Multispecies Collective

This blog post follows a Research Dialogue between Dr Laura Mai (Amsterdam), Dr Veerle Platvoet (Heidelberg), Dr Iyan Offor (Birmingham), and the wider community of the Multispecies Collective. The Dialogue took place at Birmingham Law School and online on 11 February 2026. Our conversation explored how law encounters planetary and more-than-human temporalities, and what this means for law, governance, and legal scholarship.

As ecological and social challenges intensify, the need for new ways of thinking, acting, and relating to one another has never been more urgent. In launching the Multispecies Collective, we propose multispecies ways of thinking, acting and relating as a promising way forward. The Multispecies Collective's members have created a space for reimagining futures grounded in care, flourishing, and mutual interdependence and, in so doing, we thoroughly considered our decision to fo

This post shares a reflective account by our founder, Iyan Offor, of how and why the Multispecies Collective came to be. On the occasion of the Multispecies Collective’s (re)launch, our values, projects and activities have us thinking firmly about futures of flourishing for animals, nature and society. But I wish to glance back for a moment to tell the story of how this community came to life, with immense gratitude and admiration for all those who have played a role in it. K

As we launch the Multispecies Collective, we would like to introduce you to our founding members who previously organised as the Animals, Nature & Society Research Group. We would also like to introduce our wonderful new members who join us as we relaunch.

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Multispecies Collective; a collaborative group of researchers working together with change-makers and future-oriented creatives.