Rate My Professor Bastian Thomsen

Thomsen's research centers on multispecies relations in the Anthropocene, integrating environmental anthropology, sustainability, rewilding, social entrepreneurship, veterinary anthropology, one welfare, and multispecies justice. His work explores human organization of responses to climate emergencies, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem governance, with projects in Costa Rica, Italy, the US, UK, and Australia. He is affiliated with the Ethno-ornithology World Atlas Research Group at Oxford and the Sydney Environment Institute. Notable publications include "Reimagining entrepreneurship in the Anthropocene through a multispecies relations approach" (Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2024), "Embracing “more-than-Western” bird knowledge: A decolonial process to move from discussion to action" (Ornithological Applications, 2024), "Multispecies livelihoods: a posthumanist approach to wildlife ecotourism that promotes animal ethics" (Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2023), "The promise of posthumanism in wildlife ecotourism: a set of case studies of veterinarians’ role at wildlife rehabilitation centers in Costa Rica" (Journal of Ecotourism, 2023), and "Posthumanist pluralities: Advocating for nonhuman species’ rights, agency, and welfare in ecosystem governance" (Advances in Ecological Research, 2022). His scholarship has garnered over 540 citations on Google Scholar, influencing interdisciplinary fields of conservation, business, and anthropology.