violence

New Comment piece in Conservation Biology, explaining again why epistemological violence matters so much

In 2025, we published an important Review article in Conservation Biology about intimidation as 'epistemological violence' (see also on my Publications page). Early 2026, we received a rather flawed response by Simpson et al. This new Comment responds to that, defending our original Review article (Koot et al. 2025), in which we argue that critical…Read more New Comment piece in Conservation Biology, explaining again why epistemological violence matters so much

New book review about an important book by journalist Olivier van Beemen: Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika.

This is a short book review in the Open Access journal the Journal of Political Ecology, about Van Beemen's book that he wrote (in Dutch) about the ideology, politics, activities and struggles of conservation giant African Parks. There are now French and German translations available, English is on the way. I highly recommend the book…Read more New book review about an important book by journalist Olivier van Beemen: Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika.

New article out about Intimidation practices in the social sciences: “Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research”

The following article (https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14454) may be one of the most important ones I have written so far, together with 17 others, considering the pressure of Intimidation practices that have increased in academia over the last years, in this case for critical social scientists working in conservation. The article presents practical examples of Intimidation and how…Read more New article out about Intimidation practices in the social sciences: “Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research”