BES Annual Meeting 2024: More than just a conference

Ardiantiono, Associate Editor mentee of Journal of Applied Ecology, writes about his experience attending the British Ecological Society’s 2024 Annual Meeting for the first time. Registration for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Edinburgh is now open. Liverpool has long been on my travel wish list. Especially as I initially wanted to visit for Eurovision 2023, but tickets were impossible to get! Fast forward to December … Continue reading BES Annual Meeting 2024: More than just a conference

My immersive experience at the BES Annual Meeting as an applied ecologist

Karen Castillioni is an Associate Editor mentee for Journal of Applied Ecology. She is also a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Minnesota, USA. She is passionate about understanding the complex relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the context of global change. In this blog post, she shares her experience of the 2023 BES Annual Meeting. The British Ecological Society (BES) Annual Meeting this … Continue reading My immersive experience at the BES Annual Meeting as an applied ecologist

Busy practitioner? Think carefully before choosing which academic conference to attend

With conference season upon us, Errol Douwes (Environmental Planning and Climate Protection, Durban) shares advice on how to make the most of the academic conference circuit from a practitioner’s perspective. What tips do you have? Leave a comment below or Tweet us @JAppliedEcology. I’ve often wondered if and how other practitioners decide on which conferences they will attend. It’s very seldom that I’ve been invited … Continue reading Busy practitioner? Think carefully before choosing which academic conference to attend