Aisling Rayne

cover of the Dec 2025 issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution highlighting our recent publication "The social dimensions of conservation translocations" featuring a beautiful little bird, a black robin, perched on a tree trunk. Two bands are visible on her left leg (red, silver).

What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter?

This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... on the cover of the Dec issue of TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social led by @aisrayne.bsky.social

🙏 to Kevin Parker for the 📷

Special Issue: skúkum tílixam: Uniting to Support Indigenous Contributions to Molecular Ecology: Molecular Ecology Resources: Vol 25, No 2 Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad journal publishing computer programs, statistical & molecular advances & more for studies in evolution, ecology & conservation.

The Molecular Ecology Resources special issue I helped edit is (finally) out!
𝙨𝙠𝙪́𝙠𝙪𝙢 𝙩𝙞́𝙡𝙞𝙭𝙖𝙢: 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
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A North Island kaka sitting on a branch. Copyright photo by Oscar Thomas

Need a little fun as we near Christmas? Here's something for you! We had a heap of fun writing about place names and kākā - cheeky #NZ parrots - and it's out. The work evolved over 2 summers, led by (then) undergraduate student Fin Johnson (on the right). 1/n

(Kaka photo copyright Oscar Thomas).

Just so we're clear, aside from the social sciences and humanities, this description excludes:
- agricultural, vetinary, and food sciences
- earth sciences
- environmental sciences
- information and computing sciences
- ALL non-biomedical biological sciences

Initial analysis of the impact on Marsden Fund changes on success rates for Māori researchers, with a link through to modelled data based on the 2024 funding round here:

www.maramatanga.ac.nz/publication/...

Epic stuff Shaun. Congratulations!!

Jo, congratulations!!! Absolutely thrilled for you – well done. Hope plenty of rest and/or celebration lined up for this weekend x

Such wonderful news, congratulations Tara! ❤️

With or without the media: Palestinian exclusion and response in Aotearoa When voices are excluded from Aotearoa’s media, it undermines the inclusive ideal of democratic participation. This story documents the suppression of Palestinian New Zealanders’ speech, and speec...

The suppression of Palestinian voices in Aotearoa's media began long before October 7. Before all this began, I wrote a series of stories and conversations for The Lovepost's human rights: www.thelovepost.global

Including this: www.thelovepost.global/rooted-right...

💯 nails it, this article on managerialism in universities. So many 'ouch, very close to home' lines. And agree, "It tears the heart out of the work of academics" www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/35... (vary browser if you hit the firewall)

Siouxsie Wiles’ relentless optimism | Ensemble Magazine “Being the subject of a movie wasn't really on my bingo card for life,” says the microbiologist and star of new documentary Ms. Information.

Today’s the day Ms. Information gets its NZ cinema release! Lots of lovely reviews and interviews appearing. Love this one by Ensemble. www.ensemblemagazine.co.nz/articles/sio...