Research archive
Presenting the Sustainable index to sea urchin fishing in Galicia
The index was showed at the final event of the project to sea urching fishers and policy makers
20/10/2023 - Last Wednesday, a conference was organised at the Federación Galega de Cofradía de Pescadores to deepen the knowledge of sea urchin fishing. That day, the OURIXEN project led by the University of Santiago de Compostela and the SOST-Erizo project of FOL-CIM of the University of Vigo were presented. Both projects are funded by the REDEMAR […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Dissemination, Research, Results, SOST-Erizo
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Dissemination, Research, Results, SOST-Erizo
Developing a sustainability index for the sea urchin fishery in partnership with the sector
Participatory workshops were developed in the Lira and Baiona fishermen's associations to improve the internal management of the sea urchin fishery.
11/10/2023 - Throughout this summer, SOST-Erizo partners such as Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIMA) of Consellería do Mar, Mareira Bizi, and FOL have been meeting with sea urchin harvesters in several participatory workshops to involve the sector in the research action from the beginning. In the framework of the project, four workshops were organised. In the first […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
How Ocean acidification affects marine system? Join us as PhD student and assess the ecological and social risk. Stay tuned as Uvigo call will be published soon
THE BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY GROUP (GOB) AND FUTURE OCEANS LAB (FOL) OF THE MARINE RESEARCH CENTER (CIM) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIGO (SPAIN) WILL LAUNCH A CALL FOR A JOINT PHD STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
29/09/2023 - Biological Oceanography Group (GOB) of the Marine Research Center (CIM) at the University of Vigo will be launching a joint PhD student position together with Future Oceans Lab (FOL) soon. Due to tight deadline for coming call, we want to tell in advance the general description of research activity and the documents required to prospective students interested, to have enaough time […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Improving knowledge on Galician sea urchin fishery for long term sustainability
FOL guides a collaborative network between the fisheries sector and scientific bodies in Galicia to achieve the sustainability of the sea-urchin fishery in the region.
17/08/2023 - FOL has started to work with MareiraBizi, CIMA, Confrarías de Baiona and Lira, and the Federación galega de confrarías de pescadores on the SOST-Erizo project, which stands for “Sustainable index for Sea Urchin fishery” funded by REDEMAR program from XUNTA de Galicia trough a collaborative agreement between Universidade de Vigo and Xunta de Galicia. The […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Interested in conducting a PhD on marine social-ecological risks to ocean acidification? Send us your expressions of interest and stay tuned
The Biological Oceanography Group (GOB) and Future Oceans Lab (FOL) of the Marine Research Center (CIM) at the University of Vigo (Spain) will launch a call for a joint PhD student fellowship in September 2023.
09/08/2023 - Biological Oceanography Group (GOB) of the Marine Research Center (CIM) at the University of Vigo will be launching a joint PhD student position together with Future Oceans Lab (FOL) next September. At this moment, we are accepting expressions of interest from prospective students, that can share a motivation letter and a CV following the indication […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Haritz Ayarza joins the FOL team to work as a research assistant
he works in research projects on marine social-ecological systems sustainability.
20/07/2023 - Haritz Ayarza is a graduate in Marine Sciences and Aquaculture Technician. Over the years, he has specialized in sustainable fisheries management and marine resources management, completing a Master in Sustainable Development Management. During his professional life he has collaborated with scientific centres such as AZTI, where he has studied the contribution of the code of […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
FOL participated in the MARE conference in Amsterdam
FOL members Oluwakemi and Xochitl presented their work at the People and the Sea conference on Blue Fear
05/07/2023 - The MARE conference was held last 26th – 30th of June 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands aimed at exploring ecological, social, and existential anxieties during the Anthropocene. The conference was co-organized by the University of Amsterdam, Wageningen University and Research Center, Aalborg University. Tromso University, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, and the University of Gothenburg. […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
We are hiring: open call for a research assistant
FOL OFFERS one position TO WORK ON Sustainable Marine Resources Management.
02/06/2023 - The Future Oceans Lab, based on the Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM) of the University of Vigo (Spain) is seeking a research assistant to work with our multidisciplinary team in research projects regarding marine social-ecological systems’ sustainability. If you want to join an active team of researchers committed to science and the society, check out […]
CATEGORIES: Job Offer, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Job Offer, Research, Team
Working together on marine science and innovation for protection and sustainable conservation of Galician marine ecosystem services
Researchers from different institutions meet in Santiago de Compostela within Galician Marine Sciences Programme
04/05/2023 - Yesterday, the II General Asembly of Galician Marine Science Porgramme took place in Santiago de Compostela. The asembly aimed to unite the whole vision of the activity and scientific advances in the Work Packages (WPs), visibilize the collaborations established between WPs and the opportunities derived from them, and dynamize the collaborative discussion to identify and […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
FOL participated in the 5th ECCWO in Bergen
FOL Members Elena Ojea and Xochitl Elías presented their work at the fifth International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean
26/04/2023 - The fifth ECCWO symposium was held last 17th – 21st of April 2023 in Bergen, Norway aimed at better understanding the climate effects on the ocean’s ecosystems and what adaptation and mitigation measures could look like. The symposium was co-organized by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the North Pacific Marine […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Mariana Barros joins FOL for a two-month research stay
MARIANA WILL BE WORKING ON HER PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES WITH FOL IN ACID project
18/04/2023 - We are really happy to host Mariana Barros Dunning in FOL for a 2-month research stay. Mariana joins us from Ghent University, Belgium, where she is studying her International Masters’ in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea). During her stay, she will learn about the climate impact assessment focus on how acidification could work as a key driver, […]
CATEGORIES: Juan Bueno, MSc Thesis, Research
CATEGORIES: Juan Bueno, MSc Thesis, Research
Alba Domínguez joins FOL for her Master Thesis
Alba will be working to assess the Risk of Climate Change in Galician artisanal fisheries
12/04/2023 - Alba Domínguez, student of the joint Master programm in Oceanography, joins Future Oceans Lab for her Master Thesis, under the direction of Elena Ojea and Juan Bueno. She is from the Canary Islands, where she completed a degree in Environmental Science (2021) and where she worked with a scholarship to characterize natural hazards risk in […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Not too late to tackle climate change, but almost
The last IPCC cycle shows a short opportunity window to address the worst impacts of climate change
29/03/2023 - Every six years the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reviews the global scientific evidence on climate change. These reports aim to mobilise the international climate policy agenda, and have been crucial for the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. FOL has been involved in the last assessment cycle, that has just concluded […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Global Small Scale Fisheries FAO report is out: Illuminating Hidden Harvests
FOL contributed to the Spanish case study and to the gender chapter in the first IHH report, just launched in Rome
22/03/2023 - The Illuminating Hidden Harvest (IHH) is a global study led by FAO, WorldFish and Duke University with the objective of improving knowledge about small-scale fisheries to inform policy and practice. On March, 20 of 2023, the final report on Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development was released. This multidisciplinary study was conducted along […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change in the climate change hotspot Shikoku, Japan
Xochitl Elías is conducting her fieldwork for her case study in Shikoku
17/02/2023 - Japanese coasts are warming up at a faster rate than 90 % of coasts worldwide, making them a climate change hotspot. As a result, for example, the kelp forests at the western coast of Shikoku are experiencing a widespread decline due to a combination of warming waters and the resulting expansion of tropical herbivorous fish […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
A turning point for the Future Oceans Lab
The ERC CLOCK project comes to an end, leaving us much closer to the fishing sectors and to implementing adaptation to climate change.
23/12/2022 - Year 2022 is closely coming to an end and as like to do, we take a look at our activities through the year and recall our major milestones. During this year our main achievement has been closing the ERC CLOCK project, which finished last November. We have been sharing the results in publications and press, […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
Knowing first hand Galician women shellfish gatherer
Grace Callahan, Watson Fellow, is exploring the role of women in fishing countries around the world, and now visit Spain to meet the fish gathers from Galicia
16/12/2022 - Grace Callahan, Watson Fellow is researching the role of women in fisheries and aquaculture around the world as women play a key role in fishing and its industry. Grace aims to learn about the gendered dynamics of life in different fishing communities to examine how gender impacts individual vulnerability to climate change, and how fisherwomen […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Scientist meet Artists
FOL participates in the second edition of the initiative Scientist meet Artists to make our research closer to broader audience
01/12/2022 - Campus do Mar is leading the initiative “Scientist Meet Artist” to meet and establish a dialogue between two different disciplines: Science and Art. The main goal is to design and create enjoyable dissemination material to make accessible the knowledge about the oceans to the public, specially children. After creating a meeting point between twelve scientists […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Small-scale fisheries adaptations in clime change hotspots
FOL MEMBER XOCHITL ÉDUA ELÍAS ILOSVAY LEAD A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW AS PART OF HER PHD within CLOCK project
02/11/2022 - Anthropogenic climate change is increasingly threatening the global sustainability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) through its direct and indirect impacts on fish stocks and dependent livelihoods. However, despite the global importance of a sector that represents over 90% of the world’s capture fisheries and secures food and jobs for approximately 100 million people worldwide. Very few […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Communicating Singular Science
CIM organizes Open Doors Event to present its main research lines to general public
26/10/2022 - As previous years, The Marine Research Centre (CIM) of University of Vigo organized dissemination event within framework of Communicating Singular Science programme. This year, two dissemination sessions were scheduled. The first one, “Meet CIM in the street” a science conference to general public hold in A Laxe shopping centre gathered researchers from CIM to present […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Results, Team
Social-ecological networks are crucial for small-scale fisheries adaptation to climate change
Diego Salgueiro Otero leads an study that clarifies the adaptation pathway of fishers and identify the role of specific structures of social-ecological capital in their adaptive behavior
07/10/2022 - Despite dependent human communities on marine resources are in the frontline of the impacts, little is known about how adaptation works and what pathway leads towards sustainability. For that reason, Diego Salgueiro Otero, Michele Barnes and Elena Ojea decided to use and integrate the Adaptation Process, the Adaptive Capacity and the Continuum of Network Configuration Frameworks […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
What makes a fisher diversify livelihoods under climate change?
Researchers of Future Oceans Lab identify a set of fisher’s adaptive capacity determinants that influence climate change transformation
30/09/2022 - In the coming years, climate change is expected to increase the degree and frequency of impacts on marine systems and related human communities. In many cases, adaptation is not enough and transformative actions are going to be needed. At individual level, transformative behavior can be understood as livelihood diversification, and the effect of this practice […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
Future Oceans Lab gives research results to fishing communities in Mexico
PhD student Xochitl Elías presented the project results in six communities in Nayarit, Mexico
04/08/2022 - Xochitl returned to the fishing communities where she conducted her research the past August – November 2021 to present the results and conduct workshops with the local fishers and scientists in July 2022. The research was conducted under the CLimate adaptation to shifting stOCKS (CLOCK) project in cooperation with Javier Tovar-Ávila from the national fisheries institute […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Workshop, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Workshop, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
FOL participated in the Fourth ICES PICES Early Career Scientist Conference
FOL members Xochitl Elías and Francesca Barazzetta presented their work on climate change vulnerability and adaptations of coastal social-ecological systems to climate change
27/07/2022 - The fourth ICES PICES ECS conference was held last 18th – 21st July 2022 in St. John’s, Canada and aimed at improving the involvement of young scientists in international scientific investigations, management, and stewardship of the marine environment, in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Future Oceans Lab brings research results on fisheries adaptation to Galician fisherguilds
Our team presents ERC-CLOCK project results along 8 Galician fishing communities and Fisheries Federation
11/07/2022 - Over the last months, as the final stage of the CLimate adaptation to shifting stOCKS (CLOCK) project, the Future Oceans Lab has been presenting the results on the Galician case study in eight collaborating fishers’ guilds all over the Galician territory and the Federation of Galician fishers’ guilds in Ames. Diego Salgueiro Otero and Francesca […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Media, Research, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Media, Research, Results, Workshop
Marine Protected Areas together for the future of the Mediterranean
Final combined event for MPA-Engage and MPA-Networks
13/06/2022 - From June 14 to 17 June, one hundred scientists and managers of 13 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and 18 European countries will meet in Spain to share the results of the two European Interreg Med projects: MPA NETWORKS and MPA Engage. The objective of this final event is to discuss the key results and recommendations […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Congratulations Dr. Alba Aguion
Alba Aguion has successfully defended her PhD on May 5th at the University of Vigo
27/05/2022 - FOL member Alba Aguión has successfully defended her PhD on May 5th at the University of Vigo. Alba defended her work on the governance, management and ecology of small-scale benthic fisheries to the three members of her final evaluation committee: Dr. Xavier Basurto (University of Duke, USA), Dr. Nicolás Gutiérrez (FAO) and Dr. Cristina Pita […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Elena Ojea, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Elena Ojea, Percebes, PhD, Research
PERCEBES: Reproductive and connectivity dynamics of barnacles in Iberia
S. Román and M. Parrondo have led two publications that explore important biological aspects of the stalked barnacle, co-authored by FOL member Alba Aguión
01/04/2022 - The stalked barnacle is one of the most important small-scale resources in the rocky shores of Spain and Portugal. However, many biological processes remain unknown – as well as the linkages of these processes with environmental variables. Under the umbrella of the PERCEBES project, the researchers Salvador Román (Universidade de Vigo) and Marina Parrondo (Universidad […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Research
Diego Salgueiro-Otero, a new Doctor in Climate Change Adaptation
Successful PhD defense by FOL member last February, 2022
24/03/2022 - Diego Salgueiro Otero, PhD candidate from FOL has successfully defended his dissertation on February 23rd. The PhD work supervised by Dr. Elena Ojea was defended online and the committee of the event was constitute by Dr. Sara Miñarro Villanueva from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Dr. Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor from the […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Workshop
Want to improve your Postdoctoral training?
XUNTA de Galicia launches its Postdoctoral fellowships
04/02/2022 - Within the call of Postdoctoral Fellowships of Xunta de Galicia, Future Oceans Lab is looking forward to read the letter of interest of potential candidates up to next Friday, February 11. Future Oceans Lab (FOL) takes part of Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM) of University of Vigo. FOL is working on climate vulnerability and solutions […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, New Fellowships, Research
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, New Fellowships, Research
Declining efficiency of small scale fisheries around the globe threatens food security
Alex Tidd leads a study on global reduction in efficiency of artisanal fisheries
17/12/2021 - Fisheries are a crucial part of the global food system, representing on average 15-20% of animal protein intake (in some countries over 50%) for 4.5 billion people. Historically, changes in the efficiency of fishing fleets drove massive increases in global fisheries catches. Too many boats with excessive harvesting power catching too few fish can lead […]
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
Adaptation of small scale fisheries to climate change in Nayarit, México
Xochitl Elías is conducting her fieldwork for her case study in Nayarit
06/10/2021 - Xochitl Elías, Ph.D. student at Future Oceans Lab, travelled last August to Mexico, to start the fieldwork for the second chapter of her thesis. For the next three months, she aims at investigating the adaptations of small-scale fishers to the past and ongoing effects of climate change in six locations along the coast of Nayarit. Within […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Congratulations to Dr. Iratxe Rubio
Successful PhD defense by FOL member happened last September 24, 2021
01/10/2021 - PhD candidate Iratxe Rubio from FOL, defended her dissertation last Friday, September 24. The defense was held online with the following committee members: Dr. Amaia Albizua from the University of the Basque Country, Dr. Arantza Murillas from AZTI and Dr. Chris Free from the University of California. The thesis was supervised by Dr. Elena Ojea […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
FOL participates in the International Conference for Young Marine Researchers 2021
Phd students of Future Oceans Lab take part of ICYMARE 2021
29/09/2021 - Xochitl, Diego and Alba attended this year’s ICYMARE as session hosts and presenters. The International Conference for yound marine researchers, organized by the Bremen Society for Natural Science took place from the 21st to the 24th of September. Xochitl, together with the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl, were host of session 13 (Tropical marine ecosystems in […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
FOL attends the ICES Annual Conference 2021
Iratxe presents her research on adaptation of large-scale fisheries to climate change
16/09/2021 - FOL member Iratxe is attending the ICES Annual Science Conference that is being held online from 6 to 10 September. ICES is an intergovernmental marine science organization, a network of scientists who advance and share scientific knowledge of marine ecosystems and their services in order to generate advice for meeting conservation, management, and sustainability goals. ICES […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research
What can be changed in small-scale fisheries governance to foster key sustainability attributes?
As part of her PhD, Alba Aguión has led a study that aims to confront the lack of sustainability in the artisanal sector through adequate governance
24/08/2021 - The study of Gutiérrez et al. (2011) published in Nature, was fundamental in clarying what is needed to achieve social, economic and ecological sustainability in artisanal and industrial fisheries, by highlighting the cumulative effect of 19 key attributes (such as social cohesion, protected areas, self-enforcement, etc.) as the main drivers. The recent release of the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research, Results
MPA-Engage: Final Vulnerability Assessments results for Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
APPLYING VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS TO IMPLEMENT CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN MPAs
30/07/2021 - On April 22, Francesca Barazzetta, Elena Ojea, Smit Caballero and Juan Bueno Pardo presented to the managers of seven Mediterranean marine protected areas the methodology applied to calculate the final results for the Climate Vulnerability Assessment implemented in these areas within the framework of MPA-Engage project. The results focus on the MPAs socio-ecological and ecological, […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Vulnerability Tool
Increasing knowledge on fisheries
Our colleagues, Diego Salgueiro-Otero and Iratxe Rubio attended the first LICCI Scientific Fisheries Seminar
16/07/2021 - Two weeks ago, the LICCI Fisheries Group presented its new series of fisheries seminars to highlight the work of its team and provided a new forum for discussing research findings in fisheries. For the first session, the event counted with the presentations of Dr André Carlo Colonese from the Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB) […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Seminars
FOL publishes a new study on large-scale fisheries
As part of her PhD, FOL member Iratxe leads a new publication within the CLOCK project
09/07/2021 - A new FOL and BC3 study seeks to explore preferences for adaptive capacities in an industrial fishery SES through network theory. The network of communication among stakeholders in the Basque tropical tuna freezer purse seine fishery in the eastern Atlantic Ocean connects many actor types. Cluster analysis, descriptive statistics, and exponential random graph models show […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
The Future Oceans Lab meets two new ERC Starting grantees.
Expanding network for future collaborations
25/06/2021 - Over the last few weeks, members of the Future Oceans Lab were joined by two colleagues starting their own research lab with the ERC starting grant, who presented the research lines of their respective working groups. Wednesday seminars, which have become a weekly tradition in FOL, give the lab the opportunity to learn, interact and […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Team
MPA Engage project organises its First capitalization conference
Mediterranean MPAs join forces to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change
18/06/2021 - The MPA EngageMED project, funded under the Interred Med Programme, is organising its first capitalisation conference tomorrow. The meeting (entirely on-line) will represent an occasion to showcasing the MPA Engage collective response to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. The involvement of local communities, socio-economic operators and managers of Marine […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
FOL publishes a new study on skippers’ preferred responses to catch declines
As part of her PhD, FOL member Iratxe leads a new publication within the CLOCK project
19/05/2021 - A new FOL and BC3 study seeks to understand individual adaptation and transformation responses to catch declines in large-scale fisheries, using the case of the Spanish tropical tuna fishery. A sample of 22% of the Spanish freezer purse seine skippers operating in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans was surveyed. In the last 10 years, more […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
Science on stage in Coruña
Alba participated in a popular outreach event where students and teachers share their scientific experiments with the general public
13/05/2021 - Every year at the beginning of May hundreds of students and teachers gather in the city of Coruña (NW Spain) to share scientific experiments with the general public. The festival is called “Día de la ciencia en la Calle” (Street science day) and for the last 24 years it has been hosted in one of […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Research
FOL participates in a new FutureMARES event
The scientific panel discussed the peculiarities and common aspects of the 40 case-studies participating in the project
30/04/2021 - Days 13th to 15th of April, FOL members Elena Ojea and Juan Bueno, participated in the first “Integration meeting” of the European project FutureMARES. The objective of this event was to get to know each case study of the project (known as “storylines”) in detail, analyzing their peculiarities and extracting common characteristics among them. Each storyline applies one […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Guatemala hosts a virtual IPCC lead author meeting
Elena participated in the last IPCC event of this assessment cycle
18/03/2021 - Guatemala was ready to receive a couple of hundred experts on climate change impacts and adaptation for the 4th lead author meeting of the IPCC. Given the current health situation affecting everywhere in the planet, and as many other scientific events, the meeting location migrated to be held online. The virtual Lead Author Meeting (LAM) […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
Opportunity: Postdoctoral Position on Fisheries Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability in Chile
CEAZA in collaboration with FOL is seeking applications for a 2-year postdoc position within CLAP project
03/03/2021 - CEAZA is an interdisciplinary research Centre that promotes scientific and technological developments in earth and biological sciences, with a focus on the Central Chile region. CEAZA offers a postdoctoral position for a researcher with a strong interest in working in adaptation to climate change in the coastal communities in Chile, and willing to contribute to cutting […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Job Offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Job Offer, Research
Sustainable management of fisheries helps us to combat the impacts of climate change
Elena Ojea participated at scientific forum organised by MSC on fishing sustainability and its impact on climate change
25/02/2021 - Last Tuesday, February 23, Elena Ojea participated in the online Scientific Forum on sustainable fishing organised by Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) within the framework of Seas Forever Week initiative. During that event, she, together with Alejandro Anganuzzi, global coordinator of FAO Common Oceans Program, Jordi Rodón from department of Marine Resources of Government of Catalonia […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
FOL members lead an international event on Climate Risk Assessments
The event took place in the framework of FutureMARES, an European project on the use of Nature-Based-Solutions for mitigating the effects of Climate Change in marine environments
19/02/2021 - FOL members Elena Ojea and Juan Bueno organised and led the “Climate Risk Assessment scoping event” of FutureMARES, held online during the days of 17th and 18th February. This event was marked in red in the calendar of the European project as the starting point of activities related to the Work-Package 5. The main goal […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
FOL participates in a report promoted by the Spanish Office for Climate Change-OECC
Members of FOL led “Chapter 5: Impacts of Climate Change on the Marine Environment”
02/02/2021 - Tomorrow, February 3, 2021, the report titled “Impacts and Risks from Climate Change in Spain” will be officially launched by the Spanish Office for Climate Change-OECC. The report is a bibliographic compendium of the current evidence on the impacts of climate change in the following Spanish domains: hydrological resources, terrestrial ecosystems, agriculture and livestock, the […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
It’s time to say goodbye to our colleague Raquel
Raquel starts a PhD at Marine Institute in Canada
29/01/2021 - After one year and a half working on Future oceans Lab, the time to say goodbye to Raquel has come. She has been actively engaging in several projects during this time, working in the IPCC AR6 report, in the global initiative on mapping climate change adaptation (GAMI project) and other projects such as MPA-Engage. Raquel […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team