Rowan Kuminski

The Academic Wheel of Privilege showing the 24 socio-cultural identities. The 24 socio-cultural identity types span six sectors: health and wellbeing, society, culture and communication, gender and sexuality, education and career, living arrangements and lastly childhood and development. These identity types are shown as circles connected to three concentric rings (outer, middle and inner) of “identity” circles with increasing privilege as you go towards the centre.

Out now!

The Academic Wheel of Privilege 🎡

We developed a framework & app to guide authorship teams in making equitable and thoughtful authorship decisions.

@saralilplants.bsky.social, @justinsulik.bsky.social, Bethan Iley, Mahmoud Elsherif, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social

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Do you enjoy the blogs and podcasts published by Journal of Animal Ecology? You can now apply to join us as an Associate Blog Editor!

Don't forget to register for our next MEE live!

In this free webinar, we'll hear from Drs Figueiredo and Radchuk about the R package estar 🌍 🧪

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Today makes 2 years since I was hospitalized due to transphobia at Aberdeen and an extremely abusive supervisor. There are many difficult days and the uni still has does nothing to change, but I’m proud of myself for the healing that has occurred, and for still chasing my dream of getting my PhD

The teacher I'm preparing a presentation for through @skypeascientist.bsky.social said they are currently learning about predation and adaptations, and how animals develop "cool behaviors to survive" and I literally CANNOT WAIT to tell them about fulmars 😂

Read the story behind the paper, "energetics link long-term environmental variations to breeding success in a wild penguin population", below 🐧
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@bendps.bsky.social

📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer

I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.

Closing date: 6 March 2026

Apply ➡️

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SORTEE Webinar: On what makes good sharable and reproducible R code, how to do it, and why it’s good for science For this month's SORTEE webinar, Dr. Dax Kellie from the Atlas of Living Australia will present on good, sharable, and reproducible R code in science

Coming up in March! Join @sortee.bsky.social for a webinar with @daxkellie.bsky.social on good, shareable, and reproducible R code - register here: events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...

I had the privilege of attending #BES2025 this past December and writing about the wonderful work being done by just three of MANY ecologists to form equitable collaborations! You can read about Amanda, Karla, and Niru's work in the blog:

ASAB Video Contest - YouTube

Are you a student attending #ASABSpring2026? Don’t forget to put together a 1-2 minute video about your research for our annual contest!

Check out some past entries for inspiration:

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More details on the conference website:
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io

📑 Developing ocean literacy through a relational model: Exploring outcomes of a place-based ocean education programme in primary schools

📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/WM9jBj7

(2/2) That president interrupted and told him he needed to address both of us, as we both represented the sport of rugby for the uni. And it’s crazy that a teenager at some uni can do what olympians apparently cannot.

(1/2) In uni I was president of the women’s rugby team, and at an athletics meeting, a new trainer asked to speak to the rugby teams, as he would be working with us the most. When we introduced ourselves, he looked right past me and spoke only to the men’s team president.

Hearing crickets from the loud anti-trans "protect women's sports!" crowd after such an ugly display of misogyny by this administration and the US mens hockey team, belittling the Olympic womens team and their accomplishments (even though they also won gold)

Atlantic Puffin at Hornøya, Norway

New opening for a 3-year PhD project in 'Seabird Ecology in a Changing Arctic' at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Tromsø) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Apply before 25 Mar 2026. #seabirdscience @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...

A white background with six digital drawings of Procellariiformes birds, three in a row on top and three on the bottom. On the righthand side of the image are the years 2022 and 2026, for top and bottom respectively. The top row has basic drawings of an albatross, storm-petrel, and petrel, and the bottom row has more detailed drawings of an albatross, storm-petrel, and shearwater

Been working on some designs for an upcoming talk, and after finding a few Procellariiformes I drew upon starting my PhD, I'm quite happy with the progress I've (slowly) been making!

cartoon image showing a scientist surrounded by screens depicting seabird research (e.g. tracks, maps, seabirds)

📢New blog post available now

@ingridpollet.bsky.social shares findings on disparities in seabird research presented at conferences and what lessons we should learn

➡️ tinyurl.com/STDBblogFeb26

Open access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#SeabirdResearch #monitoring #tracking #threats

A photo of a laptop sitting open on a wooden table top with a spreadsheet opened, and to the left a cocker spaniel puppy with brown face, white body, and black ears peeking over the desk at the person taking the photo

Working on my thesis under Ebro's (very) close supervision

Field Inclusive - Cape Fear Bird Observatory Joint Fellowship - Field Inclusive, Inc. Field Inclusive – Cape Fear Bird Observatory Joint Fellowship Accepting Applications. Organization: The Cape Fear Bird ObservatoryLocation: Greater Wilmington (New Hanover and Brunswick Counties)Job…

Now open: Applications for Field Inclusive's WOS-sponsored fellowship at Cape Fear Bird Observatory! Open to students & early-career professionals from marginalized / historically excluded identities (race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, etc).

I just did the same this week for my thesis, godspeed 😅

🚨 Apply to join us an Associate Editor!

We are seeking a wide range of expertise:
Human-wildlife interactions 🚶‍♀️
Nature experience and connectedness 🌳
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If you're an active researcher or practitioner working in the field of applied ecology - why not apply to join us as an Associate Editor?🌍

We're seeking a range of expertise such as marine ecology, disease ecology & local knowledge!🧪

Find out more 👇
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📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

💡 I've been awarded a #BES Small #Research Grant to develop my work on the #RingNeckedParakeet. Alongside #EcologicalMonitoring, I'm running a #ParakeetWorkshop to bring together scientists & stakeholders. Interested? Get in touch to learn more! @britishecologicalsociety.org @salforduni.bsky.social

Just checked and I have access to it! Message me and let me know how you'd prefer I send it to you 😊

Recorded another fun and exciting podcast in Spanish, this time on seabirds! I highly recommend checking out Ignacio's recently published paper! 🪶

🚨 new podcast episode!
🦫 this episode explores the story behind the paper, "habitat heterogeneity and food availability in beaver-engineered streams foster bat richness, activity and feeding".
🎙️ listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/AbdBmjW

A photo of a Small white spaniel puppy standing on his hind legs, with his right paw leaning against a light grey wall and his other paw raised above his head. He is standing on a wooden floor with part of a radiator in the background

A photo of a Small white spaniel puppy standing on his hind legs, with both paws raised above his head. He is standing on a wooden floor and a light grey wall with part of a radiator in the background

If you have a Teams meeting with me and I seem distracted, it's because this is what my velcro dog does when I focus on work instead of him 😂

NEW EDITORIAL! 💡

Using data to construct tripartite networks & models 📊, we found that editorial diversification helps make peer review more inclusive & better aligned with the global distribution of ecological research 🌐

Find out more 👇
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