapesoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2019
Why I posted my first preprintoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2019
Bogong moths: pest, icon, or just another insect species we know very little about?original ↗
4 Mar 2019
Insectageddon is a great story. But what are the facts?original ↗
16 Feb 2019
More women and girls in ecology and environmental science careersoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2019
Two new co-authored papersoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2019
A community of solitary hymenopteransoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2019
My first 12 months as a journal editororiginal ↗
20 Jan 2019
2018’s Word of the Year…a guide for 2019original ↗
3 Jan 2019

2018

Australia’s threatened insectsoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2018
Moving country is rewarding; but you don’t have to do it to have a successful research careeroriginal ↗
6 Dec 2018
Don’t, don’t…believe the hype!original ↗
8 Nov 2018
Insect declines: pay attentionoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2018
How to choose a framing narrative for scientific papersoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2018
Nature’s sugar shackoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2018
Honey by any other name…original ↗
7 Sept 2018
The research niche in academic community ecologyoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2018
Evidence-based Half Earthoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2018
Book Review: Why Ecology Mattersoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2018
Entomologisingoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2018
Sugar teaspoons for bees and science communicationoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2018
How do you review a conceptual paper?original ↗
21 Jun 2018
Bumblebees are frequent flyers – what are the impacts?original ↗
20 Jun 2018
The Importance of Surveying Pollinators Across Various Environmental Conditionsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2018
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