Frank Ashwood

Join Frank Ashwood, author of The World Beneath Our Feet in conversation with Rob Cruickshank. Hear about the hidden life of soil and why it matters to us all. We'll go on a layer-by-layer tour of soil – meeting the creatures and processes that make life possible, showing why protecting soil is urgent for our survival.

The most diverse ecosystem on earth lies beneath our feet. Author talk: Frank Ashwood Wednesday 25 November 6–7pm Doors open 5.30pm Tautoru / TSB Space Hapori | Community, Level 1, Tūranga Free, get your tickets here Author: Frank Ashwood (photo supplied) Dr Frank Ashwood is a soil ecologist and macrophotographer, specialising in soil invertebrates.

He is a Lecturer of Ecology and Entomology at Lincoln University in New Zealand and received his PhD from University of Lancashire in 2016. Frank has previously worked as a scientist for Forest Research, part of the British Government’s Forestry Commission. He is Associate Editor of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology and member of the Royal Society of Biology.

Frank has appeared on the BBC Earth Podcast, BBC Breakfast, ABC Landline, and his soil animal photography has been featured in the Guardian and the New York Times and has been exhibited internationally. Rob Cruickshank Rob Cruickshank is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury where he is Director of Environmental Science, teaches a large first-year course on science and society, and does research on insects that live in cities.

World Beneath Our Feet