Molly Rose Bond

Dr Molly Rose Bond is a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, joining in 2025 to collaborate with Professor Jane Calvert on the Pollinator Pathmaker Living Artworks project. Her work reimagines gardens and their ecological and social roles through interdisciplinary lenses.

Education:

• PhD in Interdisciplinary Social Science (2021), University of Bristol
• MRes in Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis (2016), University of Bristol
• BA (hons) in International Development (2012), University of Sussex
• Foundation Degree in Art & Design (2007), Falmouth University

Research Interests:

• Plant politics and agrarian futures
• De/anti-colonial, feminist Science & Technology Studies (STS)
• Global bioeconomies, genetic engineering, and synthetic biology
• UN biodiversity governance and digital biopiracy
• Pollinator/gardener relations and multispecies communities

Scientific Awards:

• 2023 grant to publish a book on plant-people relations