Max Liboiron
@maxliboiron.bsky.social
Author: Pollution is Colonialism (2020), Discard Studies (2021)
CLEAR lab at @clear-lab.bsky.social
CLEAR lab at @clear-lab.bsky.social
In 2016, we couldn't get anyone to publish our weird paper on Community Peer Review (a method for community to adjudicate research that impacted them). So we stashed it as a pre-print.
10 years later, it's short listed as one of the top 30 preprints.org. There's a voting award thing if you want:
10 years later, it's short listed as one of the top 30 preprints.org. There's a voting award thing if you want:
September 1, 2026 at 10:52 AM
In 2016, we couldn't get anyone to publish our weird paper on Community Peer Review (a method for community to adjudicate research that impacted them). So we stashed it as a pre-print.
10 years later, it's short listed as one of the top 30 preprints.org. There's a voting award thing if you want:
10 years later, it's short listed as one of the top 30 preprints.org. There's a voting award thing if you want:
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What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the geographies it has traversed?
For Places, @maxliboiron.bsky.social wrote about the different world animals reveal through their appetites.
“The heart of gut forensics is not classification, but learning how to see.”
For Places, @maxliboiron.bsky.social wrote about the different world animals reveal through their appetites.
“The heart of gut forensics is not classification, but learning how to see.”
Through the Guts
What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the waters it has traversed?
placesjournal.org
June 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the geographies it has traversed?
For Places, @maxliboiron.bsky.social wrote about the different world animals reveal through their appetites.
“The heart of gut forensics is not classification, but learning how to see.”
For Places, @maxliboiron.bsky.social wrote about the different world animals reveal through their appetites.
“The heart of gut forensics is not classification, but learning how to see.”
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⭐ JOB OPPORTUNITY ⭐
CLEAR is seeking a Research Coordinator to lead the day-to-day coordination of a horizon scan on Indigenous approaches to contaminant monitoring.
More details: civiclaboratory.nl/2026/04/27/p...
CLEAR is seeking a Research Coordinator to lead the day-to-day coordination of a horizon scan on Indigenous approaches to contaminant monitoring.
More details: civiclaboratory.nl/2026/04/27/p...
Position: Research Coordinator (Contract or Employment) - CLEAR - Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research
CLEAR is seeking a Research Coordinator to coordinate a horizon scan on Indigenous approaches to contaminant monitoring. This project involves the design and administration of a survey as well as a sy...
civiclaboratory.nl
April 27, 2026 at 11:43 AM
⭐ JOB OPPORTUNITY ⭐
CLEAR is seeking a Research Coordinator to lead the day-to-day coordination of a horizon scan on Indigenous approaches to contaminant monitoring.
More details: civiclaboratory.nl/2026/04/27/p...
CLEAR is seeking a Research Coordinator to lead the day-to-day coordination of a horizon scan on Indigenous approaches to contaminant monitoring.
More details: civiclaboratory.nl/2026/04/27/p...
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Re-reading @maxliboiron.bsky.social’s Pollution Is Colonialism & this sentence from the introduction really leapt out at me in this technofascist neocolonial moment: “You can’t make & hoard capital without stealing Land first.”
March 23, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Re-reading @maxliboiron.bsky.social’s Pollution Is Colonialism & this sentence from the introduction really leapt out at me in this technofascist neocolonial moment: “You can’t make & hoard capital without stealing Land first.”
We’re in Nunatsiavut this week to share results in the final year of a nine year plastic monitoring project! And it’s good news: we’re not concerned about plastics as a contaminant in the region.
If you’d like a copy of the final report, let us know!
If you’d like a copy of the final report, let us know!
March 20, 2026 at 9:10 PM
We’re in Nunatsiavut this week to share results in the final year of a nine year plastic monitoring project! And it’s good news: we’re not concerned about plastics as a contaminant in the region.
If you’d like a copy of the final report, let us know!
If you’d like a copy of the final report, let us know!
I'm giving two talks in London-- one today, one tomorrow!
Research is a Land Relation
3 February 2026, 5-6.30pm, LSE, OLD 3.24
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
Counting across worlds
IAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing UCL
Wednesday, Feb 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counting-a...
Research is a Land Relation
3 February 2026, 5-6.30pm, LSE, OLD 3.24
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
Counting across worlds
IAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing UCL
Wednesday, Feb 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counting-a...
Social Life of Climate Change
Attend research seminars in Social Life of Climate Change in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE.
www.lse.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I'm giving two talks in London-- one today, one tomorrow!
Research is a Land Relation
3 February 2026, 5-6.30pm, LSE, OLD 3.24
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
Counting across worlds
IAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing UCL
Wednesday, Feb 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counting-a...
Research is a Land Relation
3 February 2026, 5-6.30pm, LSE, OLD 3.24
www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
Counting across worlds
IAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing UCL
Wednesday, Feb 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/counting-a...
Day after tomorrow in Oxford, UK. A workshop on theories of change for folks who try to move the mountain with their research, writing, teaching, etc.
Very excited to be hosting @maxliboiron.bsky.social next week! Come join us for what promises to be a very cool workshop. No registration required and a light lunch will be served.
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Day after tomorrow in Oxford, UK. A workshop on theories of change for folks who try to move the mountain with their research, writing, teaching, etc.
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New paper! "Struggling with Citational Politics as a Pathway to Unlearning and Relearning for Collective Action" on the material challenges of trying to cite ethically.
We did a citation experiment. We found there were specific stages, and they didn't advance linearly.
kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...
We did a citation experiment. We found there were specific stages, and they didn't advance linearly.
kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...
kula.uvic.ca
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
New paper! "Struggling with Citational Politics as a Pathway to Unlearning and Relearning for Collective Action" on the material challenges of trying to cite ethically.
We did a citation experiment. We found there were specific stages, and they didn't advance linearly.
kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...
We did a citation experiment. We found there were specific stages, and they didn't advance linearly.
kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku...
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If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me:
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me:
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Hello London-ish people! I will be there doing a book talk on Pollution is Colonialism week after next! Feb 3. Free and open to all!
Upcoming talk at LSE! "Research is a Land Relation" with the always superb @maxliboiron.bsky.social. 5pm 3 Feb LSE room OLD 3.24. See website SLCC.online for details!
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Hello London-ish people! I will be there doing a book talk on Pollution is Colonialism week after next! Feb 3. Free and open to all!
Very excited for Homesick by Nick Shapiro.
It tells a story of formaldehyde exposure from prefab trailers, which does some heavy, complex lifting itself. But what I love most is how it chronicles multiple approaches to activist research & how to let the research lead you. @dukepress.bsky.social
It tells a story of formaldehyde exposure from prefab trailers, which does some heavy, complex lifting itself. But what I love most is how it chronicles multiple approaches to activist research & how to let the research lead you. @dukepress.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very excited for Homesick by Nick Shapiro.
It tells a story of formaldehyde exposure from prefab trailers, which does some heavy, complex lifting itself. But what I love most is how it chronicles multiple approaches to activist research & how to let the research lead you. @dukepress.bsky.social
It tells a story of formaldehyde exposure from prefab trailers, which does some heavy, complex lifting itself. But what I love most is how it chronicles multiple approaches to activist research & how to let the research lead you. @dukepress.bsky.social
If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me:
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me:
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
"This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics."
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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I (Max) highly recommend this book. The ethnography is beautiful. The methods of an activist/researcher are exceptional. The theories of change are poetic and grounded. The case study is holy shit.
Among October's many exciting new titles is "Homesick," by Nicholas Shapiro. Check out all of our #newbooks coming out this month on the blog! buff.ly/oH4sMaj
October 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I (Max) highly recommend this book. The ethnography is beautiful. The methods of an activist/researcher are exceptional. The theories of change are poetic and grounded. The case study is holy shit.
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We’re waking up our social media presence!🌱Every week, a different CLEAR member will share what life looks like in the lab, from wet lab work to community authorship. Each perspective is unique, showing the diff ways we think about what we do and *how* we do it. Stay tuned! 1/8
September 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We’re waking up our social media presence!🌱Every week, a different CLEAR member will share what life looks like in the lab, from wet lab work to community authorship. Each perspective is unique, showing the diff ways we think about what we do and *how* we do it. Stay tuned! 1/8
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Our editor @historiamagoria.bsky.social chose "Catching an Authentic Lake Trout: Knowledge Legitimization in Academia" by Alex Flynn, with Rui Lui, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, Kaitlyn Hawkins, and Molly Lahn Rivers as our latest Editor's Pick!
niche-canada.org/2025/06/12/c...
#indigenous #academia
niche-canada.org/2025/06/12/c...
#indigenous #academia
Catching an Authentic Lake Trout: Knowledge Legitimization in Academia
Drawing from my lived experience with Lake Trout as a member of NunatuKavut who grew up in southern Labrador and a student at a colonial university, I discuss how citation practices are used to influe...
niche-canada.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our editor @historiamagoria.bsky.social chose "Catching an Authentic Lake Trout: Knowledge Legitimization in Academia" by Alex Flynn, with Rui Lui, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, Kaitlyn Hawkins, and Molly Lahn Rivers as our latest Editor's Pick!
niche-canada.org/2025/06/12/c...
#indigenous #academia
niche-canada.org/2025/06/12/c...
#indigenous #academia
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🎙️ This snippet offers a glimpse into Verena's comprehensive Seminar in our Series, which is full of strategies, tactics and tools related to the science of policy making and changing.
And there's even more to explore— join our Seminar Series in September! ires.ubc.ca/news-and-events/
And there's even more to explore— join our Seminar Series in September! ires.ubc.ca/news-and-events/
August 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎙️ This snippet offers a glimpse into Verena's comprehensive Seminar in our Series, which is full of strategies, tactics and tools related to the science of policy making and changing.
And there's even more to explore— join our Seminar Series in September! ires.ubc.ca/news-and-events/
And there's even more to explore— join our Seminar Series in September! ires.ubc.ca/news-and-events/
Today there's a public briefing on the collection, "Act boldly or fail: academic perspectives at a pivotal moment in global plastics treaty negotiations," where 60+ experts outline the consequences of delayed or diluted action 1/
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Call for bold action at upcoming Global Plastics Treaty Talks (INC-5.2)
As the world prepares for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding global plastics treaty (INC-5.2), from 5-14 August 2025, over 60 academic experts have stepped forward to outline exactly...
www.eurekalert.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Today there's a public briefing on the collection, "Act boldly or fail: academic perspectives at a pivotal moment in global plastics treaty negotiations," where 60+ experts outline the consequences of delayed or diluted action 1/
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
You can still register for tomorrow & Wednesday's workshops on promotion & tenure files for community-based research. Day 1 is CVs & Day 2 are dossiers. The team includes @arnkeeling.bsky.social @rosiealegado.bsky.social & Letitia Henville
1/3
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CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite
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July 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
You can still register for tomorrow & Wednesday's workshops on promotion & tenure files for community-based research. Day 1 is CVs & Day 2 are dossiers. The team includes @arnkeeling.bsky.social @rosiealegado.bsky.social & Letitia Henville
1/3
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Teen Vogue really does have some of the best reporting. This collection is great and includes a piece from @maxliboiron.bsky.social . Will definitely be using this entire list for teaching.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/plastic-...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/plastic-...
plastic planet
Get the latest on Plastic Planet from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.
www.teenvogue.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Teen Vogue really does have some of the best reporting. This collection is great and includes a piece from @maxliboiron.bsky.social . Will definitely be using this entire list for teaching.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/plastic-...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/plastic-...
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Last day in Nunatsiavut with this fantastic crew - Jacquelyn Winters, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, Katrina Anthony, @paulmccarney.bsky.social (and Liz Pijogge, who was back in Nain).
📸: Dillon Shiwak
📸: Dillon Shiwak
June 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Last day in Nunatsiavut with this fantastic crew - Jacquelyn Winters, @maxliboiron.bsky.social, Katrina Anthony, @paulmccarney.bsky.social (and Liz Pijogge, who was back in Nain).
📸: Dillon Shiwak
📸: Dillon Shiwak
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A short blog post with @maxliboiron.bsky.social for @clear-lab.bsky.social on the ethics of summary stats and why choice matters. It might seem obvious, but these problems still appear in papers when summarizing plastics data
civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/t... #PlasticPollution #ornithology
civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/t... #PlasticPollution #ornithology
The Problem With Averages: What Plastic in Birds Teaches Us About Statistical Ethics - CLEAR - Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research
By Max Liboiron and Alex Bond
civiclaboratory.nl
June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A short blog post with @maxliboiron.bsky.social for @clear-lab.bsky.social on the ethics of summary stats and why choice matters. It might seem obvious, but these problems still appear in papers when summarizing plastics data
civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/t... #PlasticPollution #ornithology
civiclaboratory.nl/2025/06/30/t... #PlasticPollution #ornithology
Squeeeee! Outlining a paper with @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @paulmccarney.bsky.social about community-based metrics & measure for contaminants research. Spoiler: they aren’t the usual Western science metrics.
June 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Squeeeee! Outlining a paper with @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @paulmccarney.bsky.social about community-based metrics & measure for contaminants research. Spoiler: they aren’t the usual Western science metrics.
Good morning! It’s a mild and foggy start to the day here.
June 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Good morning! It’s a mild and foggy start to the day here.
The draft Plastics Treaty has 3 sets of “Principles & Approaches, only 1 of which includes “knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Even then, it includes Indigenous *knowledge* to the marked exclusion of Indigenous *Peoples*. A better way starts with Indigenous rights.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core
How to incorporate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the Global Plastics Treaty - Volume 3
www.cambridge.org
June 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The draft Plastics Treaty has 3 sets of “Principles & Approaches, only 1 of which includes “knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Even then, it includes Indigenous *knowledge* to the marked exclusion of Indigenous *Peoples*. A better way starts with Indigenous rights.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
