Monica Pons Hernandez
Ph.D. • MSCA SEAS Postdoctoral Research Fellow UiB • IUU Fishing and Wildlife Trafficking • Green Criminology, Crimes of the Powerful, Qualitative Methods
- Reposted by Monica Pons Hernandez@estidiaz.bsky.social, una de las mayores experta del mundo en la anguila y presidenta del grupo de trabajo que aconseja a la Comisión Europea: «¿Existe hoy en día una pesquería sostenible de la anguila? La respuesta es que no» Entrevista en @climatica.coop. climatica.coop/estibaliz-di...
- Reposted by Monica Pons Hernandez🏅🎓 La @urv.cat ha concedit els premis extraordinaris de doctorat, reconeixen les tesis doctorals amb el més alt nivell de qualitat. ✨ Entre les tesis guardonades hi ha la recerca de la Dra. Mònica Pons, centrada en el tràfic de l’anguila europea des d’una perspectiva de criminologia verda.
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezMovimiento importantísimo de @miteco.gob.es Gracias Ánimo A ver si, por fin y de una vez, podemos proteger a la anguila Para que no haya confusión: MITECO ya tiene el dictamen (claro, demoledor) del comité científico. NO es un asunto que trate solo con gentes de las cocinas
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezError Consumir o no una especie que se está extinguiendo no debe depender de las conciencias. Hay que prohibir Mientras no se haga, quienes no tenemos capacidad de decidir apelaremos a las conciencias. Pero las administraciones deben actuar y cambiar cosas www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/vice...
- Reposted by Monica Pons Hernandez📣 3 post doc roles on GreenFrontier @erc.europa.eu project - fantastic opportunities to work on an exciting project on socio-ecological relations in Italy, Spain & Poland. And best of all, a chance to work with @georgeiorda.bsky.social as team lead #PoliticalEcology #Conservation ⬇️
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezDetails on the position with Spanish are here www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
- Reposted by Monica Pons Hernandez🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers! Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025 Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills! Please share widely!
- 📣Publication alert! “Plastic waste trafficking in Spain: examining the actors, routes, and crimes involved” Available OA here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- I am thilled I got to contribute to this story! A must read by @alexandratalty.bsky.social !!
- 🍂 Just like autumn, the new issue of the GREEN Working Group newsletter has arrived! 🍁 This edition is packed with updates and insights! Whether you're deep into #greencriminology or just curious about the latest developments, this issue has something for you. 🔗 www.uu.nl/en/research/...
- Happy to share that a chapter I wrote with Avi Brisman is out! Here we challenge the conventional North-South narrative in wildlife trafficking research by employing the idea of “internal Souths” within affluent countries. Read the full chapter here: link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezHave they not seen Attenborough’s latest documentary?? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezWorking on a report on aquaculture, focused on salmon farming. Study frames this, rightly, as "food crime", which reveals "how practices that are presented as ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ can entail systemic environmental & social injustices" @theferret.scot link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezReally important article examining #harms from @monicapons.bsky.social & @guillemrubio.bsky.social comparing #AtlanticSalmon & #EuropeanEel in #Aquaculture. The narrative of ecological sustainability & reduced pressure on ‘wild’ fish needs a fundamental rethink #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology ⬇️
- "The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out! I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezLove the abstract of this paper. Congratulations, Monica!
- "The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out! I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- "The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out! I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Monica Pons Hernandez1/ 📄New paper! Alison Hutchinson @georgeiorda.bsky.social Teresa Lappe-Osthege & myself have developed a new harms-based #PoliticalEcology as a way of understanding the #WildlifeTrade published in @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social ⬇️ beastlybusiness.org/2025/07/23/n...
- Join us in Athens for this year’s GREEN Working Group Pre-ESC event "Environmental crime, policing & social control"🌎
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezExcellent piece on #GlassEel trade in @mongabay.com - and as ever @monicapons.bsky.social is absolutely spot on. Eel consumption always relies on wild caught fish, & the valuable trade attracts criminal networks #IWT #WildlifeTrade #EuropeanEel #EnvironmentalCrime
- I recently contributed to a Mongabay article on the illegal glass eel trade—a critical issue for environmental crime research. Thank you, Keith Anthony Fabro, for giving me the chance to share insights on this topic and engaging with my work. 📖 Read it here: news.mongabay.com/2025/06/glas...
- I recently contributed to a Mongabay article on the illegal glass eel trade—a critical issue for environmental crime research. Thank you, Keith Anthony Fabro, for giving me the chance to share insights on this topic and engaging with my work. 📖 Read it here: news.mongabay.com/2025/06/glas...
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezI've just watched Attenborough's Oceans film. It's excellent. But my overwhelming feeling is "at last!" I've been waiting, and fruitlessly lobbying, for a film like this for 40 years. But the institutional cowardice of the broadcasters has stymied such projects, until now.
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezMy first paper from my PhD is out! In it, I argue that viewing pigs as both resources (that feed) and as more-than-resources (to be fed) is crucial for understanding how nonhuman animals make nations and how, in turn, nations make nonhuman animals. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Norway rules out fish farm ban despite ‘existential threat’ to wild salmon www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezMarc Balcells, criminólogo: “Los ladrones de tumbas trabajan y por la noche van a excavar” www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025030...
- Exciting news! I’ve been awarded the Extraordinary PhD Award by URV for my thesis on “Wildlife trafficking, speciesism & the European eel”. Grateful to my mentors, colleagues & loved ones for the support! Excited to continue researching marine wildlife harm at UiB! 🐋✨
- Excited to contribute to The Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Crime, with an entry on IUU Fishing! 🌊 A huge thanks to the editor, Prof. Rob White, for leading this important project. I’m thrilled to be part of this work and to share the space with amazing senior and early-career scholars.
- Excited to start my MSCA #SEAS Postdoctoral Fellowship at the @unibergen.bsky.social! Looking forward to new research and collaborations in this inspiring environment!
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezSweet moment of celebration at @w-u-r.bsky.social as both my dear friend Emmanuel Adu-Ampong and I are launching our #ERC Starting Grant projects! Keep an eye out for #GreenFrontier & #Frictions research!
- I'm thrilled to share that the paper I coauthored with the brilliant Dr Gohar Petrossian is now available in Marine Policy! Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X24005694
- Reposted by Monica Pons HernandezUpdate from the Beastly Business project: A brand new paper on demand for #EuropeanEel as a driver of declines. A fantastic read by Ali Hutchinson, @monicapons.bsky.social & Aitor Ibanez Alonso beastlybusiness.org/2024/12/10/n...
- Yesterday I had the pleasure of going back to the #ArrandeMar program of Tarragona Radio to talk about my research on the illegal trade in European eel. Many thanks to Joan Ramón Mendo and Marina Perez for inviting me! I had a great time!
