Gentleman scholar, evolutionary ecologist and entomologist. Lecturer in Entomology at Harper Adams University, UK.
Joined March 2014
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Simon Segar retweeted
30 Dec 2025
🌿 Join us to learn about the newly published “The diversity of Ficus” in @annbot by Simon Segar and co-authors. (1/10)
👉 doi.org/qkmt
#PlantScience #Botany #Ficus #FigTrees #PlantEvolution #AoBpapers
ALT The diversity of Ficus
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Simon Segar retweeted
23 Dec 2025
Scientists tend to back centre-left liberal parties - yet those same policies drive inequality and environmental breakdown
Why are the planet’s smartest people defending business as usual?
#ClimateCrisis #PoliticalEconomy #LiberalHypocrisy
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Simon Segar retweeted
23 Dec 2025
Scientists overwhelmingly support centre-left liberal politics - but do those economic policies actually reduce inequality or protect the planet?
A look at why “business as usual” survives even among society’s smartest people
#Science #Politics #Sustainability #LiberalHypocrisy
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Simon Segar retweeted
18 Dec 2025
Outlining the ludicrous political "choice" we have over the environment
To see:
1. Why the planet needs a revolution
2. Why that needs to be science led
3. Why science itself needs a revolution to guide that process
youtu.be/7t0fXUpE__0
#Sustainability #Degrowth #Inequality
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Simon Segar retweeted
18 Dec 2025
Many on the modern right assume technology will save us
They show little concern for nature itself
But if ecosystems collapse, the political argument ends - no more debate
The Scientist's Guide to the Revolution: youtu.be/7t0fXUpE__0
#ClimateCrisis #EcologicalLimits #Science
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Simon Segar retweeted
16 Dec 2025
Calling populist voters idiots misses the point
Neurology shows how longterm exclusion changes how brains process cost–benefits - people want to burn the system down rather than live in permanent insecurity.
See: youtu.be/-gC7aHDIRxk
#Trump #Brexit #Populism #Inequality
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Simon Segar retweeted
16 Dec 2025
Calling populist voters idiots misses the point
Neurology shows how long-term exclusion changes how brains process cost–benefits - people want to burn the system down rather than live in permanent insecurity.
It's biology not ideology
#Trump #Brexit #Populism #Inequality
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Simon Segar retweeted
9 Dec 2025
Scientists talk about mining asteroids like it’s around the corner.
Reality: we’ve collected 250 grams so far.
The tech we’d need is decades away—well after climate breakdown.
New video explaining why space won’t save us 👇
#SpaceScience #AsteroidMining #MarsMission #ClimateTruth
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Simon Segar retweeted
9 Dec 2025
“We’ll colonize Mars and mine asteroids.”
We won’t - not anywhere near the time we need to.
We should fix Earth first.
New video 👇
#SpaceScience #AsteroidMining #MarsMission #ClimateTruth
#Sustainability #TechReality #FutureOfHumanity #ClimateCrisis
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Simon Segar retweeted
4 Dec 2025
Are electric vehicles a big con?
EVs give barely any ecological benefits and cause infrastructure damage. The main beneficiaries are big car companies generating sales on the back of people's environmental concerns.
#ClimateCrisis #CorporateGreenwashing #ElectricVehicles
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Simon Segar retweeted
2 Dec 2025
Why do media scientists repeatedly fail to address a basic understanding of climate and science - economic growth is incompatible with human sustainability. Media scientists will not challenge economic orthodoxy
See: youtube.com/@TSGR-123
#ClimateCrisis #Science #Degrowth
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Simon Segar retweeted
2 Dec 2025
Does Media Science Protect the Status Quo?
See the full video at: youtu.be/8kvvNFS0fwU
#ClimateCrisis #ScienceCommunication #Degrowth
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Simon Segar retweeted
27 Nov 2025
Why Science Needs A Revolution
Scientists often politically mandate unsustainable “centrist” policy - giving succor to destructive politics.
Full vid: youtu.be/MU3T5ylBXEk
#ScienceCulture #Sustainability #FutureOfScience #SystemicFailure
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9 Mar 2025
Happy International Women's day, celebrating with these two legends: youtube.com/watch?v=-THq0-ED…
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Simon Segar retweeted
20 Jan 2025
More important than ever!!
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30 Dec 2024
Still time to apply for a PhD with us if chemicals and insects are your thing: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
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Simon Segar retweeted
9 Dec 2024
Exceptional opportunities: [1] 20 fully sponsored MPhil and MSc scholarships for PNG students at PNG universities, and [2] 20 research grants for PNG scientists. Both related to biodiversity (incl. agriculture & forestry), deadline 31 Dec 2024, details: fccbpng.eu/scholarships-and-…
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Simon Segar retweeted
9 Dec 2024
Wonderful PhD opportunities with the brilliant Millie Hood at Reading. Having a great supervisor is one of the most important parts of a PhD, and Millie is truly awesome. Apply!
5 Dec 2024
A pair of great *FUNDED PHDs* open @UniofReading
If you're interested in finding farming solutions that can mitigate the #climate and #biodiversity crises AND produce food at the same time, arable #agroforestry is a really promising area, and still lots we don't know!
🌳🌾🌳🔍
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Simon Segar retweeted
4 Dec 2024
PhD opportunities with @simonsegar at Harper Adams U on coffee insects and vine weevils. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
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