Dr Frankie Boyd
Geographer with a little bit of landscape architecture, environmental psychology and business.
🌻Urban nature connections, biodiversity and wellbeing.
✨ Cat called Aoife
- Big fan of this one
- This bench comes with a robin!
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- 📑A study using retrospective interviews with young adults who are dedicated to acting for #nature in order to find patterns in their life experiences that contribute to their relationship with nature and drive their action for nature. doi.org/10.1080/0964...
- When it's bad weather I wish I could email the delivery service and say 'no worries, come on Monday instead' My parcel is never that important
- Even the universe is tired... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Thrilled to share the wonderful exhibition and celebration from our project with UKM in Malaysia. 🌿 Funded by a grant from the @britishcouncil.bsky.social 👇 www.ukm.my/istanaputeri...
- Comfy Saturday #catsofbluesky #caturday
- How many people does it take to change the lightbulbs? And therefore solve the #NetZero challenge...? Doesn't matter, because that's not the solution 💡 new paper #climatechange #business news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
- Reposted by Dr Frankie BoydMore than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis
- Just getting my dose of nature 💚
- And we're right back into it with autumn and a new term! ☺️🍂
- Brilliant to spend time at UKM Institut Alam & Tamadun Melayu hearing from students working on innovative cultural heritage projects! #research #malaysia
- Big contemplation energy #catsofbluesky #academicswithcats
- Reposted by Dr Frankie Boyd🌱Project Spotlight: RESONATE “Building individual and community RESilience thrOugh NATurE-based therapies” is a Horizon Europe project that brings together a consortium of world leaders in #nature_based_therapy (NbT) research, practice, policy, and innovation. 🌿
- Weighing up the request to review an academic book... Thoughts and experiences please? I'm a little limited for time but I enjoy reading the latest in my discipline. #academia #research #postdoc #academicchatter
- Looking forward to exploring some exciting ways of changing how we do #urban design!
- Thanks @netflix.com! Ready to cross (stitch) examine the clues, suspects and victoria sponge! Get embroidered in @richardosman1.bsky.social excellent characters, soon to be TV favourites! 🔪
- Thanks @netflix.com! Ready to cross (stitch) examine the clues, suspects and victoria sponge! Get embroidered in @richardosman1.bsky.social excellent characters, soon to be TV favourites! 🔪
- Thanks @netflix.com! Ready to cross (stitch) examine the clues, suspects and victoria sponge! Get embroidered in @richardosman1.bsky.social excellent characters, soon to be TV favourites! 🔪
- Would be great to know @greenercareers.bsky.social how does your organisation enact the principles it prompts of sustainability and a greener future?
- It's been a minute. Probably time for a cat... #catsofbluesky
- With reforesting in UK, we're seeing landscape scale change, any research recommendations that have explored this? #naturerestoration #treeplanting #research #academia
- Interesting, insightful and important! Learning for Nature from @undp.org 🌱 www.learningfornature.org/en/courses/i...
- Reposted by Dr Frankie BoydExtraordinary to roll out the red carpet for plagiaristic, energy-guzzling AI companies while telling ordinary citizens to save electricity
- Sometimes the world's a little too busy...
- Stressed, filled with imposter syndrome, poor and doubting their life choices?! What an unexpected dystopian curve ball for the incoming #AI overlords. #PhD #scifi #news #acadamicchat
- Reposted by Dr Frankie Boyd💶 Shape the future look of the euro! The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes: 🖼️ European Culture 🐦 R️ivers & Birds Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET → europa.eu/!cWfmdT
- I think I accidentally just recruited the first participant for my research project's demonstration hub. Just went for an evening stroll, bumped into a political rally, and before you know it me and David are chatting environmental causes!
- Geographical differences in healthy life expectancy in UK In 2021–2023, there was a 17.9 year gap in HLE between Blackpool (52.3 years) and Wokingham (70.2 years) post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
- Friday vibes #cats #catsofbluesky
- Reposted by Dr Frankie BoydJoin internationally renowned speakers Dominic Regester and Antonieta Peregrin, with MC Gil @penalosag.bsky.social Founder and Chair @880cities.bsky.social, at today's free #webinar 'Growing communities and embracing nature' #GreenCity #UrbanNature #Community #MexicoCity ➡️ aiph.org/event/green-...
- The itch....
- Could @themerl.bsky.social confirm level of unit? Seems like a close to absolute 🐑
- Reposted by Dr Frankie Boyd20 things that women should stop wearing after the age of 30. 1-20: The weight of other people's expectations and judgments.
- The response to 'Tails and Roots' has been fantastic! From an acorn of an idea in the autumn, to see it's first leaves now in the sunshine is really something! I'm grateful to everyone involved. Second print and digital version coming soon! 🌱 #biodiversity #research @exeter.ac.uk
- Book launch day! Very excited to see it in paper!
- Interesting results from this study, that combines a survey and interviews to explore sense of place in green citizen initiatives. "...gardening is just part of who I am.” - participant #socialprescribing #nature #health #research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Little slice of success! #gardening #flowers
- If cats did academia... After explaining how peer reviewed journals work, the cat is contemplating setting one up on biscuits and catching spiders. Won't be open access. Will require payment. It'll be a year's wait for desk rejections. #ifcatsdidacademia #catsofbluesky #academicswithcats
- Reposted by Dr Frankie BoydThis tiny proportion of ultra-frequent flyers are responsible for a huge chunk of journey by plane and aviation emissions. 3/5
- [loading....] sunflower blooming #flower
- Reposted by Dr Frankie BoydOn the 5th anniversary of the murders of Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman, ACCESS's Jaya Gajparia writes about the impact events like the sisters' murder have on women's sense of safety & access to nature – the risk of harm being even greater for women of colour. accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
- This is not my cat, but we share the same feeling. Howdy neighbours... You seem to be having some drama 🍿
- As someone in a different time zone, I look forward to waking up and getting the answers to the BBC Trump Elon news article that finishes with "Where this all ends is anyone's guess."
