SCIENCE & ACTION

for a rapidly changing world in crisis

RESOURCES

Most of us haven't had enough opportunity or support to deeply understand the Climate and Nature Emergencies and what we can do about them... and because of that I feel that sharing knowledge, resources, inspiration and  ideas has an underestimated power.  I've increasingly found myself creating briefings, factsheets, simple infographics, resource lists etc in response to themes or questions that come up frequently, so I'll be sharing those via this page. 
Please use and distribute these resources freely (though it would be lovely if you could credit Dr Abi Perrin). 

RESOURCES BY ABI

INFOGRAPHICS

These graphics below (and more) are available via the folders at tinyurl.com/PerrinCliComms

MORE RESOURCES

These documents were created to support campaigns, activists and community groups.

ACTIVATING SCIENCE & ACADEMIA

Are you a scientist or academic wanting to contribute impactfully in response to the Climate & Ecological Emergency? Are you finding this challenging within our current systems? You are not alone. The writing and resources listed below may be helpful to you, and please feel free to contact me if you want to discuss these ideas in more detail.

One of the most powerful ways that scientists and academics can take action is via supporting the social movements actively driving positive change. This can take many forms, as we discuss in our recent article "How scientists can contribute to the social movements essential to protecting climate and nature" (also covered in The Conversation).

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RECOMMENDED SOURCES

I'll post information and refections on a range of topics via the blog sections.

For information about the crises:

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

In the recent past I was a full time lab-based scientist.  I started out as a PhD student in 2010, focussing on the molecular biology of  infectious diseases, with a particular focus on how malaria parasites invade, take over and destroy red blood cells. You can see some of my videos of that process in action here. 
In 2020 I made a transition out of medical microbiology, aiming to apply the research skills I'd learned to an area more directly linked to the climate and nature emergencies and how we might address them. I moved to York to study cyanobacteria, the organisms that 'invented' photosynthesis as we know it. They play hugely important roles in global carbon cycling, aquatic ecosystems and healthy soils, and yet there's so much about their biology we still don't understand. My work was to create resources that would help unlock our understanding of their biology.  Those resources, insights and methods are openly available via our preprint, lab website and data repository. 
My final contribution to the field of research biology took the form of a co-written review article about how protists - an entire kingdom of life that includes malaria parasites and many photosynthetic microbes - are changing amidst the unfolding climate and nature emergency. Our closing message was that, much like the incredible life we study, the scientific community can - and must - evolve to meet the existential challenges of our age. You can read the full text in BMC Biology here. 
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My academic publications are associated with ORCID 0000-0001-6682-4297.  Most are open access. ​