Training archive

Frida joins FOL for her internship within IMBRSea
She will work with Xochitl Elías and Juan Bueno on adaptation of small-scale fisheries to climate change
20/04/2022 - Frida Sánchez is join us from the Marche Polytechnic University in Italy to do her internship as part of her graduate studies in the International Master’s in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) During her bachelor’s degree in Mexico she studied the corallivore behaviour of the Crown-of-thorns starfish and its predation effect in the coral communities of […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, MSc Thesis, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, MSc Thesis, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay

New webinar series of MPA-Engage project
Learning how to face climate change in Marine protected areas
15/03/2022 - MPA-ENGAGE consortia is announcing the second series of webinars to help stakeholders of MPAs to develop a climate change adaptation and mitigation action plan. Participants will learn on how to track climate change impacts in MPAs, assess their ecological and socio-economic vulnerability and engage local communities in participatory actions. These webinar series are carried out within […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Training, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Training, Vulnerability Tool

Increasing diversity in environmental and natural resource economics
Smit V Caballero, new mentee at AERE Scholars program
10/06/2021 - Smit V. Caballero has been accepted as a mentee in the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Scholars Program. This new mentoring program aims to engage a diverse group of early career environmental and natural resource economists in AERE while providing invaluable career guidance, skill development, and networking opportunities. It represents an ambitious effort to increase diversity in […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Smit V. Caballero, Training
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Smit V. Caballero, Training

A successful internship ends
Marian finishes his work on vulnerability assessments within FutureMARES
21/12/2020 - After conducting a 10-week internship at the FOL it’s time to say goodbye to Marian Scheffler from the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany. During his stay he collaborated with Juan Bueno and Elena Ojea within the FutureMARES project on climate vulnerability assessments in marine systems to identify the most vulnerable marine ecosystem services and dependent livelihoods. On Wednesday 17th December, he […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, New Fellowships, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, New Fellowships, Research, Training

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

“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

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

Transformation, adaptation and mitigation for a 1.5 degree global warming
FOL attends one more year the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on Climate Change
18/07/2019 - The Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have organized this year the 10th edition of the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on climate change: “Transformation, adaptation and mitigation for a 1.5 degree global warming”. This-three day course was held in Bilbao from the 8th to the 10th of July […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Iratxe Rubio, Training
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Iratxe Rubio, Training

Second year of Alba´s PhD research on spatial management and climate change
FOL PhD Alba Aguión has just received the approval from her advisory committee from Campus do Mar doctoral programme
08/08/2018 - As part of Campus do Mar doctoral programme, students are assigned an advisory committee to monitor their progress and provide feedback and suggestions annually. After the approval of her PhD plan last summer, FOL member Alba Aguión has just conducted a second meeting with her advisory board; formed by Henrique Queiroga (University of Aveiro) and Eréndira Aceves (University of Duke) as […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training

Spatial R course for Iratxe and Alba funded by Euromarine
Both FOL members take this week an advanced analysis R course at the University of Zaragoza (Spain)
28/06/2018 - While Iratxe studies the distributional shifts of tropical tuna fisheries in the Atlantic, Alba explores the role of spatial planning in the management of benthic fisheries. Both FOL members are interested in the understanding of how the fisheries of their case studies can compensate the expected impacts of climate change. To be able to answer […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Projects, Research, Training

Learning about bioeconomic models at the University of Oviedo
Alba Aguión has been working with Antonella Rivera and Katja Geiger on a spatial model for the barnacle fishery
17/04/2018 - Bioeconomic models are powerful tools to integrate the ecological and economical components of a fishery and to determine appropriate levels of stock and catch. As part of her PhD and in line with the objectives of CLOCK, Alba Aguión will develop a spatial bioeconomic model for the Stalked Barnacle fishery in Galicia. The model will integrate […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training

FOL visits Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM/CSIC) and Barcelona Ocean
Sissi attended a course about modeling species distributions using a Bayesian approach
07/03/2018 - Last week Sissi joined a four-day specialized course on statistical modeling of species distribution. The course is organized by Barcelona Ocean, which is a joint initiative of InvestigAdHoc and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM, Institut de Ciències de Mar). Barcelona Ocean regularly organizes the specialized trainings in marine sciences to professionals and researchers. The course […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training

FOL students participate in Fisheries Management course of DO*MAR Program
Alba, Iratxe, and Diego worked on different scientific reports to improve monitoring and assessment of marine resources
27/12/2017 - FOL PhD candidates completed this month the course “Evaluation and Management of Fishery and Shellfish Resources” launched by the DO*MAR doctoral program at the University of Vigo. The course was coordinated by the UVigo researchers Gonzalo Macho and Elsa Vázquez, and counted with the participation of academics from Portugal Karim Erzini and Paulo Vasconcelos, and fisheries biologists of […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Training, Workshop

FOL at the Fisheries Economics workshop in Norway
Future Oceans Lab participated in fisheries economics workshop at the Norwegian School of Economics.
30/10/2017 - Xiaozi, a Postdoc researcher at the FOL, participated in two-day Fisheries Economics workshop in Bergen Norway (Oct. 27-28, 2017). The workshop is initiated by Dr. Kvamsdal who leads ARCtic Marine Resources under Climate Change: Environmental, Socio-Economic Perspectives and Governance funded by the Research Council of Norway. Fisheries economists from Norway, Finland, Canada, US, and Spain shared […]
CATEGORIES: Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training, Workshop

We receive a special visit from UBC
Prof. Rashid Sumaila is in Vigo giving a class in DO*Mar PhD program
29/09/2017 - This week we had the great pleasure to host a discussion session with Professor Rashid Sumaila from the University of British Columbia (Canada). Prof. Sumaila has great expertise in fisheries economics, with many relevant contributions to climate change socio-economic impacts and policies as well as the effects of economic incentives in fisheries around the globe. […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team, Training, Workshop

Improving R skills at the ICES headquarters in Copenhagen
Iratxe Rubio attends the ICES Training Course in the R Environment
29/08/2017 - The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is an intergovernmental organization that develops science of the marine environment and its resources and provides advice to competent authorities seeking the sustainable use of the oceans. As part of its mission, ICES offers a Training Programme by high-profile scientists and instructors spreading knowledge and […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Training