BIOrdinary Summer School, Norrbotten, 15-19 June 2025 For two years in a row, the BIOrdinary team has organised a research summer school, bringing together people from different disciplines and career stages––from master’s students to senior researchers––to explore how biodiversity shifts are perceived, understood, and managed in ‘ordinary places’ as opposed to biodiversity-rich and secluded hotspots. Over the course of three to four days, we embark on field excursions, expe

BIOrdinary Summer School, Bohuslän, 16-19 June 2024 Every year, the BIOrdinary team organises a summer school, bringing together people...

The appearance of Pacific Oysters on the West Coast of Sweden stirred feelings and raised sometimes contradictory biodiversity questions.

There are stark lines of enmity in the environment in Aotearoa, as conservation and pastoralism stand in contradistinciton to each other.

The Afterlives of the Suez Canal project hosted a 3-day workshop in Stockholm.

The BIOrdinary Summer School 2023 took place in Norberg in Bergslagen, Sweden, an area shaped by a history of mining.

Even if it is human actors that have enabled the mobility of tea, the tea plant has begun to move out of the plantation on its own accord.

Famed for their voracity, blue crabs are characterized as invasive aliens, rogue species, and a problem to be dealt with.

Finding a litter of playful baby minks under your summer cabin can be a delight to many, but the mink is also a stone-cold killer.

BIOrdinary expands our understanding of biodiversity by focusing on places marked by habitation, trade and agriculture. Essential to our...