- History of science (19th and 20th C)
- Science and culture
- History of evolutionary theory
- History of biology
- History of field work in the life sciences
Recent publications
- launch De Bont, R. with De Bont, R. (corresp. author) (2022). Moving across the Zoo-Field Border: Heini Hediger in Congo. ISIS, 113 (3), 491-512. doi: 10.1086/721141
- launch De Bont, R. with De Bont, R. (corresp. author) (2021). Hamster numbers: biopolitics and animal agency in the dutch fields, circa 1870-present. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES, 43 (2), Art.No. ARTN 50. doi: 10.1007/s40656-021-00398-3 via repository
- launch De Bont, R. (2021). The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene. ISIS, 112 (2), 390-391.
- launch Soens, T., De Bont, R., De Keyzer, M. (2020). At the Edge of Resilience. Making Sense of COVID-19 from the perspective of Environmental History. Journal for the History of Environment and Society, 5 (Special issue), Art.No. 1, 9-22. via repository
- launch Soens, T., De Bont, R., De Keyzer, M. (Eds.) (2020). Special Issue. COVID-19 & Environmental history. (Journal for the History of the Environment and Society, 5). Brepols. ISBN: 978-2-503-58735-6. via repository
- launch De Bont, R. (2020). Eating game: proteins, international conservation and the rebranding of African wildlife, 1955-1965. BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, 53 (2), Art.No. PII S0007087420000023, 183-205. doi: 10.1017/S0007087420000023
- launch De Bont, R. (2019). The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation. ISIS, 110 (3), 578-579. doi: 10.1086/704233
- launch De Bont, R. (2018). The Nature of German Imperialism: Conservation and the Politics of Wildlife in Colonial East Africa. ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY, 24 (2), 285-287. doi: 10.3197/096734018X15217309861496
- launch De Bont, R. with De Bont, R. (corresp. author) (2018). Humor in a Time of Science Wars: Rereading Isabelle Stengers. ISIS, 109 (1), 95-98. doi: 10.1086/697107
- launch De Bont, R., Woebse, A-K. (2018). Disruption and Reorganization International Preservation Networks and the First World War. In: R.P. Tucker, T. Keller, J.R. McNeill, M. Schmid (Eds.), ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORIES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, (257-277). CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. ISBN: 978-1-108-45319-6.