International Women’s Day 2025: Holly Jones

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do? I’m Lead Editor at Ecological Solutions and Evidence and a Full Professor at Northern Illinois University. … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2025: Holly Jones

International Women’s Day: Nathalie Pettorelli

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do? I am a conservation biologist working at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. … Continue reading International Women’s Day: Nathalie Pettorelli

International Women’s Day 2025: Carolyn Kurle

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. Dr. Carolyn KurleProfessor, Conservation Biology, University of California San DiegoLead Editor, Ecological Solutions and EvidenceAuthor of The Guidance Groove: Escape … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2025: Carolyn Kurle

International Women’s Day 2025: Cate Macinnis-Ng

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do? I’m Professor in Ecology in the School of Biological Sciences at Waipapa Taumata Rau … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2025: Cate Macinnis-Ng

International Women’s Day 2024: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of our new Associate Editors. In each post, our editors discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion‘, means to them. Go to: Dr Laura Bosco | Dr Elena Concepción | Dr Danni Hinchcliffe | Dr Alejandra Morán … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2024: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

International Women’s Day 2024: Journal of Applied Ecology

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Journal of Applied Ecology is excited to share a collection of short posts showcasing the work of some of our new Associate Editors. In each post, our Editors discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion’, means to them. Dr Raquel L. Carvalho What work do you do? I am a postdoctoral researcher at … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2024: Journal of Applied Ecology

International Women’s Day 2021: #ChooseToChallenge

The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge. “A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world. From … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2021: #ChooseToChallenge

#EachforEqual – taking responsibility for gender inequality starts with recognising the many

For International Women’s Day, we asked Sarah Dalrymple about her personal experiences as a woman in ecology and her views on what is required to help reach gender equality. This year’s theme is #EachforEqual. Sarah is a Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology at Liverpool John Moores University and sits on the Advisory Board for Applied Ecology Resources. She is also an Associate Editor for the … Continue reading #EachforEqual – taking responsibility for gender inequality starts with recognising the many

The bumpy road to success in academia: a personal account of deviating from the straight path and succeeding anyway 

Considering International Women’s Day (Sunday 08 March 2020) and #EachforEqual, Associate Editor Mentee, Maria Paniw shares her story in academia, and why we shouldn’t fear the road less travelled in our careers. Anyone who has recently opened Twitter or read the news may well conclude that the academic job market is broken and dire, especially for women. I certainly get my daily dose of gloom reading … Continue reading The bumpy road to success in academia: a personal account of deviating from the straight path and succeeding anyway 

Balance for Better: more initiatives and action plans

We’ve had a great response to our series celebrating initiatives that support #BalanceforBetter and gender equality. Here are some additional projects our Editorial Board are keen for you to know about. Pride Lion Conservation Alliance Amy Dickman I am a founding member of the Pride Lion Conservation Alliance which is a group of six leading women who run effective, grassroots lion conservation projects. We formed … Continue reading Balance for Better: more initiatives and action plans