Henrik Smith, professor of animal ecology at Lund University, has been awarded the internationally renowned Marsh Awards for Ecology by the British Ecological Society. The award recognises his long record of working to move ecological research forward and to strengthen the link between science and society. The British Ecological Society, founded in 1913, is one of the world’s most prestigious scientific societies in ecology.
Henrik Smith has been conducting ecology, biodiversity and climate change research for more than four decades. As well as setting up programmes and founding research environments, he has contributed to the development of ecological research through his publications. But he is also self-critical and believes that academia is failing in its efforts to make knowledge about the climate and biodiversity accessible to the public and decision-makers.
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