Research archive
First Iberian conference on climate change adaptation took place virtually
A broad array of adaptation perspectives were put in common last week during the ADAPTES conference
24/11/2020 - Future Oceans Lab PhD student Diego Salgueiro Otero has attended Adaptes: I Iberian Conference on Climate Change Adaptation. The conference, framed in the European project LIFE SHARA, has illustrated and discussed the effect of climate change and adaptation on the Iberian peninsula through 10 thematic sessions focused on: Cities, Agricultural sector, Water, Coastal areas, Health, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research
Adaptation of fishing communities can benefit from integration of social-ecological systems thinking
NEW PUBLICATION FROM DIEGO SALGUEIRO OTERO IN MARINE POLICY
10/11/2020 - In order to understand “what we know, don’t know and need to know” in climate change adaptation in coupled human-natural systems, Diego Salgueiro Otero and Elena Ojea describe and compare different research disciplines that have been used to assess how small-scale fisheries worldwide face climate change. Climate change is a prominent sign of the human-driven […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
Knowing first hand Galician fisheries
FOL left the office for the field to learn about the social-ecological systems that we are working with
05/11/2020 - After spending a lot of time working remotely from home and doing shifts at the lab, at the end of October, new members of Future Oceans Lab joined Elena to visit the Cambados Fisher Guild, and learned first hand about small-scale fisheries (SSF) management. This cofradía is the oldest fisher guild in Spain, and is […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Research, Team
Marian Scheffler will conduct an internship for two months at FOL
Marian will be working with Juan and Elena on socio-ecological vulnerability assessments
23/10/2020 - We are looking forward to welcoming Marian Scheffler at FOL for a 2-month research stay. Marian joins us from the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany, where he is studying his Masters’ in Environmental Geography and Management. During his stay he will be collaborating with Juan Bueno and Elena Ojea within FutureMARES project on climate vulnerability assessments […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team, Training
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team, Training
4Pictures4Mediterranean
Instagram photo contest to showcase the beauty and the fragility of Marine Protected Areas
09/10/2020 - The MPA Engage international project has launched the first edition of ‘4 Pictures 4 Mediterranean’, a photo competition hosted by Instagram that offers participants prestigious prizes and the opportunity to show their work in exhibitions focused on the impacts of climate change. All sea photographers are encouraged, from now till December 31st to participate. “We […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, MPA-Engage, Research
When Nature-based Solutions are vulnerable to climate change
FOL is coordinating international vulnerability assessments in FutureMARES, a new project that just took off
02/10/2020 - Nature-based solutions are actions that enhance and support ecosystems to provide adaptation and mitigation benefits to human well being and biodiversity (IUCN standards), for example restoring marine habitats like posidonia meadows or oyster beds, conserving habitats and species with marine protected areas, or sustainable harvesting of fish and mariculture. It is well known that these […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
FOL welcomes Juan to the team
DR. BUENO-PARDO JOINS FOL IN THE CONTEXT OF FutureMARES PROJECT TO DEVELOP SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.
24/09/2020 - Dr Juan Bueno Pardo is joining FOL in September to work at the FutureMARES project. The overall goal is helping to provide socially and economically viable actions, strategies and Nature Based Solutions for Climate Change adaptation and mitigation from marine ecosystems. Together with Elena Ojea, Juan will be leading Work Package 5, integrating ecological and […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team
New study in Nature finds that sustainably managing the oceans can significantly increase global seafood production
Elena Ojea contributes to this new research article led by UCSB
19/08/2020 - New research from UCSB and global collaborators finds that sustainably managing the ocean can significantly increase seafood.
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Research
“Mediterranean MPAs facing Climate Change” a second MPA-ENGAGE training
Francesca Barazzetta travelled to Sardinia for a second training with Mediterranean MPAs on Vulnerability Assessment
13/08/2020 - On the last week of July, from the 27th to the 30th, Francesca Barazzetta travelled to Sardinia, (Italy), to join the rest of the MPA-Engage team to provide a second training on the Vulnerability Assessment to some of the MPAs involved in the project. The meeting hosted by the MPA of Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo […]
CATEGORIES: Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research, Training, Workshop
Learning good practices in scientific communication
Xochitl attended a Seminar on scientific writing
10/07/2020 - This week, the Ph.D. student Xochitl Elias from the Do*Mar doctoral program and member of the FOL, took part in the Seminar on Scientific Writing imparted by Prof. Dr. Henrique Queiroga from Universidade de Aveiro. The seminar was imparted virtually and covered a broad range of topics including philosophical currents on how to conduct science, […]
CATEGORIES: Research, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Research, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Working on impacts and adaptation of fisheries to shifting stocks
Jané will present her professional practice experience at IMBRSea online Symposium
30/06/2020 - Jané Salazar, student of the International Master in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) will be presenting her work and experience with FOL in the annual IMBRSea symposium. During the last two months, Jané was working on a novel database on evidence of shifting stocks for marine commercial species due to climate change with FOL PhD students […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Adaptation of Fishing Communities to Climate-Driven Shifts in Target Species
Our new perspective suggest what policy regulations will be needed for a sustainable and equitable response to climate change impacts in marine systems
24/06/2020 - This month’s issue of One Earth features a perspective article written by Diego Salgueiro Otero and Elena Ojea, from FOL, in collaboration with Sarah Lester from SFU. In this article, we present the advances of the ERC project CLOCK, where we are exploring the responses that fishing communities undertake when facing climate change impacts in […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
The importance of gender in small-scale fisheries
Elena Ojea and Diego Salgueiro evaluate the gender component within IHH project in Spain case study
12/06/2020 - The Illuminating Hidden Harvest (IHH) project focuses on the contributions of Small Scale Fisheries (SSF) to the four dimensions of sustainable development (social, economic, environmental and governance) at global and local scales. Moreover, it includes a gender analysis in all these components since gender is crosscutting theme in small-scale fisheries. The main idea is to […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, IHH, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, IHH, Research
“Mediterranean MPAs facing Climate Change” a first MPA-ENGAGE webinar series
Elena Ojea and Francesca Barazzetta presented how to assess climate change vulnerability in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
05/06/2020 - Last week, from the 25th to the 29th of May, Elena Ojea and Francesca Barazzetta hosted 3 on-line lectures about the development of a Social-Ecological Vulnerability Assessment in Marine Protected Areas. The lectures were organised within the framework of the MPA-Engage project and the Vulnerability Assessment lectures represented a section of a three weeks webinar […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Research
Job Opportunity: postdoctoral position on climate vulnerability assessments
FOL OF CIM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIGO OFFERS A TEMPORARY POSITION TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP THE TASKS OF A H2020 PROJECT
07/05/2020 - The Future Oceans Lab, member of the Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO) offers a postdoctoral position for a researcher with a strong interest in working on adaptation to climate change in the oceans and willing to contribute to cutting edge research questions. Full job details can be found in the EURAXESS and in this PDF file. […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, job offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, job offer, Research
Valuating nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation
FOL leads climate vulnerability assessments tasks in new H2020 research project
30/04/2020 - In a few months, FOL will start working on the FutureMARES project, which stands for «Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity», funded by the H2020 porgamme with a budget of €8M. The main goal of FutureMARES is to provide socially and economically viable actions, strategies and nature-based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Research
Jané Salazar joins FOL for a 2 month-research stay
Jané will work with Elena and Alex on adaptation of fisheries to shifting stocks
24/04/2020 - We are really pleased to start to work with Jané Salazar for the next two months, although the current circumstances due to COVID-19 only allow us to work and meet her remotely. Jané joins us from the University of Oviedo where she is conducting her graduate studies in the International Masters’ in Marine Biological Resources […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Scientists looking at the impact of COVID-19 on fishing activity
The ICES Working Group on social science has put together the social impacts in fishers, markets and practices
15/04/2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the fishing activity around the world. For that reason, during the first week of April, ICES Working Group on SOCIAL indicators (WGSOCIAL) started a discussion on the social impacts of COVID-19 on the fisheries of ICES member countries. Elena Ojea attended a virtual meeting of WGSOCIAL together with other twenty-four […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Research
FOL welcomes Francesca to the team; more women in the climate vulnerability research
Francesca joins FOL to work on the MPA-Engage project
05/03/2020 - After a competitive selection process for the position as Project researcher on the MPA Engage project, Francesca Barazzetta has succeeded and has joined the Future Ocean Lab team this March 2020. Francesca has successfully completed her Master in Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen. She conducted her master thesis in collaboration with FOL, during […]
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 tropical tuna fisheries and climate change
As part of her PhD, FOL member Iratxe leads a new publication within the CLOCK project
21/02/2020 - Marine ecosystems have already been impacted by climate change. It is generally accepted that these impacts affect the productivity, fish distribution, habitat and marine diversity. However, it is hardly known how fisheries respond to these changes. In order to understand how fisheries are responding to ocean warming, researchers from the Future Oceans Lab at CIM–University […]
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
On the way to the next draft for the IPCC report
Elena Ojea attends the third Lead Author Meeting in Faro, Portugal
20/02/2020 - The IPCC is preparing the sixth Assessment Report on impacts and adaptation of climate change, and lead authors are now at the equator of the process. The report will be ready in 2021, and meanwhile, long hours of meetings, discussions and drafts are taking place in the authors teams. The key events to advance in […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research, Workshop
FOL welcomes Smit Vasquez Caballero to the team
Smit joins FOL to develop bioeconomic models to evaluate the impact of climate change and adaptation
06/02/2020 - After a competitive selection process for the postdoctoral position on fisheries economics and climate change, Smit V. Caballero had succeeded and joined FOL team this January within CLOCK project. Smit has completed a Ph.D. in Applied Economics at Oregon State University. As a graduate student, Smit used discrete choice models and simulation methods to characterize […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Team
Launching MPA-ENGAGE to face Climate Change in the Mediterranean
We went to the Kick off Meeting of the new Interreg-MED project at ICM-CSIC in Barcelona
17/01/2020 - In January 14 and 15th, Elena Ojea and Julia Ameneiro traveled to the Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Barcelona to attend the Kick-Off-Meeting of the project «MPA Engage: Engaging Mediterranean key players in Ecosystem Approach to manage Marine Protected Areas to face Climate» funded by the Interreg MED program with a budget of […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Research
William Cheung visits FOL and gives a seminar in Vigo
William Cheung and Vicky Lam get to know CLOCK and Galician fisheries first hand
03/01/2020 - From December 2nd to 4th of 2019, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor William Cheung and Vicky Lam from the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, British Columbia (Canada). This was a wonderful opportunity for the FOL team to work directly with William and to discuss future collaborations with UBC, and for William and […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research
New job offer for one Project researcher on MPAs climate vulnerability assessments
FOL of CIM of the University of Vigo offers a temporary position to manage and develop the tasks of an Interreg-Med project
16/12/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab of Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO) is exited to publish a new position for a project researcher holding a Master’s degree with a background in Marine Ecosystems, management and stakeholder engagement. Full job details can be found in the EURAXESS and in this PDF file. The successful applicant will be in charge […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, job offer, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, job offer, MPA-Engage, Research
Talking about the future of the oceans sustainability at the COP25
We spend 2 days in Madrid to present a new report on climate change economic impacts
10/12/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab has traveled to Madrid to attend for the first time the Conference of the Parties of Climate Change (COP25) and participate on a series of parallel events in the Blue Pavilion. During two weeks, country representatives, scientists, students, NGOs, journalists and other participants join efforts to put climate change at the […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
William Cheung talks about seafood sustainability
William visits us to give a seminar within Campus do Mar on December 3
28/11/2019 - Next Tuesday, December 3, Professor William Cheung from the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, British Columbia (Canada) will be presenting his work on climate change and sea food sustainability to the Campus do Mar community at the University of Vigo. William’s seminar: “Projecting future seafood sustainability under global change”, describes the basic framework of […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Seminars
Attending FAO’s Sustainable Fisheries Symposium in Rome
Learning from the diverse views of global experts on fisheries sustainability
22/11/2019 - Diego Salgueiro-Otero, Juliano Palacios and Elena Ojea are in Rome this week attending the FAO’s International Sustainable Fisheries Symposium to learn what are the best pathways to strengthen global fisheries sustainability and improving its outcomes. The symposium puts together scientists, practitioners, NGO representatives and policy makers from all around the world. Each keynote presentation provides […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research
Food from the ocean has the potential to sustainable increase to meet future demand
Elena Ojea contributed to the first High Level Panel blue paper realeased this Tuesday
20/11/2019 - The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy has launched the first blue paper «Food from the Sea» from its series of commissioned scientific reports at the FAO’s International Sustainable Fisheries Symposium this week in Rome, where Elena Ojea is a contributing author. The report provides science-based projections of how far the ocean can […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
Effects of climate change and fishing on cod growth performance
Raquel Ruiz presented her master thesis research at IEO within COV seminars programm
15/11/2019 - Our Lab team member Raquel Ruiz gave a talk last Friday at IEO-Vigo. She presented the work she carried out during her master thesis in collaboration with Fran Saborido (IIM-CSIC) and Rosario Domínguez (IEO-Vigo). The main goal of this research was to disentangling the effect of climate change and fishing on cod growth performance. To […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
Ready to start the Interreg MPA-Engage project in the Mediterranean Sea
FOL will coordinate vulnerability assessments to adapt MPAs to climate change
08/11/2019 - MPA-Engage is one of the recently approved projects by the Interreg MED programme, in which researchers from 15 institutions of 8 different countries will work together to enhance the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to adapt to climate change. Climate change represents a seriously threat for the marine ecosystems and its dependent livelihoods around […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Projects, Research
Sign up for reviewing the first order draft of the IPCC sixth assessment report
The first version of the new report is open for revisions until december 13th
25/10/2019 - After the intense work during the summer months, Elena Ojea and her colleague Lead Authors have put together the first draft of the Ocean and Coastal Systems chapter for the IPCC 6th Assessment report. Elena joined the IPCC activities in January with the first author meeting in South Africa, and continued working to produce an […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
Back in Santa Barbara
Alba Aguion is conducting a second research stay at UCSB to work on her bioeconomic model
18/10/2019 - As part of her PhD, Alba Aguión is constructing a spatial bioeconomic model for the stalked barnacle fishery in Galicia (NW Spain). Last year, she visited the University of Oviedo to work with Antonella Rivera and conducted a 4-month research stay at the University of Santa Barbara California under the supervision of Chris Costello to […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
Mitigation and adaptation strategies to tackle Climate Change
Elena Ojea participated at the round table about the climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
08/10/2019 - Last Friday, at the end of Workshop «Catedra Naturgy«, IPCC author Íñigo Losada from IH Cantabria (Spain) gave a speech at University of Vigo about the new report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate (SROCC) that the IPCC just launched last week. UVigo proffessor Xavier Labandeira, autor of the sixth assessment report […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Outreach, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Outreach, Research
FOL welcomes Juliano for his research stay
Juliano Palacios is a PhD candidate on fisheries management at UBC
26/09/2019 - Juliano Palacios Abrantes is a Ph.D. candidate based at the Changing Ocean Research Unit (CORU) of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is particularly interested in how climate change impacts fisheries management in Latin America and how to mitigate its socio-ecological implications. His thesis and current work explores how climate change is […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team, Training
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team, Training
Progress after the second IPCC Lead Author Meeting in Nepal
We are back from Kathmandu to work on the first Assessment Report open draft
04/09/2019 - The IPCC report writing process greatly advances thanks to the in person meetings of Lead Authors (LAM). These events allow for the close collaboration of researchers from different disciplines, guarantee synergies and coherence across the report and help coordinate the major tasks that such an assessment requires. Elena is back from a week in Kathmandu […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
Visit to CIEMAR lab (University of Evora) in SW Portugal
PhD candidate Alba Aguión will be working with Teresa Cruz during the first week of September
30/08/2019 - As part of the PERCEBES fieldwork started in July 2017 and finished this summer, barnacle samples have been collected monthly from different sites in Galicia. The rest of the regions taking part in the project have also sampled their areas with the aim to study the reproduction and recruitment patterns of the resource over time […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
International PhD opportunity on marine socio-ecological systems adaptation to climate change
FOL continues seeking PhD students for developing a PhD at University of Vigo in collaboration with Hokkaido University (Japan)
26/08/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab reopens the call for seeking a highly motivated, outstanding PhD student with a background in marine ecosystems management. This is a fellowship to start a PhD project which will be co-supervised by Drs Elena Ojea (University of Vigo) and Jorge García Molinos (University of Hokkaido). Full job details can be found […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, Research
Diego Salgueiro finds novel social-ecological insights for climate change adaptation during his stay in the James Cook University
Diego Salgueiro, PhD candidate of Future Oceans Lab, come back after his 3-month research stay in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.
14/08/2019 - Diego Salgueiro started in April a research stay of three months in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies of Townsville (Australia), thanks to the financial support of Xunta de Galicia. He was supervised by Michele Barnes, a world-known expert in network science and interdisciplinarity who helped him to better understand the meaning […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results
Until next time Percebes
Alex participated in one of the last fieldwork trips to sample goose barnacles within the PERCEBES project
07/08/2019 - Last month Alex had a very nice invitation to participate in some fieldwork with experts from the University of Vigo who carried out PERCEBES project which main goal is to provide a sustainable extraction of the resource while enhancing biodiversity. For that occasion, the plan was to survey a study site in the lovely city […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Percebes, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Percebes, Research
FOL continues growing
Raquel Ruiz Díaz joins FOL to work on climate change vulnerability, policy and adaptation
31/07/2019 - After a competitive selection process for the assistant position on Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Systems at Marine Research Center (CIM-Uvigo), Raquel Ruiz has succeeded and has joined FOL team this July 2019. Raquel just finished the International Master in Marine biological Resources (IMBRSea). She defended her master thesis about “Hindcasting for forecasting. Evaluating […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Team
International week of marine studies
FOL attends the event to stablish future collaborations
24/07/2019 - During the week from July 15 to 19, over 20 experts in marine research and university authorities from China and Cape Verde attended at “International Week on Marine Studies Multidisciplinary Approaches” organized by Campus do Mar together with the University of Vigo and funded by Erasmus+ programme. The objective of this event was to strengthen […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro, Research
FOL welcomes Guille to the team
Guillermo Martin joins FOL to work on FAO-IHH project
01/07/2019 - Guillermo Martin joined FOL as a project researcher last June to work on the FAO project “Illuminating Hidden Harvests” (IHH-Spain). His significant experience in fisheries science with a large dataset management and statistical and programming skills, applied to a wide range of fisheries and ecological research topics will contribute very positively to reach the objectives […]
CATEGORIES: IHH, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: IHH, Research, Team
The end of the Human Exclusion Experiment
The PERCEBES experiment, aiming to understand the effects of barnacle harvesting, is coming to an end next week
28/06/2019 - As part of her PhD and in line with CLOCK , Alba aims to find suitable adaptation options for the barnacle fishery to compensate the impacts of climate change. As part of her project, and under the umbrella of PERCEBES, Alba has participated for the last 2 years in an experiment set to understand the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Research
The Stockholm Resilience Centre, an international research institute to collaborate on network science in complex systems
FOL member Iratxe is visiting the Stockholm Resilience Centre for a research stay
14/06/2019 - Iratxe Rubio, PhD student from the Future Oceans Lab, has defined a tropical tuna large-scale fishery as a social-ecological system (SES) and seeks to investigate whether communication between stakeholders is linked to adaptive capacity in the system. In order to tackle this, Iratxe is visiting the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) for a 2-month research stay […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
We are hiring: open calls for a PhD student and a Postdoc to join FOL
FOL offers two positions to work on adaptation to climate change in fisheries
07/06/2019 - We have two vacancies now available to join the Future Oceans La in the ERC project CLOCK – Climate Adaptation to Shifting Stocks. This highly multidisciplinary project addresses Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine systems from an ecological, social and an economic perspective. If you want to join an active team of researchers committed to […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, PhD, Research
PERCEBES meeting at the University of Vigo
French, Portuguese and Spanish researchers specialised in genetics, ecology and socioeconomics gathered May 14th and 15th to discuss the final steps of the project
31/05/2019 - PERCEBES aims to provide ecological, genetical and socioeconomic information about stalked barnacles (Pollicipes pollicipes), in an attempt to promote a sustainable extraction of the resource across the South of Europe. The project started in 2017 and it will come to an end during the 2020, when a stakeholders meeting will be held in Asturias (coordinators […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
Opportunity: Are you passionate about fisheries economics and climate change?
We open a 2-year post-doc possition to work on bioeconomic fishery modelling and climate change
23/05/2019 - Future Oceans Lab offers a postdoctoral position for a researcher with a strong background in theoretical modelling and fisheries bio-economic analyses. The successful candidate will join our lab led by Elena Ojea in the University of Vigo, Spain, and will work in close collaboration with the Sustainable Fisheries Group and the Environmental Market Solutions Lab […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, Research
Diego Salgueiro visits the James Cook University to develop the second chapter of his PhD research
Diego is conducting a research stay at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (James Cook University)
16/05/2019 - Diego Salgueiro, PhD student of Future Oceans Lab, is studying the adaptation of small-scale fisheries (SSF) to climate change, applying a socio-ecological perspective with a network approach to better understand how the individual and collective attributes can enable or constrain the adaptation and transformation of fisheries under different climate change scenarios. This motivation drove him […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research
New PhD Position on Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Systems
FOL seeking PhD students for developing a PhD at University of Vigo in collaboration with Hokkaido University (Japan)
07/05/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab is excited to publish a new position for a PhD student with a background in marine ecosystems and/or policy. This is a fellowship to start a PhD project in our lab at the University of Vigo, collaborating with Hokkaido University (Japan). Full job details can be found in EURAXESS. The successful […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, job offer, Research