Thom van Dooren

Thom van Dooren is a Professor of Environmental Humanities and Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney, known for his work as a field philosopher and writer focusing on extinction and conservation[1][2]. He is the author of three books, including Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction and The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds, which won the 2021 Ludwik Fleck Prize[4][6]. He is also a Humboldt Research Award funded Fellow at MESH at the University of Cologne and a founding co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities[1][5].