Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post‐COVID‐19
Ocean Nexus Center principal investigators Drs. Ota, Allison and Fabinyi have recently published commentary in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. “Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post‐COVID‐19,” outlines three risks associated with the well-intentioned idea of “one world” or “one ocean.” The article is reprinted below in its entirety.
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How to do science so it influences marine policy and management: A panel discussion
Ocean Nexus Center director Yoshi Ota joined an esteemed panel to discuss “How to do science to it influences marine policy and management.” The panel was moderated by Jon Fisher at Pew Trust Environment.
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Science for sustainable ocean development starts with people
To better ensure that science contributes to international development goals and benefits the lives of ocean-dependent people, we all need a model that first understands the needs of ocean-dependent communities, then implements and assesses a range of possible solutions with the communities in question.
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Nature: River conservation by an Indigenous community
A new paper by Ocean Nexus research director Edward Allison was published in Nature. Read the full article here.
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Second edition released: Adapting research methodologies in the COVID-19 pandemic
This second edition of “Adapting research methodologies in the COVID-19 pandemic” includes new insights from interviews with researchers who have had to change their methods – includes discussion of ethics implications when using enumerators, and the potential for decolonizing research.
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Meet the Ocean Nexus Indigenous Ocean Ecologies Fellows
Ocean Nexus is proud to welcome five undergraduate student fellows and one graduate student fellow in Indigenous Ocean Ecologies, a new program created in partnership with the UW Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (CAIIS) and Department of American Indian Studies.
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UW ranked No. 7 nationally for graduate entrepreneurship in 2021 Princeton Review rankings
Today the University of Washington announced that more than 50 UW researchers were featured on the Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list, as reported by the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate. We’re proud to share that three researchers on the list have affiliations with EarthLab, including Edward H. Allison from the Ocean Nexus Center.
Read more »How social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management: Part I
Yoshitaka Ota and Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor: Without new scholarship on ocean governance and equity, we risk a future that further separates the haves and have-nots
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TIDE BITES: Enhancing Resilience: a Constant Challenge in a Changing Climate
Ocean Nexus Center Postdoctoral Fellow Kirk Sato wrote this opinion piece for Tide Bites at the Friday Harbor Labs. It was reprinted in the San Juan Islander.
The ocean speaks a language that is understood globally.
Justice and sustainability: Geographer focusing on fair ocean governance in international project
This article was originally published in the Memorial University Gazette
From our economy to our culture and health, our interactions with the ocean are a part of our daily lives in Newfoundland and Labrador.