Annual Report 2025
International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology (IITE)
http://iite.info
Our planet's biosphere is under increasing pressure from pollution, climate change, overexploitation and land-use change. Biodiversity is rapidly declining. How will the biosphere respond, how societies be affected, how can this change be steered to the benefit of humanity? IITE aims to promote advancement, teaching and application of theoretical ecology in order to address these questions.
Contact: contact@iite.info
Flat 10 317 Essex Road LONDON
N1 2EE
Board of Trustees
Dr. Axel G. Rossberg (Chair)
Reader in Theoretical Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
Prof. Géza Meszéna
Professor of Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest
Dr J Christopher Terry (Treasurer)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen Mary University of London
Prof. Mercedes Pascual
Louis Block Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Prof. Cang Hui
SARChI Chair in Mathematical and Theoretical Physical Biosciences, Stellenbosch University
Prof. Åke Brännström
Head of Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Prof. György Barabás
Assistant Professor at Linköping University
Dr Natalia Petrovskaya Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham
Activities and Achievements
This report covers the period from 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025
IITE’s constitution states our objective as follows:
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For the benefit of the public the advancement of the science of Theoretical Ecology in particular but not exclusively by:
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a) the promotion, encouragement and advancement of theoretical ecology and its application;
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b) the advancement of education and research in theoretical ecology and its application and the publication of the useful results of such research.
During the reporting period, our main public facing activity has been a series of online seminars run through Zoom (iite.info/seminar/). All speakers have volunteered their time, and by using free tools have incurred no financial cost. These have been free for all to access, and have attracted a large and diverse collection of researchers in the audience. To date, we have run about 77 such seminars, 17 in the reporting period, with presenters from across the world and from a range of career stages and including some of the most esteemed researchers in the field. The talks have been popular and this has allowed us to develop a significant email mailing list and twitter following. All talks have been posted on YouTube, where we have had well over 10’000 total views.
All activities of IITE were led by its trustees, served the public benefit, and were consistent with the charity's objective.
Outlook
An important goal for the next reporting period will be to open a charity bank account to allow us to apply for and administer grants, collect donations and so develop the aims of IITE. After discussions with various banks, this may require some restructuring of the trustee list.
Governance
IITE has a simple governance structure: the board of trustees is identical with its membership, all work is volunteered, and all decisions are made in (virtual) meetings of the board of trustees in line with the published constitution.
Financial Review
IITE had neither income nor expenditures, and had no assets, funds, or liabilities during the reporting period.
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| INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE | INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE | INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE | INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE | FOR | FOR | Charity Number: | Charity Number: | ||||||||
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| THEORETICAL ECOLOGY | 1183900 | ||||||||||||||
| Receipts and payments accounts | CC16a | ||||||||||||||
| For the period from |
01/05/2024 | To | 30 April 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||||||||
| to the nearest | £ | to the nearest £ | to | the nearest £ | to the nearest | £ | to the nearest | £ | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||||||
| None | - | -- | - -- |
- | -- | - | -- | - | -- |
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| None | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see | |||||||||||||||||||||
| table). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| None | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||||||||
| Sub total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total receipts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 Payments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| None | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||||||
| Sub total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 Asset and investment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| purchases, (see | table) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| None | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||||||||
| Sub total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total payments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||||||
| Cash funds this year end | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment Categories Details funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds - - - Total cash funds 0 0 0 (agree balances with receipts and payments account (s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - Fund to which asset Current value Cost (optional) Details belongs (optional) B3 Investment assets - - Fund to which asset Current value Cost (optional) Details belongs (optional) B4 Assets retained for the - - charity’s own use - - Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities - Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval Axel Rossberg 15 Feb 2026 Axel Rossberg
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
12/02/2026
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