Celebrating the winner of the Best Lightning Talk award at the Aquatic Ecology SIG Annual Meeting 2026, Sarah Sandor!

We’re delighted to celebrate the winner of Functional Ecology’s sponsored prize for the Best Lightning Talk award at the Aquatic Ecology SIG Annual Meeting 2026, Sarah Sandor (she/her)! Read Sarah’s blog post on Relational Thinking, The People and Nature Blog, where she shares the behind the scene details of her prize-winning research, highlights from her academic career so far, and reflections on her experience attending … Continue reading Celebrating the winner of the Best Lightning Talk award at the Aquatic Ecology SIG Annual Meeting 2026, Sarah Sandor!

Waiver Walk-Through: How to apply for a BES waiver

Although there are more transformative agreements than ever that cover the cost of article publication charges (APCs) in Gold Open Access (OA) journals, at the British Ecological Society (BES), we know that these are not available to all authors. That’s why we offer BES waivers (100% discounts) for authors without funding to publish open access. In this blog post, we discuss OA, explain what a … Continue reading Waiver Walk-Through: How to apply for a BES waiver