Adam Hart

Hart was educated at the University of Cambridge, studying Zoology as an undergraduate student of Churchill College, Cambridge. His PhD at the University of Sheffield investigated the co-operative behaviour of social insects,{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|first=Adam|last=Hart|title=Task partitioning in insect societies |year=2001|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.392734}}|publisher=University of Sheffield|website=shef.ac.uk|oclc=556903273|url=https://find.shef.ac.uk/permalink/f/15enftp/44SFD_ALMA_DS21181717820001441}} and was supervised by Francis Ratnieks. He became interested in insects because of their social behaviour.{{cite web|title=Reading Survey Response: Adam Hart|url=http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/reading-survey-response-adam-hart|website=Edinburgh International Science Festival|access-date=5 September 2015}} He subsequently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) at the University of Gloucestershire.

Following a postdoctoral position examining conflict in social systems,{{cite web|title=Speaking to...Adam Hart|url=http://speakingofscience.juliegould.net/science-communication/speaking-adam-hart/|website=Speaking of Science|publisher=Julie Gould|access-date=5 September 2015|date=9 February 2014}} he transferred to the University of Gloucestershire in 2005, where he is Professor of Science Communication.

Hart has published scientific papers on a variety of topics, including entomology, ecology, disease, hygiene, nesting phenology, citizen science, Africa antelope surveying, thermal imaging, African grassland management and climate change. In 2018 his research on spiders was named by Made at Uni{{cite web | url=https://madeatuni.org.uk/university-gloucestershire | title=Breakthroughs | date=28 July 2020 }} as one of the UK's 100 best breakthroughs for its significant impact on people's everyday lives.{{cite web |last1=Punchline Gloucestershire |title=Gloucestershire's very own Spiderman |url=https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/gloucestershires-very-own-spiderman |website=Punchline |access-date=8 December 2018}} Research Hart co-authored on the use of low-cost thermal imaging for anti-poaching work{{cite journal |last1=Hart |first1=AG |title=Can Handheld Thermal Imaging Technology Improve Detection of Poachers in African Bushveldt? |journal=PLOS ONE|volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=e0131584 |date=2015 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0131584 |pmid=26110865 |pmc=4481516 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1031584H |doi-access=free }} won the 2019 Green Gown Awards{{cite web | url=https://www.greengownawards.org/green-gown-awards-uk-ireland | title=Green Gown Awards UK & Ireland | Green Gown Awards }} in the Research with Impact category.{{cite web|url=https://www.greengownawards.org/2019-winnersjkjoiwe|title=Green Gowns Winners|access-date=2 August 2019}}

He co-authored the Oxford University Press textbook Applied Ecology, described as "a cornerstone publication for all undergraduate students studying ecology",{{cite web|url=http://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/applied-ecology-9780198723288?cc=us&lang=en|title=Applied Ecology – Paperback – Anne Goodenough, Adam Hart – Oxford University Press|website=global.oup.com}} and is a co-author of Introducing Forensic and Criminal Investigation, a textbook.{{cite web|title=Introducing Criminal and Forensic Investigation|url=https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/introducing-forensic-and-criminal-investigation/book235769|website=Sage Publishing|access-date=5 September 2015}} He has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Ecological Entomology and is currently{{when|date=July 2022}} an Associate Editor of that journal.{{cite journal|title=Editorial Board|journal=Ecological Entomology|doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2311}} He sits on the editorial board of The Biologist, the magazine of the Royal Society of Biology,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/about-us/committees/biologist-editorial-board|title=The Biologist editorial board|publisher=rsb.org.uk|access-date=13 September 2016}} and is an Associate Editor of Antenna, the magazine of the Royal Entomological Society.{{Cite web|url=http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Antenna%20author%20guidelines.pdf|title=Royal Entomological Society|access-date=13 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918225624/http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Antenna%20author%20guidelines.pdf|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}} Hart is also the founding co-editor of Instar, a magazine published by the Royal Entomological Society for children.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/res-instar-mag/docs/res_instar_magazine__1-16__issuu|title=Instar}}

Hart has an active involvement with large-scale citizen science projects that include the "Flying Ant" survey,{{cite web|title=Flying Ant Survey|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/biologyweek/flying-ant-survey|website=Royal Society of Biology|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903053103/http://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/biologyweek/flying-ant-survey|archive-date=3 September 2015|url-status=dead}} the "Spider in da House" survey and app{{cite web|title=Spider in Da House|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/hands-on-biology/spider-app|website=Royal Society of Biology|access-date=5 September 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Rachel|title=Spider ID: know your window from your false widow|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-app-reviews/11101123/Spider-ID-app-Know-your-window-from-your-false-widow.html|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=17 September 2014}} and the "Starling Murmuration" survey{{cite web|title=Starling Murmuration Survey|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/biologyweek/starling-survey|website=Royal Society of Biology|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919003401/http://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/biologyweek/starling-survey|archive-date=19 September 2015|url-status=dead}} with the Royal Society of Biology. The scientific findings of these studies have been widely disseminated.{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Viewpoint: Is there any such thing as "flying ant day"|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40632535 |access-date=8 March 2018|publisher=BBC News|date=2017-07-18}} In 2018 he led a team that studied, for the first time, the use of Twitter-mining in ecology,{{cite journal |last1=Hart |first1=A G |title=Testing the potential of Twitter mining methods for data acquisition: Evaluating novel opportunities for ecological research in multiple taxa |journal=Methods in Ecology and Evolution |volume=9 |issue=11 |pages=2194–2205 |date=2018 |doi=10.1111/2041-210X.13063 |s2cid=158983352 |url=http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/5961/1/5961%20-%20Hart%20-%202018%20-%20Testing%20the%20potential%20of%20Twitter%20mining%20methods%20for%20data%20acquisition.pdf }} which was covered by a number of news sites.{{cite news |last1=Amos |first1=Jonathan |title='Twitter mining' for ants, spiders and birds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45414011|date=6 September 2018 |access-date=11 September 2018 |publisher=BBC}}{{cite news |last1=British Ecological Society |title=Scientists take to Twitter to study flying ants, starling murmurations and house spiders |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180905083916.htm |date=5 September 2018|access-date=11 September 2018 |work=Science Daily}}

In 2017, Hart co-ran the Big Wasp Survey[http://www.bigwaspsurvey.org] with Seirian Sumner, which attracted criticism from quarters in the national press{{cite news|last1=Knapton|first1=Sarah|title=Public urged to drown wasps in beer in bizarre conservation project, condemned by wildlife experts|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/22/public-urged-drown-wasps-beer-bizarre-conservation-project-condemned/|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=8 March 2018|date=2017-08-22}}{{cite news|last1=Barkham|first1=Patrick|title=Conservationists slam hateful survey promoting wasp killing|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/23/conservationists-slam-hateful-survey-promoting-wasp-killing|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=8 March 2018|date=2017-08-23}} because it asked people to set up lethal wasp traps. Hart and collaborator Seirian Sumner responded to this criticism in press{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=We faced abuse for asking people to kill wasps for science – here's why it was worthwhile|url=https://theconversation.com/we-faced-abuse-for-asking-people-to-kill-wasps-for-science-heres-why-it-was-worthwhile-84792|website=The Conversation|publisher=The Conversation|access-date=8 March 2018}} and media.{{cite web|last1=Dolan|first1=Luke|title=Entomologist behind 'The Big Wasp Survey' defends project against criticism|url=http://talkradio.co.uk/news/entomologist-behind-big-wasp-survey-defends-project-against-criticism-17082317770|website=Talk Radio|publisher=Talk Radio|access-date=8 March 2018}} Hart authored a piece for BBC Online News defending wasps and their ecological value as well as putting forward the scientific case for the Big Wasp Survey.{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=What's really the point of wasps?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41042948|publisher=BBC News|access-date=8 March 2018|date=2017-08-25}} Hart later went on to make a BBC Radio 4 documentary and a BBC World Service series exploring some of the issues raised.{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Inside the Killing Jar|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qfwpt|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=8 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=BBC World Service Discovery |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csxgp3 |publisher=BBC World Service |access-date=28 June 2018}}

As a commentator on science-related stories, Hart has frequently appeared in the national press, often contributing to stories involving invertebrates such as ladybird invasions,{{cite news|last1=Corcoram|first1=Liam|title=Plague of ladybirds set to descend on Britain but experts say don't panic|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/plague-ladybirds-set-descend-britain-4575376|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Mirror|date=5 November 2014}} spiders{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Matthew|title=Attack of the giant spiders: scorching summer leaves beasts poised to invade Britain|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/plague-ladybirds-set-descend-britain-4575376|access-date=5 September 2015|work=Daily Star|date=17 September 2014}} and ants.{{cite web|last1=Culbertson|first1=Alix|title=Invasion of the flying ants: What might be in store for YOU when you get home tonight...|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/595460/flying-ants-swarms-Britain|access-date=5 September 2015|work=Daily Express|date=3 August 2015}} He has also discussed topics including the fear of spiders,{{cite news|title=Spiders are misunderstood and feared for their shapel|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9328254/Spiders-are-misunderstood-and-feared-for-their-shape.html|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=13 June 2012}} the threat of tree diseases,{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Despite the lush summer leaves, our trees are under attack|url=https://theconversation.com/despite-the-lush-summer-leaves-our-trees-are-under-attack-28237|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Conversation|date=23 June 2014}} banana disease{{cite news|title=The imminent death of the Cavendish banana|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35131751|access-date=8 February 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=2016-01-24|last1=Leatherdale|first1=Duncan}} and insect conservation.{{cite news|title=Gloucester bee conservation project wins £50,000|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-11857516|publisher=BBC News|access-date=5 September 2015|date=2010-11-28}}

Hart has a strong interest in African conservation and has published papers that include studies of grassland and herbivore management, surveying and has been particularly active in the trophy hunting debate. He has written a number of high-profile articles on related issues, including trophy hunting,{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Viewpoint: Uncomfortable realities of big game hunting|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34116488 |access-date=16 March 2018|publisher=BBC News|date=September 2015}} rhino poaching and the horn legalization debate,{{cite journal|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Could legalising the trade in rhino horn save the species?|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/biologist-opinion/159-biologist/opinion/1654-could-legalising-the-trade-in-rhino-horn-save-the-species|journal=The Biologist|volume= 63|number=6|page=7|publisher=The Royal Society of Biology|access-date=16 March 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Knapton|first1=Sarah|title=Legalising rhino horn trade could stop poaching, suggests BBC presenter Adam Hart|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/12/16/legalising-rhino-horn-trade-could-stop-poaching-suggests-bbc/|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=16 March 2018|date=2016-12-16}} the issues of fences in conservation,{{cite journal |last1=Hart |first1=AG |title=Don't Fence Me In |url=https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist/158-biologist/features/1829-don-t-fence-me-in |journal=The Biologist|volume= 64|number=5|pages=10–13 |publisher=Royal Society of Biology |access-date=2 August 2019}} misinformation in African conservation,{{cite web |title=Misinformation about trophy hunting is wrong. Dead wrong. |url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/opinion/539071-misinformation-about-trophy-hunting-is-wrong-dead-wrong |work=The Hill |date=16 February 2021 |access-date=9 April 2021}} and the economics and conservation issues of breeding of color variant antelopes in South Africa.{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Conservation versus profit: South Africa's 'unique' game offer a sobering lesson|url=http://theconversation.com/conservation-versus-profit-south-africas-unique-game-offer-a-sobering-lesson-82029|website=The Conversation|date=14 August 2017|access-date=16 March 2018}} Hart co-directs the scientific research programme of the Nkombi Volunteer Programme{{cite web | url=https://www.nkombi.com/about | title=About | Nkombi Volunteer Programme }} in South Africa and is a trustee of the Wild Planet Trust.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wildplanettrust.org.uk/trustees/adam-hart/|title=Adam Hart • Wild Planet Trust|access-date=31 March 2022}}

Following the publication of his book Life of Poo, Hart is also a frequent commentator on our relationships with bacteria, including the medical implications of gut bacteria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/8203-are-poo-banks-the-new-antibiotics/story-29700172-detail/story.html|title=Are 'poo banks' the new antibiotics?|date=10 September 2016|access-date=12 September 2016}}

Hart believes science communication is about sharing science, saying that "The scientific method is our greatest intellectual achievement – it is a tool to understand ourselves and the universe. How could you not want to share that?"

Hart has frequently appeared on and presented TV and radio science documentaries.{{cite web|title=Midweek|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048n3f6|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=BBC Inside Science|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pc2zn|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention: Bomb Detecting Bees|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ccpkk|publisher=BBC One|access-date=5 September 2015}} He co-presented BBC4's Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony (with George McGavin), a 90-minute documentary about leafcutting ants, and BBC's two-part series Hive Alive (presenting with Martha Kearney and Chris Packham). Hart also presented Life on Planet Ant, aimed at a younger audience, for BBC2. Planet Ant was nominated for Broadcast Digital{{cite web|title=Broadcast Digital Awards Shortlist|url=http://www.naturalhistorynetwork.co.uk/news/uk-broadcast-digital-awards-shortlist|website=Natural History Network|access-date=5 September 2015}} and Royal Television Society awards.{{cite news|title=RTS Awards: winners in full|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26642984|publisher=BBC News|access-date=5 September 2015|date=2014-03-19}}

Hart captained the University of Sheffield team to the final of the BBC2 Christmas University Challenge series, which sees "teams of prominent alumni from 14 universities and university colleges...compete for the glory of their institutions and the honour of being declared Series Champions".{{cite web|title=Christmas 2015 on BBC TV: A wonderful array of unique and quality shows for all the family|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/xmas15/bbctwo |publisher=BBC|date=24 November 2015 |access-date=8 July 2016}}

Since 2011, Hart has presented BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service documentaries on an array of topics including honey,{{cite web|title=The Golden Treasure|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dcg0t|publisher=BBC World Service: Discovery|access-date=5 September 2015}} migratory beekeeping,{{cite web|title=On the Trail of the American Honeybee|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rg226|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}} swarm robotics,{{cite web|title=Frontiers: Swarm Robotics|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047zrlc|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}} tree diseases,{{cite web|title=Ashes to Ashes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bg4vh|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=The Tree Scientists|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p7g10|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}} gut bacteria,{{cite web|title=Frontiers: Gut Microbiota|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03h429g|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}} de-extinction,{{cite web|title=Raising Allosaurus: the Dream of Jurassic Park|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038c7b9|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}} trophy hunting{{cite web|title=Big Game Theory|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b067x5w1|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=Discovery: Lion Hunting in Africa|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035qsnx|publisher=BBC}} (in the wake of the Cecil the Lion story), the concept of free will in biology{{cite web|title=Discovery: The Biology of Freedom|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vdx1s|publisher=BBC World Service|access-date=5 September 2015}} and animal personality.{{cite web|title=Frontiers: Animal Personality|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04tlft2|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=5 September 2015}}

In 2016, he presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service on human-induced evolutionary change,{{cite web|title=Unnatural Selection|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ztq58|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 February 2016}} the controversy over rhino horn trade{{cite web|title=The Horns of a Dilemma|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03mswlf/p03msylj|publisher=BBC News |access-date=29 March 2016}} and on mosquito control.{{cite web|title=Goodbye Mosquito|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074x4t9|publisher=BBC News |access-date=29 March 2016}}

Hart presented the BBC World Service weekly science magazine programme Science in Action for three months in 2017.{{cite web|title=Science in Action|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnb|publisher=BBC News |access-date=29 January 2017}}

In 2018, Hart wrote and presented the BBC Radio 4 documentary Inside the Killing Jar, exploring the fact that entomologists often have to kill what they study. The programme investigated lethal sampling and the controversial idea that insects may feel pain and was later extended into a series for BBC World Service. In the same year, he wrote and presented the 5-part series The Genius of Accidents for BBC Radio 4, which explored the role of accident and luck in scientific discoveries{{cite web |title=The Genius of Accidents Series 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bcrcrz |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=11 September 2018}}

In 2019, following the broadcast of Inside the Killing Jar, Hart co-authored a commentary paper on the ethics of insects in research, with a particular emphasis on ecological sampling and by-catch reduction.{{cite journal |last1=Hart |first1=A.G. |title=Keeping invertebrate research ethical in a landscape of shifting public opinion |journal=Methods in Ecology and Evolution |volume=10 |issue=8 |pages=1265–1273 |date=2019 |doi=10.1111/2041-210X.13208 |s2cid=164526069 |url=http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/6848/1/6848%20Hart%20%282020%29%20Ethics%20invertebrate.pdf }} In 2020, he presented the documentary [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k9r5 On the Menu] for BBC Radio 4 that explored our difficult relationships with predators, including tigers, lions and wolves. This documentary developed into the series [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct2g8z#:~:text=Adam%20Hart%20explores%20our%20complex,lion%20conflicts%20when%20they%20occur%3F Tooth and Claw] on BBC World Service. The first series broadcast in 2021, with a second and third series airing in 2022. Series 4 aired in 2023. Episodes cover the lives of predators and the people that study them.{{Cite web |title=BBC World Service Discovery |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct2g91}}

Hart is a frequent public speaker, lecturing on topics that include social insects,{{cite news|title=Community Lecture Will Delve into World of Ants and Bees|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10921543.Community_lecture_will_delve_into_world_of_ants_and_bees/|access-date=5 September 2015|work=Dorset Echo|date=8 January 2015}} citizen science{{cite web|title=Citizen Science|url=http://www.cirenscience.org.uk/joomla/jupgrade/index.php?option=com_contentbuilder&view=list&Itemid=6&contentbuilder_download_file=99592689a4e20c3ff096150ff4b7aff24feacf7b|website=Cirenecester Science and Technology Society|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203120903/http://www.cirenscience.org.uk/joomla/jupgrade/index.php?option=com_contentbuilder&view=list&Itemid=6&contentbuilder_download_file=99592689a4e20c3ff096150ff4b7aff24feacf7b|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}} and trophy hunting{{cite web|title=University public lecture to ask if big game hunting in Africa can help conservation|date=21 August 2015|url=http://www.glos.ac.uk/news/Pages/university-public-lecture-about-big-game-hunting.aspx|publisher=University of Gloucestershire|access-date=5 September 2015}} to schools, public audiences and special-interest groups. In 2013 he delivered a 24-hour lecture on social insects as part of the Royal Society's National Biology Week.{{cite web|title=24 Hour Lecture with Professor Adam Hart|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/biologyweek/24-hour-lecture|website=Royal Society of Biology|access-date=5 September 2015}} He has also written numerous articles for newspapers, magazines and for the BBC Science and Environment pages, including opinion pieces on migratory beekeeping,{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Huge scale of California pollination event|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21741651|publisher=BBC News|access-date=5 September 2015|date=2013-03-26}} human-induced evolution,{{cite news|title=Are humans driving evolution in animals?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35462335 |access-date=2 February 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=2016-02-02|last1=Hart|first1=Adam}} animal personality{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Is personality unique to humans?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30395493|publisher=BBC News|access-date=5 September 2015|date=2014-12-10}} and the realities of modern-day African hunting.{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=Viewpoint: Uncomfortable realities of big game hunting|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34116488|publisher=BBC News|access-date=5 September 2015|date=September 2015}} He has written about the complex role of gut bacteria in human immunity.{{cite web|title=Gut Feling|url=http://britsocimmblog.org/gut-feeling/|website=British Society for Immunology|publisher=BSI|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411175728/http://britsocimmblog.org/gut-feeling/|archive-date=11 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

In 2015, his first popular-science book was published. The Life of Poo details our complex relationship with bacteria. He has since gone to write Unfit for Purpose, detailing mismatches between human evolution and the modern world and The Deadly Balance: Predators and People in a Crowded World, focussing on the difficult realities of conservation, and published in 2023. In 2023 he also co-authored the academic book Trophy Hunting with Nikolaj Bichel, which won the 2023 Marsh Ecology Book of the Year prize. The award is presented by the British Ecological Society, for "the book that has had the greatest influence on the science of ecology in any two-year period".

He is a regular presenter and chair at the Cheltenham Science Festival, tackling topics such as tree diseases,{{cite web|title=What's Killing our Trees?|url=http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2014/whats-killing-our-trees/|website=Cheltenham Science Festival|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514051725/http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2014/whats-killing-our-trees/|archive-date=14 May 2016|url-status=dead}} bees,{{cite news|last1=Devlin|first1=Hannah|title=Scientists find stingless bees keep spare virgin queen in a wax cage|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/scientists-find-stingless-bees-keep-spare-virgin-queen-in-a-wax-cage-m2jvqsmb0rq|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Times|issue=10 June 2010}} gut bacteria,{{cite web|title=Our Friendly Bacteria|url=http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2015/our-friendly-bacteria/|website=Cheltenham Science Festival|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504161911/http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2015/our-friendly-bacteria/|archive-date=4 May 2015|url-status=dead}} and garden moths.{{cite web|title=Your Garden by Night|url=http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2015/your-garden-by-night/|website=Cheltenham Science Festival|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093212/http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2015/your-garden-by-night/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} He has also appeared at the Edinburgh,{{cite web|title=What About the Bees|url=http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/what-about-the-bees|website=Edinburgh Science Festival|access-date=5 September 2015}} Northern Ireland{{cite web |title=NI Science Festival |url=https://www.nisciencefestival.com/event.php?e=129 |website=Chemistry of Smells |access-date=2 August 2019}} and Malta{{cite news|title=Open Day for Science Expo|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130412/local/Open-day-for-Science-Expo.465233|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Times|location=Malta|date=10 April 2013}} Science Festivals, speaking on, amongst other things, the role of gut bacteria and the use of pheromones in communication.{{cite web|title=Gut Feeling|url=http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/gut-feeling|website=Edinburgh International Science Festival|access-date=25 April 2016}} He has been a speaker at the New Scientist Live Event held annually in London.{{cite web |title=New Scientist Live Profile |url=https://live.newscientist.com/speakers/adam-hart#/ |website=New Scientist Live |access-date=2 August 2019}} In 2013, he hosted the EU COST Science Night in Brussels. He also hosted the 60th anniversary celebrations of the [https://www.immunology.org/ British Society for Immunology] at the [https://royalsociety.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI687s5-fw2QIVoTLTCh0gCgXQEAAYASAAEgKrPfD_BwE Royal Society] and chaired the debate 'The changing face of medical research'.{{cite web|title=BSI's 60th Anniversary Lecture|url=https://www.immunology.org/news/bsis-60th-anniversary-lecture|website=BSI|publisher=BSI|access-date=16 March 2018}} In June 2022, he was the guest for an episode of The Life Scientific recorded at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – The Life Scientific, Adam Hart on ants, bees and insect burgers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00187qn|access-date=14 June 2022}}

In recognition of his academic work, Hart is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES){{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Adam|title=National Insect Week: All you need to know about bugs in the home|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/national-insect-week-all-you-need-to-know-about-bugs-in-the-home-9564905.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701034229/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/national-insect-week-all-you-need-to-know-about-bugs-in-the-home-9564905.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2014|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Independent|date=26 June 2014}} and of the Royal Society of Biology. In 2020, Hart was elected a Trustee of the Royal Entomological Society and chairs their Outreach Committee, and in 2022 was made Vice President.{{cite web |url=https://www.royensoc.co.uk/people/professor-adam-hart-fres#:~:text=A%20Fellow%20since%202010%2C%20Adam,the%20scorpion%20fly%20Panorpa%20communis. |website=Royal Entomological Society |access-date=9 April 2021|title=Professor Adam Hart FRES |date=2 December 2020 }}

In 2010, he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy{{cite web|title=Dr Adam Hart, National Teaching Fellow 2010|url=https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/person/dr-adam-hart|website=Higher Education Academy|access-date=5 September 2015}} and the Society of Biology (now the Royal Society of Biology) Science Communicator of the Year award.{{cite web|title=2010 Science Communication Award Winners|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/images/2010%20Science%20Communication%20Awards.pdf|website=Royal Society of Biology|access-date=5 September 2015}} In 2011, he delivered the Charter Lecture for the Royal Society of Biology{{cite web|title=Charter Lecture 2011: How can we avoid preaching to the converted|url=http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/04/14/how-can-we-avoid-preaching-to-the-converted/|website=British Ecological Society|access-date=5 September 2015|date=2011-04-14}} and in 2015 he launched the University of Gloucestershire's public lecture series{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Shaun|title=Professor Adam Hart launches first Public Lecture Series at University of Gloucestershire|url=http://gloucesternewscentre.co.uk/professor-adam-hart-launches-first-public-lecture-series-at-university-of-gloucestershire/|website=Gloucester News Centre|date=5 January 2015 |access-date=6 September 2015}} and delivered the AGM address for the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|title=Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust AGM|url=http://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/sites/default/files/54th%20Annual%20General%20Meeting%20-%20Agenda_0.pdf|website=Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust|publisher=Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust|access-date=21 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311000702/http://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/sites/default/files/54th%20Annual%20General%20Meeting%20-%20Agenda_0.pdf|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=dead}} He was co-recipient of the 2023 British Ecological Society's Marsh Ecology Book of the Year prize.

Other awards include:

• 2010: Science Communicator of the Year, Society (now Royal Society) of Biology
• 2010: National Teaching Fellowship, Higher Education Academy
• 2012: Students' union outstanding lecturer award
• 2019: Green Gowns Award for Research with Impact
• Hart is a patron of the charity Bees Abroad{{cite web|title=Our Patrons|url=http://beesabroad.org.uk/?p=644|website=Bees Abroad|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316115715/http://beesabroad.org.uk/?p=644|archive-date=16 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

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