This is for external opportunities only. If you are looking for previous Graduate School activities, please see our events page: Events.
Accessibility on this webpage has been improved from March onward.
January 2023
- 1st International Conference on Ocean Education and Training
- Monday 9 to Wednesday 11 January.
- Ghent, Belgium.
- Free!
- This conference aims to address the main issues regarding Ocean Education, a field of research that is relatively new and undeveloped.
- Abstracts are due Wednesday 16 November 2022.
- Find out more and sign up here by Wednesday 14 December 2022.
- Networking Through Story with Dr Anna Ploszajski, a Sustainable Management of Marine Resources-Net (SMMR) Workshop
- Tuesday 10 and Tuesday 31 January, 1.00 pm each day.
- Free!
- In this workshop, award-winning materials scientist and storyteller Dr Anna Ploszajski will help you become a better networker through the study of story.
- This event will be online and also run alongside a month long networking event on SMMR/MASTS new networking site OPT (Ocean Partnership Tool).
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Perth – Biodiversity Capital of Scotland, a Perthshire Society of Natural Science Seminar
- Wednesday 11 January, 7.30 pm.
- Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, Perth.
- Free!
- Hear from Dr Mike Robinson, CEO RSGS.
- Find out more here.
- UK & Ireland Regional Student Chapter (UKIRSC) Conference 2023
- Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 January.
- St Andrews.
- Price TBD.
- As well as talks from attendees, there will also be talks from invited speakers and three workshops, plus a number of social activities throughout the conference.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Winning your first research grant: what you need to know, an Outstanding Research Grants Training Course
- Tuesday 12 January.
- Free!
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Environmental Engagement in Practice: Evaluation, sustainability and making a case, part of a National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Training Course Series
- Thursday 12 January, 10.00 am-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- This workshop covers three main challenges for those seeing to embed engagement into their work: how to evaluate your programme effectively; if and how to sustain your work; and how to advocate for the value of engagement within your research.
- Find out more here. Applications currently not open.
- What is QGIS?, a Field Studies Council Training Course
- Friday 13 January to Friday 10 February, every Friday at 5.30 pm.
- £35, 20% off using code BioStudent20.
- This introductory online course will introduce Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and how it works, as well as an introduction to QGIS as an open software option. GIS underpins much of our modern life, so the ability to gather, manage and analyse spatial data is an incredibly valuable skill.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Population genomics, a NEOF Training Course
- Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 January.
- Free!
- This course will introduce participants to a variety of population genomics analyses for large next generation sequencing datasets. It will include discussion on single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) calling and filtering options, an introduction to population genomics statistics, examining genetic structure, and Fst-based analyses such as outlier detection/genomic islands of divergence.
- Find out more and sign up here by Monday 19 December.
- The Little Event, a BIG STEM Communicators Network Event
- Thursday 19 January, 3.00 pm-6.30 pm, and Saturday 21 January, 9.00 am-1.15 pm.
- £50.
- The Little Event is BIG’s training session for people who are new to STEM communication, whether you are involved in university outreach, or do anything else to engage people with science, technology, engineering and maths. The event will feature introductory sessions focusing on developing the different skills that are useful in STEM communication, delivered by experienced science communicators following BIG’s usual hands-on approach.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Inside the UN plastics pollution treaty: working at the policy, research, and advocacy interface, a STACEES Seminar
- Monday 23 January, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Arts Building, St Andrews, and online.
- Free!
- At the end of 2022, the first Inter-Governmental Negotiating Committee meeting took place to develop a binding UN treaty to end plastic pollution. This seminar will explain the key issues at stake in the treaty, the way that the process is organized, and how academics can influence such international environmental policies.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Artificial Intelligence, a University of Oxford Online Training Course
- Monday 23 January to Friday 14 April. Repeated in April.
- £324.
- This course focuses on real-world applications of AI to significant problems facing the 21st century, covering critical concepts like AI ethics and fairness, with examples from disaster planning, sustainable development, and human health.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Some Like it Hot? Using Thermal Tolerance to Explain Insect Biodiversity, a Linnean Society Webinar
- Wednesday 25 January, 12.30 pm-1.30 pm.
- Free!
- A talk on the biodiversity of aquatic insects, its determinants and the insects’ vulnerability in a time of rapid climate change.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Coastal Futures Conference
- Wednesday 25 to Thursday 26 January.
- The Royal Geographical Society, Kensington, London SW7 2AR and online.
- £120, or £48 for virtual attendance.
- This will be the 30th edition of the UK’s premier multi-disciplinary marine conference.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Democratizing Ocean Observation Through Low-Cost Technologies and Citizen Science, an AtlantOS Ocean Hour Webinar
- Monday 30 January, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm UTC.
- Free!
- Sign up here.
- Project Management for Wildlife Conservation, a WildTeams Training course
- Monday 30 January to Monday 13 March.
- £220.
- Everyone in conservation will, at some time, be involved in a conservation project. So project management is a fundamental skill that nearly all conservationists need to be effective at their work. Whatever you experience level or current project management approach, this course will strengthen your skills in this key area.
- Find out more and sign up here by Wednesday 1 February.
- Scottish Marine Energy Research Symposium 2023
- Tuesday 31 January to Thursday 2 February.
- Free!
- The fifth annual symposium, supported by delivery partner MASTS will present recent research on seabirds, mammals, fish and socioeconomics and will be held virtually, which means there will be a wider programme of talks and topics ranging from unique Scottish reefs to seabird behaviour in the sky available to attend.
- Find out more and sign up here.
February 2023
- Evidence Synthesis to Inform Policy and Business Decision-Making, a UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) Online Training Course
- Wednesday 1 February.
- Wallingford, near Oxford.
- £264.
- This course will introduce evidence synthesis, evidence review, systematic reviews, and rapid evidence assessment. It will give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to carry out an evidence review synthesis for an area of natural environment research.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Challenging Upland Futures, a Perthshire Society of Natural Science Seminar
- Wednesday 1 February, 7.30 pm.
- Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, Perth.
- Free!
- Hear from Dr Rosalind Bryce, Director, Centre for Mountain Studies, UHI, about some of the sustainability challenges in the uplands including deer management, tourism, future of crofting etc.
- Find out more here.
- 5th International MPA Congress (IMPAC5)
- Friday 3 to Thursday 9 February.
- Vancouver, Canada.
- $75 (~£61.81) for youth virtual attendance.
- A global forum that brings together ocean conservation professionals and high-level officials to inform, inspire and act on marine protected areas. IMPAC5 is an opportunity to bring together Indigenous peoples and cultures from around the world to embrace a collaborative approach and learn from Indigenous leadership in ocean conservation too.
- Find out more and sign up here by Thursday 2 February.
- Secret World Wildlife Rescue 4th Caring for British Wildlife Conference
- Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February.
- East Huntspill Village Hall, Somerset.
- £80 for one day, £150 for both days. All proceeds go to SWWR.
- The two days will cover all aspects of wildlife conservation, rehabilitation, and release.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- No Brain, No Problem? 20 Years of the National Jellyfish Survey, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Monday 6 February, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Thousands of jellyfish spotters are helping better understand these fascinating marine invertebrates and their turtle predators.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Putting behaviour change evidence into practice: lessons from environmental and transport policy, an Institute for Policy Research Masterclass
- Tuesday 7 February, 12.00 pm-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- This masterclass will provide detailed insights on behaviour change, drawing both on theory and practice, with examples of what works in environmental and transport policy.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Soil Health in the Age of Antibiotics, an Earth Matters Webinar from the Dutchess Land Conservancy
- Tuesday 7 February, 11.00 pm-12.30 am UTC.
- Free!
- Find out the work being taken to uncover the hidden complexity of microbial life, primarily in soils, from tropical forests to farmlands around the world. Using field studies and new molecular tools to examine how livestock antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic resistance. A central question: How are people impacting the composition and function of microbial communities found within our soils?
- Find out more and sign up here.
- The work of the Tayside Raptor Study Group, a Perthshire Society of Natural Science Seminar
- Wednesday 8 February, 7.30 pm.
- Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, Perth.
- Free!
- In the 20th year of the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, an overview of it’s actions in Perthshire including field work with the Golden Eagles.
- Find out more here.
- Environmental Health, Justice, and Leadership, a WE ACT for Environmental Justice Training Course
- Every Wednesday from Wednesday 8 February to Wednesday 1 March.
- Free!
- Participants in this award-winning training program will learn about environmental and climate justice issues and how to advocate for equitable solutions to address them as a leader on behalf of their community.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Project Planning for Wildlife Conservation, a WildTeams Training Course
- Wednesday 8 February to Wednesday 22 March.
- £220.
- Project planning is probably the most important conservation skill there is to achieving conservation impact and sustaining conservation teams financially. That is why project planning is such a crucial skill for anyone. This course will help you to develop an impact-focused conservation strategy for any type of conservation project.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Insects, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Thursday 9 February, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- This talk will explore the vulnerability of freshwater invertebrates to climate change, and what mitigation measures can be used to minimise the impacts on their populations.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- The Planetary Nature of Water Resilience and how it relates to Africa, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Unlocking Nature Webinar
- Thursday 9 February, 5.00 pm.
- Free!
- Too much or too little freshwater have always been of direct concern for daily human activities, but today’s freshwater changes go beyond that – and risk triggering abrupt and large-scale shifts in Earth’s natural life-support systems in ways that we are only beginning to understand.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Interview Skills, an Equate Scotland Workshop
- Thursday 9 February, 6.00 pm-7.30 pm.
- Free!
- This event is for Women and Non-Binary people studying STEM subjects in Scotland. The purpose is to ensure that you are given the best possible chance to stand out in an interview that showcases your skills and personal attributes to the actual job requirements.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- CE2COAST Winter School
- Monday 13 to Friday 17 February.
- Lisbon, Portugal.
- The winter school will provide the opportunity to learn and exchange ideas on the latest approaches in climate change downscaling and determining coastal service thresholds to deliver targeted, relevant, and understood scenarios of coastal change.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Discovering QGIS, a Field Studies Council Training Course
- Monday 13 February to Monday 27 March, every Monday at 2.30 pm.
- £75, 20% off using code BioStudent20.
- This beginner online course will teach you how to use the QGIS interface and begin to build, style, and present maps.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- How to speak whale, a Turing Lecture from the Royal Institution
- Tuesday 14 February, 2.00 pm-3.15 pm.
- Pay what you can.
- This talk will break down what it will take to speak to a whale, in a whistlestop tour covering the biology and lives of whales, new discoveries about their communications, what AI is and how it can help, and updates from the latest research expeditions.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Monitoring of Ocean Variables Training
- Tuesday 14 February, 2.00 pm-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- The goal of the training is to introduce participants to marine data products and tools available through the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS).
- Find out more and sign up here.
- INSITEs Into – Marine Biodiversity, an INSITE Webinar
- Wednesday 15 February, 11.30 am-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- The first event in INSITE Webinar Series will uncover the range of marine species that form complex associations with the man-made structures and new inter-connected communities across the North Sea.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Parasites in Biodiversity Conservation: Friend or Foe?, a Linnean Society Webinar
- Wednesday 15 February, 12.30 pm-1.30 pm.
- Free!
- Certain conservation actions (such as translocating species) without considering possible parasites and diseases could render the conservation action less effective, and even transport pathogens to new locations and other vulnerable, naïve species. On the other hand, parasites play crucial roles in ecosystem structure and function, linking food webs and supporting the coexistence of different species. If a species or ecosystem is to be appropriately restored, the parasites of those organisms need to be conserved too.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Exploring the interacting effects of thermal fluctuations and habitat complexity on stickleback behavioural adaptation, a MASTS-SFC Webinar
- Wednesday 15 February 1.00 pm-1.30 pm.
- Free!
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Dive into Scotland’s Living Seas: Seagrass and native oysters, a Scottish Wildlife Trust Webinar
- Wednesday 15 February, 6.00 pm-6.45 pm.
- Free!
- Seagrass meadows and complex native oyster reefs support an incredible amount of life and their roles in tackling climate change.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- EMODnet Centralisation: One Ocean, One EMODnet, a European Marine Observation and Data Network Webinar
- Thursday 16 February, 3.30 pm-5.00 pm CET.
- Free!
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Are dolphins more affected by commercial fisheries than artisanal fisheries?: A case study from Montenegro with SUPER PGR Tim Awbery, SMM Seminar Editor’s Select Series Webinar
- Thursday 16 February, 4.00 pm.
- Free!
- The SMM Seminar Editor’s Select Series highlights the latest and most exciting marine mammal science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Wasini Island – Biodiversity, Conservation, and Citizen Science, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 16 February, 5.00 pm.
- Free!
- Wasini Island lies about 3km off the coast of southeast Kenya and is a natural hotspot, with national parks, mangrove forests, coral reefs, and vibrant marine life.
- Sign up here.
- Dive into the Deep, a Dundee Science Festival Virtual Experience
- Thursday 16 February, 4.30 pm.
- Free!
- Presented by Cerebral Ape LTD, this is an online interactive experience that allows participants to control a robotic rover over our custom-built Deep Sea landscape.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Introduction to the bash shell (Unix/Linux), a National Centre for Atmospheric Science Training Course
- Friday 17 February.
- £97, all modules £617.
- Available as a full Introduction to Scientific Computing course also including ‘Introduction to Git/GitHub’, ‘Introduction to Python programming’, and ‘Python programming – working with data’.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Introduction to Git/GitHub, a National Centre for Atmospheric Science Training Course
- Monday 20 February.
- £11, all modules £617.
- Available as a full Introduction to Scientific Computing course also including ‘Introduction to the bash shell (Unix/Linux)’, ‘Introduction to Python programming’, and ‘Python programming – working with data’.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- The PhD Viva Course, a Dr Bedwell and Dr Butcher Training Course
- Monday 20 February to Monday 6 March.
- £50.
- The range of sessions will give you an insight into the viva experience, preparing for the viva, debunk some viva myths and give you the opportunity to practice some key viva skills.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- How to deal with academic stress, a Student Minds and Enterprise Webinar
- Tuesday 21 February, 10.00 am.
- Free!
- Sometimes a bit of pressure can help us focus and perform more efficiently, but occasionally this can tip over into overwhelming anxiety. When stress gets unmanageable it can have adverse effects on your mental health, impacting concentration, motivation and results. This webinar will provide you with workable take-aways to help you deal with the academic stress you might be experiencing.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Introduction to Python programming, a National Centre for Atmospheric Science Training Course
- Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 February.
- £293, all modules £617.
- Available as a full Introduction to Scientific Computing course also including ‘Introduction to the bash shell (Unix/Linux)’, ‘Introduction to Git/GitHub’, and ‘Python programming – working with data’.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Python programming – working with data, a National Centre for Atmospheric Science Training Course
- Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 February.
- £293, all modules £617.
- Available as a full Introduction to Scientific Computing course also including ‘Introduction to the bash shell (Unix/Linux)’, ‘Introduction to Git/GitHub’, and ‘Introduction to Python programming’.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Celebrating the Legacy of Black Environmental & Climate Justice Activists, a Baltimore Green Justice Workers Cooperative Webinar
- Wednesday 22 February, 2.00 pm-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- The Baltimore Green Justice Workers Cooperative is committed to hosting conversations that stimulate thought, discussion, dialogue and out-of-the box thinking while building personal connections with stakeholders on Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Energy, Economic and Social Justice issues.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Celebrating 20 years of Silurian with Jenny Hampson, a Hebridean Whale Trail Webinar
- Wednesday 22 February, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Join HWDT science manager, Jenny, as she sails us down memory lane and celebrates what has been achieved on board over the past 20 years!
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Designing the freshwater, marine, and terrestrial EBV workflows from data collection to modelling, a Europabon Workshop
- Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 February, 11.00 am-1.00 pm CET daily.
- Free!
- This workshop aims to bring together experts in the field of biodiversity monitoring, data collection, data integration and modeling to discuss and explore the existing, emerging, and potential future workflows for generating Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and how they can be implemented at the European scale.
- Find out more and sign up here.
- Assuring the Integrity of Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage, an EMB Brown Bag Lunch
- Thursday 23 February, 12.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Helmholtz Association, 8th Floor, Brussels.
- Free!
- Looking at the STEMM-CCS (Strategies for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage) using existing and newly developed approaches for monitoring offshore carbon capture and storage reservoirs.
- Find out more and sign up here by Wednesday 15 February.
- North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Student Symposium
- Friday 24 February.
- Teorifagbygget hus 1, Tromsø, and online.
- This year’s theme is “Marine mammals in a changing Arctic: Finding a pathway for users, scientists, and policymakers to navigate new challenges”. The symposium represents an opportunity for students with common interests from various fields in natural, social, and legal sciences to share their ideas, knowledge, and experience.
- Find out more and sign up here by Friday 17 February.
- Abstract submission deadline is Friday 10 February.
- Business in the Blue Economy, a Scottish Forum on Natural Capital Workshop
- Monday 27 February, 11.00 am-4.00 pm.
- Parliament Hall, University of St Andrews.
- Free!
- A workshop exploring natural capital approaches to help marine industries deliver Scotland’s Blue Economy Vision.
- An Introduction to Using GIS/QGIS In Biological Research, a GIS in Ecology Online Training Course
- Monday 27 February to Thursday 2 March, 10.00 am-1.00 pm or 7.00 pm-10.00 pm daily.
- £245.
- Each session will consist of a background talk covering a specific topic, followed by practical exercises based on instructions from a workbook.
- Dive into Scotland’s Living Seas: Squid and other ocean invertebrates, a Scottish Wildlife Trust Webinar
- Tuesday 28 February, 6.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar is ALL about variety. Invertebrates represent over 90% of all living animal species in the world, including many of your favourite rock-pooling critters such as starfish, sea urchins, sponges, and crabs.
- Wellbeing in Conservation, a Conservation Careers Webinar
- Tuesday 28 February, 7.30 pm-9.00 pm.
- Free!
- A special interactive event to explore wellbeing in conservation, how it affects conservationists and how you can enjoy a happier, healthier career.
- Metabarcoding for diet analysis and environmental DNA, a NEOF Training Course
- Tuesday 28 February and Thursday 2 March.
- Free!
- Sequencing DNA barcodes from mixed sources of DNA is an increasingly used way to survey biodiversity, whether analysing dietary content from faecal-derived DNA or monitoring aquatic species from water-derived DNA. This course will give an overview of metabarcoding with different barcoding genes to target particular taxa. Using an example data set we will go from raw sequence data through to assigning taxonomy to the sequence variants.
- Sign up by Monday 13 February.
March 2023
- Health and Wellbeing in Coastal Communities, a University of Exeter Event
- Wednesday 1 March 2023, 3.30 pm-6.00 pm.
- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, and online.
- Free!
- On one hand, our coastal environments can provide excellent opportunities for recreation, healthy and sustainable food, and good quality of life. On the other, these places are under threat from rapid environmental and social change, and present specific challenges for public health and wellbeing. This event will explore these issues in the context of research and collaborations in Cornwall and globally.
- Fins, Feather, Scale and Claw with Stephen Marsh, a Hebridean Whale Trail Webinar
- Wednesday 1 March, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Listen to the spirit of adventure from Stephen’s Antipodean adventures!
- Insects and Pollination, a Perthshire Society of Natural Science Seminar
- Wednesday 1 March, 7.30 pm.
- Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, Perth.
- Free!
- Hear from Althayde Tonhasca, NatureScot.
- Life in the uplands: Tanzania and Malawi, a Perthshire Society of Natural Science Seminar
- Wednesday 1 March, 7.30 pm.
- Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, Perth.
- Free!
- Hear from Martin Robinson.
- Writing outstanding research objectives and research questions in your grant proposals, an Outstanding Research Grants Workshop
- Thursday 2 March
- Free!
- Science advances at the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus: Highlights from the Atlantic, a European Bureau for Conservation and Development Event
- Thursday 2 March, 2.15 pm-4.00 pm CET.
- Free!
- European Parliament, ASP 3H1, and online.
- This event aims at looking into the important emerging findings from the iAtlantic project, a multidisciplinary marine science programme funded under the EU’s Horizon2020 initiative.
- Killer Whales of False Bay, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 2 March, 5.00 pm.
- Free!
- David Hurwitz’s journey (or rather obsession) with killer whales began in 2009 when he first witnessed a pod preying on common dolphins. Since then, he has had the privilege of witnessing dozens of predatory events involving different prey items and is fascinated by the incredible teamwork and adaptive hunting strategies that killer whales employ. David will share his experiences and images of these incredible animals – with focus on predator/prey interaction.
- Introduction to molecular phylogenetics, a NERC and Natural History Museum Training Course
- Monday 6 to Friday 10 March. Online version later in March.
- Natural History Museum, London.
- Free! includes accommodation in London and limited travel costs within the UK.
- This course will benefit anyone wishing to gain expertise in molecular diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis for systematic, taxonomic and ecological studies.
- Project Management for ECRs in Marine Science, a PathFinder Academy Webinar
- Tuesday 7 March, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm.
- Free!
- Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your project management skills and take your academic research to the next level.
- Socio-Oceanography Workshop, a National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, Hampshire
- Tuesday 7 March to Thursday 9 March.
- Chesil House, Winchester.
- Socio-oceanography is an emerging area of research which takes a “whole system” approach to the marine environment by explicitly factoring in human society. It focuses on the challenges which require advancement of both natural and social science components, especially on those where the feedbacks between these components are beginning to emerge. The 2023 Workshop will focus on four highlight topics bringing together a mix of natural and social scientists, each working towards producing an output such as opinion papers, funding proposals and innovative multidisciplinary forms of communication.
- Economic, social and environmental impact assessment of MSP for UK marine-related industries, a SMMR-Net Webinar
- Wednesday 8 March, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a process of coordinating the use of marine resources to achieve economic, social, and environmental objectives.
- Dive into the world of beaked whales with Dr Frazer Coomber, a Hebridean Whale Trail Webinar
- Wednesday 8 March, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Join Dr Coomber for a species spotlight webinar, as he dives into the world of beaked whales!
- Nature Restoration Jobs and Skills Online Conference
- Monday 13 March, 10.00 am-12.30 pm.
- Free!
- What skills do we need to deliver nature-based solutions to the climate emergency? Join to learn more about Scotland’s ambition for nature restoration, the skills we need to meet that ambition and what the Scottish Government and its partners are doing to support the development of a skilled, inclusive workforce for nature restoration.
- Global Soil Biodiversity Conference
- Monday 13 to Wednesday 15 March.
- Save the date!
- Movement Ecology, a PR Statistics Training Course
- Monday 13 to Friday 17 March, 12.00 pm-8.30 pm daily.
- £435.
- The course will cover the concepts, technology and software tools that can be used to analyse movement data (from ringing/CMR to VHF/GPS) in ecology and evolution.
- Flying Squids: Their Life Story and Relationships With Each Other, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Thursday 16 March, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Flying squids exist in the mesopelagic realm, where they attain huge biomasses and are crucial for energy and matter cycles in the water column. Besides their ecological importance, they are also important economically, as they sustain almost 50 % of current cephalopod landings in the world.
- Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development, global launch of report, a FAO UN Webinar
- Thursday 16 March, 3.00 pm-4.30 pm.
- Free!
- Illuminating Hidden Harvests is a global initiative of FAO, Duke University, and WorldFish to generate and disseminate new evidence about the importance of small-scale fisheries to inform policy and practice. A major output is the Illuminating Hidden Harvest report, which assesses the current environmental, economic, gender, food security and nutrition, and governance dimensions of small-scale fisheries globally.
- Can farming and ecotourism exist in parallel?, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 16 March, 5.00 pm.
- Free!
- One of the challenges of the 21st century is to achieve food security and biodiversity conservation simultaneously. This creates a paradox: a world with only nature reserves yields no food; likewise, a world with only farmland diminishes biodiversity.
- Understanding the importance of soil health, a Leicester Lit&Phil Webinar
- Monday 20 March, 7.30 pm-9.00 pm.
- £3.
- This talk will aim to provide an overview of the fascinating life found within the soil, how soil management changes the structure, chemistry and biology of the soil, and overall what this means in regards to “soil health”. This talk will also include how changing land use and climate change will have an impact on healthy soils, maintaining food security and improving biodiversity within the soil habitat.
- Introduction to molecular phylogenetics, a NERC and Natural History Museum Online Training Course
- Monday 20 to Friday 24 March.
- Free!
- This course will benefit anyone wishing to gain expertise in molecular diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis for systematic, taxonomic and ecological studies.
- Managing Ecological Data in R: Introduction to Data Science and the Art of Wrangling for Ecologists, a Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation Training Course
- Monday 20 March to Friday 12 May 2023.
- $500 (~£414.66).
- An 8-week intensive online learning experience on how to apply data science principles to manage complex ecological datasets using R.
- Powerful Posters, a SMMR Training Course
- Tuesday 21 March, 1.00 pm-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- In this half day interactive workshop Dr Jamie Gallagher (winner of multiple Best Poster prizes) will take you through all you need to know to design and share an award-winning poster. Discover tips and tricks to put your work in the spotlight useful not only for posters but talks, public engagement and much more.
- Ocean Partnerships Speed Networking
- Wednesday 22 March, 1.00 pm.
- Free!
- This session will reflect on: How can we improve marine stewardship through community engagement and creative practice?
- Marine Mammal Entanglement with SUPER PGR Ellie MacLennan, a Hebridean Whale Trail Webinar
- Wednesday 22 March, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Sadly, entanglements are increasing around our coastlines. Join Ellie as she talks about her investigations to prevent entanglement of large marine animals in fishing gear in Scottish waters.
- Using Ocean connection as a Vital Step in Protecting the Ocean, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 23 March, 5.00 pm.
- Free!
- Streams To Spiders: How Aquatic Insects Interconnect Our Ecosystems, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Monday 27 March, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Freshwaters and forests might seem like definitively separate habitats, but they are in fact tightly interconnected by insects. This talk will delve into how these largely overlooked insects create an interconnected world in ways we don’t always expect.
- Biodiversity Net Gain Virtual Symposium 2023
- Wednesday 29 March, 10.00 am-1.00 pm.
- £25.
- Biodiversity Net Gain will be mandated at a minimum of 10% for development in England from next year. This event will bring together professionals from a range of sectors to discuss their experience and lessons learned from working with BNG.
- Whale calls, vessel noise and the Covid pandemic, a Hebridean Whale Trail Webinar
- Wednesday 29 March, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Join Amelie as she shares the results of her recent publication using the Covid pandemic to listen to whale calls & vessel sounds in Iceland.
- Developing Place-Relevant Permaculture Design for Livelihood & Conservation, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 30 March, 6.00 pm.
- Free!
- Learn more about a contemporary practise-based philosophy formed by indigenous science and wisdom, and how adopting it may help us conserve and regenerate our natural environment.
April 2023
- Water and Sustainable Development: Scotland’s Water Future, a University of Glasgow Webinar
- Monday 3 April, 10.00 am.
- Free!
- Scotland may be a small nation, but in terms of water management, it has always punched well above its weight. The webinar will explore how Scottish Water plans to be carbon neutral, what are the Scottish Government’s future water plans, its future water research needs, and what types of education, research and innovation are needed in the 2nd quarter of the 21st century.
- Facilitating workshops with local communities, a Global Peatland Initiative Workshop
- Monday 3 April, 3.00 pm-5.00 pm.
- Free!
- Learn workshop facilitation skills with three experienced researchers in order to engage local communities in research.
- Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), an Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Training Course
- Tuesday 4 to Sunday 9 April.
- Castletownbere, County Cork, Ireland.
- 800€ (~£702.59).
- The object of the course is to learn to detect and record harbour porpoise Very High Frequency species, short-beaked common dolphin High Frequency species and minke whales Low Frequency species. Species identification will look at species recorded on boat surveys and will also look at other commonly seen species and discuss how these may be detected and possibly identified to species group level.
- If you have any questions or wish to register interest for the course, contact Patrick Lyne at [email protected].
- Innovative software solution for the accurate and efficient capture and reporting of fisheries data, a SMMR-Net Webinar
- Wednesday 5 April, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- OLSPS is an international data specialist. In recent years two technologies have emerged to monitor commercial fishing activities: a) electronic logbooks (eLogs), and b) electronic monitoring (EM). While both technologies are found to be very effective, they still suffer from several shortcomings. To make the scanning of EM videos more practical and focused, OLSPS has developed a conceptual integration model between eLogs and EM cameras – Integrated Electronic Monitoring and Reporting (iMER).
- Curbing Wildlife Crime – The story of a Ugandan Chief Magistrate, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 6 April, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- Join Chief Justice Galdys Kamazanyu for a talk on wildlife crime in Uganda.
- Sea Scotland Youth, a Scottish Environment LINK Event
- Thursday 6 April, 6.00 pm-7.00 pm.
- Free!
- The Sea Scotland Conference pre-event will provide a platform for young people (18-25) to join the conversation around marine conservation in Scotland. An opportunity to share ideas, learn from each other’s experiences and a real chance for young people to discuss sustainable solutions to the issues facing the marine environment and have those ideas heard by leading marine policymakers from the Sea Scotland Conference.
- Understanding our Urban Streams Through History, Geography, and Ecology, a Linnean Society of London Webinar
- Wednesday 12 April, 12.30 pm-1.30 pm.
- Free!
- How people are imagining new relationships with streams & rivers that reconnect urban residents with urban nature.
- Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference 2023
- Wednesday 12 to Friday 14 April.
- Aberystwyth University, Wales and online.
- From £60, free virtual attendance!
- During this event you will have the opportunity to share and learn about current early career research from across Europe and beyond. All current postgraduate students to attend to share their research as either a presentation or poster.
- Abstract deadline is Wednesday 1 March.
- Unlocking Invertebrate Genomes: Trying to Sequence Every Species, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Thursday 13 April, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar will introduce the science of genomics, exploring methods such as whole genome sequencing and DNA barcoding. It will also explore current ambitious projects attempting to sequence all life and discuss some of the many applications of this knowledge, the Darwin Tree of Life Project.
- Can man & wildlife co-exist?, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 13 April, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- Success stories of selected crop protection interventions from Kibale and Bwindi Impenetrable National Parks in Uganda, East Africa.
- Launch of Living with the Climate Crisis, a Climate Psychology Alliance Info Session
- Monday 17 April, 7.00 pm-8.30 pm.
- Free!
- An informal evening to celebrate the launch of ‘Living with the Climate Crisis’.
- 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean
- Monday 17 to Friday 21 April.
- Bergen, Norway, and online.
- CAD $450 (~£274.17), free online.
- ECCWO5 brings together experts from around the world to better understand climate effects on ocean ecosystem, what adaptation and mitigation measures could look like, and how to implement them. The symposium highlights the latest information on how oceans are changing, what is at risk, and how to respond. It also identifies key knowledge gaps, promotes collaborations, and stimulates the next generation of science and actions.
- Environmental Restoration, an INfluence of man-made Structures In The Ecosystem ‘INSITEs Into’ Webinar
- Tuesday 18 April, 11.30 am-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar will uncover how ecosystem services and functions potentially provided by marine species associated with man-made structures may contribute to environmental restoration, and offer opportunities for better understanding of ‘Net Gain’ at sea.
- 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society
- Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20 April. Workshops to be held Sunday 16 and Monday 17 April.
- Grove, Galicia, Spain.
- 130€ (~£114.21)
- The theme of the conference is our oceans, our future. Hosted by the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute, a marine science center dedicated to research, education, and conservation of marine mammals.
- Sign up by Wednesday 15 March.
- Introducing Mapping, Spatial Data and GIS, an Oxford University Training Course
- Wednesday 19 April to Friday 30 June.
- £324.
- Investigate the power of maps and spatial data to document and illustrate local and global issues. Learn how to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to explore the world around you and share ideas. Apply GIS principles and tools to create your own maps from freely available online spatial data. This online course provides directed readings and tutor-guided, text-based discussions and debate. There are no live meetings so you can study whenever suits you.
- Ocean Partnerships: Blue Humanities, Marine Science, and Science Studies, an SMMR-Net Networking Event
- Wednesday 19 April, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Join Ocean Partnerships for another speed network event. After a 10-minute introduction to this month’s theme you will be paired up with another person for 5 minutes at a time over the course of the hour. This is fantastic way to meet people outside your usual network from academics, policymakers, artists, science communicators, people from industry and more from different disciplines.
- Maintaining Biodiversity Net Gain Habitats, a Ground Control Masterclass
- Thursday 20 April, 9.45 am-11.00 am.
- Free!
- Take away the know-how to safeguard ecological outcomes for 30 years and beyond.
- Is Homo sapiens consuming itself? Or is there space for sustainability, compassion and upliftment too?, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 20 April, 11.00 am BST.
- Free!
- An Introduction to Programming in R, an Oxford University Training Course
- Every Friday from Friday 21 April to Friday 30 June, 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm.
- £260.
- In this course you will learn the basics of the R programming language and how to use it to manipulate data and perform calculations. You will be taught through pre-recorded lectures with live online meetings where discussion and debate will take place between students and the tutor.
- Sign up by Friday 14 April.
- The PhD Viva Workshop with Dr Bedwell & Dr Butcher
- Saturday 22 April, 9.00 am to 4.00 pm.
- £50.
- The range of sessions will give you an insight into the viva experience, preparing for the viva, debunk some viva myths and give you the opportunity to practice some key viva skills.
- Natural underwater sounds overview on a global scale, part of the 2023 Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) Webinar Series
- Tuesday 25 April, 5.00pm BST.
- Free!
- An overview of natural underwater sounds.
- Participate in all four webinars either via the live events or watching recordings to receive a free Certificate of Professional Development.
- Bridging the gap between academics and policymakers, a British Ecology Society Workshop
- Wednesday 26 April, 1.30 pm-4.30 pm.
- Free!
- Join this online panel discussion on how academics and policymakers can better work together to inform or create policy. This workshop requires no prior knowledge of policymaking and is open to all.
- Values at Sea – Science Studies meets Marine Biology, a Marine Science Studies Workshop
- Thursday 27 April, 10.00 am to Friday 28 April at 5.15 pm.
- University of Exeter, EX4 4PJ.
- Free!
- An interdisciplinary marine workshop bringing together scientists and scholars from history, philosophy and social studies of science.
- Policy Engagement for Researchers, a SMMR Training Course
- Thursday 27 April, 1.00 pm-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- Through this interactive workshop you will explore the legislative process and how you can work to influence both policy and policy makers.
- Scientific Communication with Lucy Wallace, a CENTA Masterclass
- Friday 28 April, 9.30 am-6.00 pm BST.
- The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2DR.
- Free!
- Communication of your research to different audiences is a crucial skill every PhD researcher should have.
May 2023
- Pathogen Planet: Diversity and Disease, a Natural History Museum Masterclass
- Monday 1 May to Friday 9 June.
- £149.
- Culture in Collections, a Natural History Museum Masterclass
- Monday 1 May to Friday 9 June.
- £149.
- Shaping the Future of Ocean Research at University of Strathclyde
- Tuesday 2 May, 9.30 am-12.45 pm.
- Learning & Teaching Building and online.
- Free!
- This event aims to showcase and share learning from the One Ocean Hub through its research, partnerships, innovative methodologies, and lived experience.
- Zoom into Soil: Soil Biodiversity, a British Society of Soil Science Webinar
- Wednesday 3 May, 12.00 pm-1.00 pm.
- free!
- Join Professor Tom Crowther, an ecologist in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich and Dr Lisa Cole, a Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen, for this webinar as they discuss the topic of soil biodiversity.
- Simple, elegant and useless: are we using the right models?, a SMMR-Net Webinar
- Wednesday 3 May, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- People like simple stories. They are easy to understand, efficient to communicate, and can be a very useful tool for getting people to agree. Unfortunately, if the stories are too simple then the agreements reached might actually be harmful. I will attempt to illustrate these ideas using mathematical models (which are just “stories”) for marine systems.
- The ORI Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (1984-2022), a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 4 May, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- The Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) is one of the longest running citizen science projects in Africa. This webinar will present an overview of the history of the ORI-CFTP, why and how we tag fish and how the project has grown and improved over the years.
- Community analysis in R, a NEOF Training Course
- Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 May.
- Free!
- A lot of different analysis and visualisations can be carried out with community data. This includes taxonomy and functional abundance tables from 16S rRNA and Shotgun metagenomics analysis. This workshop will introduce you to the phyloseq R object; a specialised object containing an abundance, taxonomy, and metadata table. You will learn how to import your data into a phyloseq object, analyse your data and produce bespoke visualisations in R with the packages qiime2R, phyloseq, and microbiome.
- Sign up by Monday 24 April.
- Restoration, Rearing & Reintroductions: Saving the Freshwater Pearl Mussel, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Thursday 11 May, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Since 2007 the Freshwater Biological Association has been captive breeding one of the most endangered freshwater invertebrates in Europe, trying to save local populations.
- Protecting Earth’s underground heroes, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 11 May, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) is a science research organisation founded to map and protect mycorrhizal fungal communities. Fungal biodiversity is known to respond negatively to a wide range of environmental pressures. Together with local collaborators across the world, SPUN is helping map patterns of mycorrhizal biodiversity, identifying under-sampled areas, and advocating for protection of underground biodiversity.
- Wildlife and People: Conflict and Conservation, an Oxford University Training Course
- Saturday 13 May, 9.45 am-5.00 pm.
- Ewert House, Banbury Road, Oxford.
- £85.
- This course will explore two principal subject areas: human-wildlife conflict, and overexploitation.
- Marine Mollusc Recording Scheme: Discoveries from the Conchological Society, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Monday 15 May, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- The Conchological Society’s marine recording scheme will be 100 years old in 2023 yet is as relevant now as it has ever been. This talk will outline what is involved and how data is gathered, verified, stored and shared.
- Marine Data Management, Governance and the MEDIN toolset, a MEDIN Training Course
- Monday 15 to Friday 19 May.
- Free, using code Medin842!
- The workshop consists of a series of talks, demonstrations, and a large practical element to help users become familiar with MEDIN Data Guidelines, the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard, controlled vocabularies, and tools to create and validate MEDIN discovery metadata.
- International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions
- Monday 15 to Friday 19 May.
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- ICMB is an international forum where scientists and policy makers from around the world meet to review current challenges in the global management of invasive marine organisms and to share new developments in science and policy.
- The Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources Conference
- Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 May.
- Bristol.
- Themes: 1. Understanding the different value systems people hold when they connect with the marine environment and how this affects their decision making, in order to inform and direct policy development. 2. Development and integration of modelling tools to support coastal and marine natural capital approaches and accounting. 3. Development of interventions that support government policy to improve the marine environment for the next generation.
- Abstract deadline 4.00 pm on Tuesday 7 March.
- Big Marine Data Analytics and Models, an EcoScope Training Course
- Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 May.
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Free!
- In this course, practical methodologies for marine data analysis and modelling will be presented. The course will cover specific classes of problems in marine science and their corresponding solutions, adopting state-of-the-art computer science technologies and methodologies.
- Sign up by Friday 31 March.
- Why are climate refugia important to wildlife conservation?, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 18 May, 6.00 pm UTC.
- Free!
- Science Inequality Across the Globe, a Grand Challenges Seminar from the University of Oxford
- Friday 19 May, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm.
- Trinity College, Oxford and online.
- Free!
- A panel discussion on inequalities in scientific research.
- INSITEs Into Offshore Wind, an INfluence of man-made Structures In The Ecosystem (INSITE) Webinar
- Thursday 25 May, 11.30 am-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- The third event in INSITE Webinar Series will focus on offshore wind deployment and uncover how our understanding of fish aggregation, ecological effects of offshore development, and related connectivity of marine species associated with man-made structures may be considered alongside the deployment of the UKs offshore wind network.
- Sustainability in practice – Africa’s first four star sustainable precinct, Northridge Coastal Estate, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 25 May, 6.00 pm UTC.
- Free!
- The Integrity of Science Conference
- Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May.
- The Royal Society of Edinburgh and online.
- Voluntary fee.
- A conference about the conflict between public policy and independent science, in honour of Dr. Árpád Pusztai (1930 – 2021). Day one will honour Dr Pusztai and recall his work and discuss the controversies of his later findings. Day two will probe the continuing conflicts between public policy and critical science, with the purpose of improving public understanding and use of science.
- InterDis Summer School
- Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June
- Palma, Spain.
- Free!
- Apply by midnight on Tuesday 28 February.
- Scientific writing and publishing for marine scientists, an ICES Training Course
- Tuesday 30 May to Thursday 1 June.
- ICES Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 450 € (~£393.65).
- To help students improve their skill in writing manuscripts for peer reviewed journals and in understanding the scientific publishing environment, including insights from the perspectives of a research journal editor and the author of a very successful book about scientific writing, both of whom have also published several hundred peer reviewed articles.
- Sign up by Tuesday 18 April.
- Planning for Citizen Participation in Mission Ocean & Waters, a PREP4BLUE Seminar Series
- Wednesday 31 May to Wednesday 14 June.
- Free!
- Over five one-hour sessions, participants will learn how to design a project, work package, or programme of activities in alignment with the citizen/stakeholder engagement targets of the EU Mission: Restore Our Ocean and Waters By 2030 (or Mission Ocean). The webinars are designed as bite-sized, targeted sessions that will equip the audience with key information and knowledge of where/how to access more details or expertise.
June 2023
- The importance of conserving traditional fishing methods in Africa
- Thursday 1 June, 6.00 pm-7.00 pm.
- Free!
- The ancient fishing technologies of Africa, developed and used over the past 10,000 years, are still in use in rural areas today to harvest aquatic resources in a sustainable way. This has ignited renewed interest in their potential to encourage long-term and sustainable use of fish stocks.
- What it takes to write a winning Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal, an Outstanding Research Grants Training Course
- Thursday 1 June.
- Free!
- From Deepfakes to Deadly Viruses: Ethics and Governance in Science, a University of Oxford Panel
- Friday 2 June, 4.00 pm-5.30 pm.
- Trinity College, Oxford and online.
- Free!
- A panel discussion exploring the ethics and governance surrounding emerging and contemporary scientific research.
- Innovative and practical tools for monitoring and assessing multiple human pressures affecting biodiversity in marine systems, a AZTI Summer School
- Monday 5 at 9.00 am to Wednesday 7 June at 1.30 pm.
- Aquarium of San Sebastian, Spain.
- 115€ (~£101.73).
- The main objective of the school is to present the innovative tools that are already practically used in monitoring the ocean, and the tools used to assess the cumulative effects of multiple pressures, as well as the status of the ocean and the ecosystem services it provides.
- Skills for Collaborative Inter-Disciplinary Research, a SMMR Training Course
- Tuesday 6 June, 1.00 pm to Wednesday 7 June, 4.00 pm.
- Free!
- The course will cover 4 main sections: disciplines and interdisciplinarity, understanding drivers of, and barriers to, IDR, practices and skills part 1 and 2, and conclusion.
- RNA-seq gene expression and pathway analysis, a NEOF Training Course
- Tuesday 6 and Thursday 8 June, 10.00 am-4.00 pm daily.
- Free!
- At the end of this course you will be able to align the transcriptomes of samples to a reference genome to determine gene expression levels. Following this you will be able to carry out Differential Gene Expression analysis to determine which genes are up and down regulated between sample groups.
- Sign up by Monday 22 May.
- Energy Ethics 2023: Financing the Future
- Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 June.
- St Andrews and online.
- £40 for 3-day student ticket, £35 virtual ticket.
- At this crucial juncture in human energy practices and the life of the planet, the ways in which we financially create our energy future is of vital importance. It is estimated that reaching Net Zero carbon emissions globally by year 2045 will require up to £42 trillion of investment. Yet with current levels of investment, this goal will not be reached.
- Sea Scotland Conference 2023: From Land to Sea
- Thursday 8 June.
- Edinburgh Climate Change Institute.
- Save the date!
- United Nations World Oceans Day 2023 Live Broadcast
- Thursday 8 June, 3.00 pm-6.30 pm BST.
- Free!
- This year’s event celebrates the theme Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing. The UN are joining forces with decision makers, scientists, private sector executives, civil society representatives, indigenous communities, celebrities and youth activists to underscore how earth is more than it may seem and finally put the ocean first.
- World Ocean’s Day, a Fair Seas Conference
- Thursday 8 June.
- Cork City Hall, Ireland.
- 75€ (~£66.26).
- Join ocean advocates, fishing community, government, industry and key stakeholders together to map out Ireland’s next steps for designating and managing a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
- Machine Learning Advances for Environmental and Underwater Imaging Data, a TechOcean Workshop
- Thursday 8 to Friday 9 June.
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
- Free!
- The Big Data accumulating from environmental and underwater imagery imposes a series of unique challenges, which need to be tackled by the data scientist community in collaboration with environmental scientists. This workshop is specifically interested in discussing computer vision challenges such as model development, annotation, managing skewed datasets, and poor data quality.
- Bridging the divide between our oceans & society: Why should we care?, a University of Oxford Seminar
- Friday 9 June, 4.00 pm-5.30 pm.
- Trinity College, Oxford and online.
- Free!
- Renowned scientists, policy makers, and media reps gather to discuss why and how we should bridge the divide between our oceans and society.
- What does a nature positive economy look like?, a British Ecological Society Webinar
- Thursday 15 June, 1.00 pm.
- Free!
- Applied Ecology Resources is a novel, globally accessible open platform. AER makes sharing and discovering information on the management of biodiversity and the environment easier for everyone in the ecological community – whether you work in research, policy, or practice.
- At what price do we publish?, a University of Oxford Panel
- Friday 16 June, 3.30 pm-6.00pm.
- Trinity College, Oxford and online.
- Free!
- This panel discussion will explore the process and costs associated with academic publishing with leading experts in academia, journalism and the publishing industry.
- International Summer School in Global Just Transition: Equity in Net Zero
- Monday 19 to Friday 23 June.
- Newcastle.
- £400, which includes accommodation, meals, site visits and local transfers within Newcastle.
- The event will have an international, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach, which focuses on a global just transition and equity in net zero. It will develop the next generation of academics, decision-makers and professionals currently completing their doctoral training, helping them to appreciate both the complexities and opportunities related to the global implementation of net zero.
- Apply for a scholarship by Friday 28 April.
- Students talk climate: Developing an evidence base for engaging students on climate change, a Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS) UK Webinar
- Tuesday 20 June 12.00 pm-12.45 pm.
- Free!
- Exploring insights from Climate Outreach’s segmentation model, this webinar aims to shed light on the various perspectives, concerns and motivations that influence students’ thinking, perceptions and actions related to climate change.
- PlasticsFuture 2023
- Tuesday 20 to Thursday 22 June.
- Portland Building, University of Portsmouth.
- Early bird rate is £110, ends Friday 14 April, £165 after this.
- PlasticsFuture 2023 is a mission-driven conference which aims to inspire new solutions to end plastic pollution. It will be an opportunity to share global research and innovation across disciplines and communities, and forge future collaborations.
- The European Blue Economy Conference
- Wednesday 21 June, 8.30 am-5.10 pm.
- Free!
- How can technology and innovation support a sustainable blue economy in Europe?
- SULSA Rheinland-Pfalz Research Collaboration Funding Information Session
- Thursday 22 June, 2.00 pm-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- This funding aims to support research collaborations between Scotland and the Rheinland-Pfalz region of Germany for the development of PGRs/ECRs including their international networks, research outputs and technical skills and knowledge.
- Proposals for up to 10,000€.
- Spatiotemporal characteristics of human thermal comfort across southern Africa, a Leadership for the Conservation of Africa Webinar
- Thursday 22 June, 6.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar will focus on Biometeorology – the study of climate change and the impacts thereof on animals, plants and human health. This will include discussing the discipline’s dynamic commissions and study groups: Animal Biometeorology, Climate, Tourism and Recreation, and Phenology, emphasising Climate and Human Health in a South African context.
- Quiet Vessel Initiative, an SLR Consulting Ltd. Training Course
- Thursday 22 June at 12.30 pm to Friday 23 June at 8.30 pm BST.
- Ocean Sonics, Canada, and online.
- CAN $280.96 (~£168.74).
- Learn about the impacts of vessel navigation on marine life and the environment and how we can work to reduce them.
- The challenges of being a baby dolphin, a Cetacean Sessions Webinar
- Monday 26 June, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- This episode will discuss two studies reporting alloparental care (caring for the baby of another species) and infanticides in various dolphin species.
- International Blue Carbon Summer School
- Monday 26 to Friday 30 June.
- Wimereux, France.
- 350€ (~£310.31).
- Optional follow up Blue Science and Technology Summer Training from Monday 3 to Friday 14 July in Ghent/Ostend, Belgium.
- If you are passionate about exploring the challenging role the oceans and seas will have in our future society and you are excited about marine and maritime sciences, coastal management, and development, then this course is for you.
- The deadline to apply is Monday 15 May.
- MARE Conference People & the Sea XII
- Monday 26 to Friday 30 June.
- University of Amsterdam, and online.
- 360€ (~£320.15).
- ‘Blue Fear – navigating ecological, social and existential anxieties during the Anthropocene’. Oceans have always imbued seafarers with fear: fear of storms, pirates and shipwreck, and fear of the creatures that live beneath the surface. This conference suggests that such anxieties are currently broadening and intensifying. Not only are people afraid of occasional tsunamis and hurricanes that take lives and ravage coastal habitats. We are also afraid of what we have ourselves unleashed: the realities of sea level rise, climate change, pollution, overfishing and biodiversity loss. Scientists are working overtime to fine-tune the understanding of causes and effects and to provide possible solutions. International policy fora – such as those involved in the current Ocean Decade – are prodding policymakers and politicians to initiate meaningful mitigatory and adaptive action.
- Helmholtz Institute Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) Symposium 2023
- Tuesday 27 to Wednesday 28 June.
- Museum of Nature and Human, Oldenburg.
- Session 1: Tipping points, session 2: Approaches to decision making and ecosystem management, session 3: The multi-data matrix behind functional biodiversity, and session 4: Biodiversity perception.
- Ocean Science Together, an ECOP Canada Webinar
- Wednesday 28 June, 6.00 pm-7.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- The UN Ocean Decade and Reconciliation: it is time to transform the way countries approach our relationship with the ocean, bringing together all perspectives, especially those of Indigenous Peoples who have drawn sustenance from the ocean for thousands of years without compromising the integrity of its ecosystem. Join for a webinar on effective communication and partnership with Indigenous people in the Ocean Decade.
- The Story of the Mosselbank River Conservation Team, a Leadership for the Conservation for Africa Webinar
- Thursday 29 June, 6.00 pm.
- Free!
- Funding opportunities, tips and challenges for ECOPs, a Challenger Society for Marine Sciences Webinar
- Friday 30 June, 2.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar will cover a range of funding opportunities available for ECOPs.
July 2023
- Artificial Intelligence and Climate, a MAGICA Summer School
- Monday 3 to Friday 7 July.
- H-FARM Campus, Italy.
- Apply for a scholarship by Wednesday 31 May.
- For those between 18 and 22 years old.
- Participants will focus on the strategic issues that are shaping Climate Change and Data Analysis. Together with two of our experts, you will also have the opportunity to take part in the Acceleration Programme shaping their ideas, with the objective of challenging their green-entrepreneurial side.
- Blue Science and Technology Summer Training
- Monday 3 to Friday 14 July.
- Ghent/Ostend, Belgium.
- 850€ (~£753.62).
- The objective of this Summer Training is to offer an add-on learning opportunity for participants with a mainly scientific background to be prepared for the rapidly evolving demands of the blue economy sector.
- The deadline to apply is Wednesday 31 May.
- Animation for Science Communication, an Envision DTP Training Course
- Monday 3 to Thursday 20 July.
- Free!
- An opportunity to develop new skills in creativity and communicating research by making your own animation.
- The deadline to apply is Monday 26 June.
- Introduction to soil quality assessment, a British Ecological Society Workshop
- Tuesday 4 to Friday 7 July.
- Environment Centre for Wales, Bangor.
- £200 including accommodation and most meals.
- Early career scientists and students looking to gain foundational skills in soil science are invited to join this workshop by the Plants, Soils, Ecosystems SIG, delivered in partnership with the British Society of Soil Science. Participants of the workshop will come away with the foundational skills to measure key soil biogeochemical properties including soil extraction methods for soil chemistry and enzyme analysis, quantifying greenhouse gas fluxes and an introduction to the foundations of soil fauna taxonomy.
- Registration closes Friday 2 June.
- Emerging topics in coastal marine ecosystems, a EUROMarine Summer School
- Tuesday 4 to Thursday 13 July.
- University of Cadiz, Spain, and online.
- This course deals with topics closely related to the Decade of the Oceans and the SDGs, especially SDG14 life below water. It will provide a comprehensive training for 25 PhDs face-to-face and others online in broad and cross-cutting topics, thus training the generation of researchers of 2030.
- Essentials of conservation social science, a Human Nature Training Course
- Wednesday 5 July, 9.30 am-4.30 pm.
- £95.
- Social sciences use methods which are often unfamiliar, technical language which may not be immediately understandable, may seem to think differently to how you may think, and they look at an ecosystem and see different things to you. The day is a mixture of taught content, break out workshops and plenary discussions to introduce you to the essentials of conservation social science.
- Cumulative Effects Assessment, an INSITE Into Webinar
- Thursday 6 July, 11.30 am-1.30 pm BST.
- Free!
- The fourth event in the INSITE Webinar Series will uncover how our understanding of multiple actors on the marine environment in important in considering the effects of man-made structures.
- Ocean Partnerships Speed Networking “How can engaging with the arts and humanities shape our science?”, a SMMR-Net Event
- Thursday 6 July, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- After an introduction to the theme, the networking begins. You will be paired up for 5 minutes at a time over the course of the hour. A fantastic way to meet people outside your usual network! From academics, policymakers, and science communicators to people from the industry and more.
- The Anthropocene: A crucial time in Earth history, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 6 July, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- Taking a 1950-2050 look at the Anthropocene as a crucial conscience in the context of the Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history.
- 2023 Marine Robotics Summer School
- Monday 10 to Friday 21 July.
- Faial Island, the Azores.
- $1500 travel reimbursement, accommodation and meals included.
- The summer school will provide a broad perspective on current research in marine robotics via lectures with MIT and Portuguese faculty and other renowned experts in the field, workshops, hands-on experience, time on the water, as well as several social activities. In the weekend and evenings, students will have time to explore Faial and the surrounding islands.
- Apply by Monday 24 April.
- Estuarine and Coastal Restoration Conference
- Tuesday 11 July at 12.00 pm to Wednesday 12 July at 1.00 pm.
- The Scarborough Spa, Scarborough.
- £90.
- The conference will convene audiences to focus on actioning the restoration agenda for a healthy and resilient estuarine and coastal environment. This year’s focus is on the ambitions of the Restoring Meadow Marsh and Reef (ReMeMaRe) initiative. The programme will highlight current and future opportunities and challenges, illustrate progress and evolving practice, and discuss how we achieve restoration targets.
- Social Influence Modelling – A case study of Tasmanian salmon aquaculture, a SMMR-Net Webinar
- Wednesday 12 July, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Conflict between stakeholder groups can disrupt development. Salmon farming has globally been one of the most contentious issues within the aquaculture sector. Attempts to mitigate these conflicts have often been counterproductive due to high levels of distrust between stakeholders. Using the Tasmanian debate as a case study, this webinar will describe results from a social influence model representing key stakeholder groups and the effects of broadcast media.
- Using a “We Practice what we Teach” Approach to Environmental Education, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 13 July, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- Invertebrate Sentience: Do Invert Experiences Deserve Welfare Protection?, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Monday 17 July, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- In the UK, a new law requires all policymakers to have due regard for animal sentience. This law has given new urgency to the question: which other animals are sentient? Might some invertebrates, such as octopuses, crabs, snails, or even insects, have experiences that deserve respect and welfare protection?
- Finding the fisheries ‘sweet spot’ in temperate seagrass meadows, a SMMR-Net Webinar
- Thursday 20 July, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Anouska Mendzil is part of the SMMR Restoration of Seagrass for Ocean Wealth (ReSOW) Project and will be giving an insight into her research.
- Assimilation takes time: The integration of two dolphin societies, a SMM Seminar Editor’s Select Series
- Thursday 20 July, 11.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- In the Bahamas live two communities of spotted dolphins separated by deep water: one on Little Bahama Bank off of Grand Bahama Island and one on Great Bahama Bank off of Bimini. In 2013 an unprecedented 50% of the LBB spotted dolphins moved across the deep water and took up residence on GBB. This type of large-scale immigration is rare. How does such a large group of dolphins move into an established community?
- Mass Marine Die-offs: Searching for the Cause of These Events in NE England, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Thursday 27 July, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- A series of mass marine mortality events occurred along the northeast coast in late 2021, with populations of crabs and lobsters particularly badly affected. This talk will set out the background to the mass mortalities and will explore the science behind the investigation.
August 2023
- Why do South Africa’s Marine Protected Areas matter?, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 3 August, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- This talk will introduce some of South Africa’s amazing MPAs – and why they matter to people and nature.
- Update on deep-sea mining negotiations, a Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator Webinar
- Thursday 10 August, 8.30 pm BST.
- Free!
- This webinar will provide an update on the state-of-play of negotiations for deep-sea mining following Parts I and II of the 28th session of the International Seabed Authority Council meetings that have occurred this year.
- Unlocking the secret movements of aquatic animals using the ATAP, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 17 August, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- 8th European Phycological Congress
- Sunday 20 to Saturday 26 August.
- Brest, France.
- 250€ (~£222.33) early bird, 380€ (~£336.21) thereafter.
- ‘Scientific Opportunities for a Global Algal Revolution’. The European Phycological Congress series began in Cologne, Germany in 1996 and has since continued the tradition of bringing together phycologists from around the world every four years. Its main objective is to provide a forum for discussion of the latest scientific, technological, and societal developments in phycological research.
- Abstract deadline and early bird registration closes on Friday 31 March.
- GIS in R: Fundamentals and applications for ecologists, a Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation Training Course
- Monday 21 August to Sunday 15 October.
- $500 (~£414.66).
- Gain practical experience working with and visualizing spatial data in the freely available R environment.
- Blue-green biodiversity. Research and practice at the interface of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, a Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research Biodiversity Center Summer School
- Sunday 27 August at 10.00 am to Friday 1 September at 5.00 pm.
- Davos, Switzerland.
- 700 Swiss Francs (~£622.66), including accommodation, meals, course materials, and excursions, does not include travel.
- In the context of global change, it is urgent to understand how blue (water) and green (land) ecosystems are similar or different in terms of biodiversity patterns, ecological and evolutionary processes, and their responses to global drivers. The goal of the Summer School is to provide an in-depth understanding of the linkages between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and the interdependencies between social and ecological systems. The program consists of lectures, field excursions, and group work led by researchers and invited speakers.
- Apply by Monday 1 May.
- The British Ecological Society Movement Ecology Annual Meeting
- Monday 28 to Tuesday 29 August.
- School 3, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews.
- From £76.55.
- With a series of plenaries, invited and contributed talks, highlight topics talks and posters (and social events), this event aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and students interested in quantifying and understanding animal or human movements and their interactions.
- Bathymetric Data, an iAtlantic Online Workshop
- Tuesday 29 to Wednesday 30 August, 12.00 pm-6.00 pm BST each day.
- Free!
- This training event is designed as a hands-on workshop addressing individual problems of different aspects from data generation and processing to data analyses and products.
- Register by Tuesday 1 August.
- The Environmental Biotechnology Network Early Career Researcher Conference
- Wednesday 30 August to Friday 1 September.
- Edinburgh.
- Free!
- This year will feature a top invited international speaker and include a drinks reception, dinner, accommodation/travel and two full days of fascinating presentations from ECRs working in the latest hot topics from across the country. Contextualise your research, meet useful people and practice your communication skills.
- Abstract deadline and registration closes Sunday 30 July.
September 2023
- The Nautilos Summer School on Marine Litter
- Monday 4 to Thursday 7 September.
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research and the OceanLab facilities of the OsloMet University.
- Free!
- The Summer School is a course designed for ECRs and marine technicians who are interested in the blue economy and open data sharing. The main goal is to improve professional skills and competences related to marine litter.
- Apply by Saturday 20 May.
- Ecological Genetics Group Annual Meeting 2023
- Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 September.
- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford.
- £70 for BES members, £90 otherwise.
- As the longest running Special Interest Group within British Ecological Society, EGG’s Annual Meeting has long provided a welcoming environment for anyone working at the intersection of ecology and genetics. You can expect to hear talks that cover a wide variety of organisms both terrestrial and aquatic as well as from any branch within the tree of life. For those who prefer something more interactive, poster events offer a chance for one-to-one discussion and networking with people at every career stage. Beyond, there will also be ample opportunities for socialising including the (in)famous EGG-head’s Quiz and Conference Dinner.
- Abstract submission deadline is Thursday 15 June, and registration closes Friday 30 June.
- Change in Conservation, an & Another Thing Networking Event
- Thursday 7 September, 7.00 pm-8.15 pm.
- Free!
- How does ‘change’ in all its forms affect work in conservation. Changing climate, changing job requirements, changes in the workplace. An informal space for networking and a discussion on wellbeing and working environments.
- Introduction to Ocean Governance, a COBRA Online Short Course
- Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 September, 1.00 pm-3.30 pm BST daily.
- Free!
- Insights into ongoing policy process and lessons for early career professionals.
- ICES Annual Science Conference 2023
- Monday 11 to Thursday 14 September.
- Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain, and online.
- 340€ (~£302.33) until Saturday 1 July, 70€ (~£62.25) online fee.
- Keynote speakers are:
- Ángel Borja, Principal Investigator, AZTI, Spain ‘Challenges in using the ocean sustainably: obtaining benefits for humans while maintaining ecosystem services’.
- Marine Cusa, Marine Scientist, Oceana ‘New horizons in seafood traceability: when advances in molecular tools change the landscape’.
- Patricia Miloslavich, Executive Director, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) ‘Tackling the biodiversity crisis: Are current tools enough?’.
- BES Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2023
- Monday 18 September from 1.00 pm to Tuesday 19 September at 5.30 pm.
- Lancaster University, and online.
- £87 for both days, to £28 online for one day.
- This annual meeting provides a friendly and inclusive venue for sharing the latest marine and freshwater research and networking in a small symposium setting. They are especially focused on promoting participation from and interaction among ECRs.
- Two ECR workshops will be held on the first day: the use of machine learning approaches for ecological data analysis, and practical assays for monitoring biodiversity and gene-to-ecosystem response to change in freshwaters.
- Introduction to Integrated Stock Assessment using Stock Synthesis, an ICES Training Course
- Monday 18 to Friday 22 September.
- ICES Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 750€ (~£651.43).
- The course will cover fisheries stock assessment principles and instruction on using the Stock Synthesis (SS3) modelling platform.
- EcoScope Summer School – Oceanography & Fisheries Within The Ecosystem
- Monday 25 to Friday 29 September.
- Kavala, Greece.
- Free!
- This summer school will focus on encouraging scientific dialogue and providing an educational experience on the topic of oceanography and fisheries ecosystems. The programme has been designed to facilitate the education of ECRs on managing available marine environmental, oceanographic, and fisheries data, with the goal of providing accessible information to relevant end-users and policymakers.
- Apply by Saturday 15 July.
- Language as a Barrier, Ocean Partnerships Speed Networking
- Tuesday 26 September, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Join the Ocean Partnerships Network for another online speed networking event over lunchtime. After a 10 minute introduction to this month’s theme, the speed networking begins and you will be paired up with another person for 5 minutes at a time over the course of the hour. A fantastic way to meet people outside your usual network!
- FAIR Data Principles 1: Foundational components, best practices and standards, a Blue-Cloud 2026 Online Training Course
- Tuesday 26 September, 3.00 pm-4.30 pm BST.
- Free!
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship apply to both data and metadata and are: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.
- Marine mammals and vessel noise: Exposure, impacts and potential solutions, a DOSITS Webinar
- Wednesday 27 September, 5.00 pm-6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- This webinar will summarize current work on the exposure and impacts of vessel noise on marine mammals and discuss potential solutions.
October 2023
- From Passion to Profession: Career Paths in Ecology for First-Gen and Working-Class Students, a British Ecological Society Webinar
- Monday 2 October, 6.00 pm-7.30 pm.
- Free!
- A unique opportunity to hear from four inspiring first-generation and/or working-class ecologists and to connect with professionals and like-minded ecologists who share your passion for ecology. Different career avenues within academia and the private sector will be discussed, and there will be an opportunity to engage with the panel and ask questions.
- The European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS) Conference
- Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 October.
- Galway Bay Hotel, Galway, Ireland.
- Every three years the EuroGOOS conference provides a forum for marine scientists and technologists developing operational oceanography products, and the users of these services including decision and policy-makers as well as the private sector.
- Abstract deadline is 11.59 pm on Sunday 16 April.
- 1st EMB Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) Network Forum
- Sunday 8 to Monday 9 October.
- Cidade da Cultura, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Participate in training sessions on the European marine science policies landscape, science communication tools to make your science more impactful for policy, and collaboration strategies. Meet and network with other ECOPs from different institutions across Europe to create an interdisciplinary EMB ECOP community. Exchange and open dialogue with policy-makers, experts, as well as senior scientists. Have the opportunity to speak with one voice by providing recommendations on how to improve ECOP engagement in the current marine-science policy landscape. These recommendations will be communicated to European science and policy organizations through the EMB.
- Final iAtlantic General Assembly
- Monday 9 to Friday 13 October.
- University of Edinburgh, and online.
- Free!
- The first two days are open to everyone who has an interest in iAtlantic’s results and will comprise a series of plenary sessions where the headline results from the project will be presented.
- Register by Wednesday 30 August for in-person attendance and Saturday 30 September for online.
- Introduction to command line bioinformatics, a NEOF Training Course
- Tuesday 10 October, 10.00 am-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- Bioinformatics is an increasingly important skill for biological scientists, but many bioinformatic tools can only be run on Unix based operating systems. This course is aimed at beginners and novices to the command line; it will give an overview of fundamental Unix commands, directory navigation, and file manipulation.
- Register by Monday 25 September.
- EurOCEAN 2023 Conference
- Tuesday 10 to Wednesday 11 October.
- Vigo, Spain.
- Free!
- “One Ocean, One Mission, One Decade – One Voice”. EurOCEAN conferences are major European marine science-policy conferences organized every 4-5 years. They provide a forum for the marine and maritime research community and wider stakeholders to interface with European and Member State policymakers and strategic planners. The aim of the EurOCEAN 2023 science-policy conference is to highlight the synergies between the EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030, other EU research and innovation, and management initiatives, and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
- The reflections and recommendations from the 1st EMB Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) Network Forum on future engagement of ECOPs in the science-policy sphere will be presented.
- Register by Friday 15 September.
- Marine Invasions in Africa, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 12 October, 6.00 pm.
- Free!
- The talk will focus on an introduction to marine invasions by highlighting what the different terms are in the field, how species are moved around and what kinds of impacts they have.
- Scientific Visual Communication: Good Graphic Design Practice, a Marine Biological Association Training Course
- Tuesday 17 October, 12.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- From £35, bursary available.
- The straightforward graphic design guidance given in this workshop can be applied to any form of visual communication, regardless of the software being used to create it, and will result in a significant improvement in its effectiveness.
- Skills for Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research, a SMMR Online Training Course
- Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 October, 1.00 pm-4.30 pm daily.
- £15.
- The course will cover disciplines and interdisciplinarity, understanding drivers and barriers, and practices and skills.
- Oceans of Knowledge 2023: Beyond Net Zero: The ocean’s role in climate repair, an IMarEST Conference
- Wednesday 18 October, 9.00 am-5.00 pm.
- Institute of Physics, London.
- From £90 for in-person and £60 for virtual.
- How can we make most effective use of the ocean’s capacity to sequester carbon to deliver net zero and beyond, while protecting the ocean environment and the essential ecosystem services it provides? The conference will set this critical future use of the ocean into the context of associated scientific, engineering, technological, operational, and regulatory challenges.
- POSEIDON: Changing the Game for Offshore Wind and Nature, a Natural England Webinar
- Wednesday 18 October, 11.00 am-12.00 pm.
- Free!
- POSEIDON will establish a robust evidence base made accessible through new mapping tools to support the expansion of low impact offshore wind development alongside thriving marine nature. The project is collating and assessing existing data about seabirds, marine mammals, and the seabed. This webinar aims to support coordination and integration with other initiatives.
- 44th TB Macaulay Lecture, a James Hutton Institute Event
- Wednesday 18 October, 5.00 pm-6.30 pm.
- McEwan Hall, The University of Edinburgh.
- Free!
- Join globally renowned climate change expert Professor Johan Rockström at Scotland’s largest and longest running public lecture. Johan will discuss the latest scientific results of the health of the earth system, including the recent work of the Earth Commission and will also update on the “Earth for All” scenario, analysing pathways towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals within planetary boundaries.
- Marine Mammal Knowledge Exchange, a Marine Mammals Management Toolkit Event
- Wednesday 18 October, 6.30 pm-10.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- This event will host discussion around some of the key threats facing marine mammals and the solutions implemented by MPAs: Ship Strikes, Noise Pollution, Entanglement, Whale Watching.
- Ecoacoustic monitoring: Why and how, an Applied Ecology Resources Webinar
- Thursday 19 October, 1.00 pm.
- Free!
- Researcher and ecological consultant Dr Oliver Metcalf shares the results of a collaborative project in the ecoacoustics community that created guidelines for approaching ecoacoustic research, and share how these guidelines can be practically followed for successful project outcomes.
- Science activism: Going beyond informing policy and society, a EuroScience Policy Forum Webinar
- Thursday 19 October, 3.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- Science Activism goes beyond the role that scientists play in providing information to support evidence-informed policymaking. It can add purpose to research, connect scientists to society, and ensure important political issues are addressed in a meaningful and rigorous way.
- The Role of Zoos in Conservation and Africa, a Leadership for Conservation in Africa Webinar
- Thursday 19 October, 6.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- Genetically separate populations of dugongs in Australia: implications for coping with local environmental stressors, a Society for Marine Mammalogy Webinar
- Thursday 19 October, 10.00 pm BST.
- Free!
- The SMM Editors’ Select Webinar Series highlights the latest and most exciting science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal.
- Introduction to Stock Assessment, an ICES Training Course
- Monday 23 to Friday 27 October.
- ICES Headquarters, Copenhagen.
- 750€ (~£651.43).
- This course provides introduction, demonstration, and exercises in population modelling as applied to fishery resources.
- Register by Monday 4 September.
- Scientific Visual Communication: Creating Figures using Adobe Illustrator, a Marine Biological Association Training Course
- Tuesday 24 October, 12.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- From £35, bursary available.
- This workshop tackles the trickiest aspect of scientific visual communication; drawing the visual elements that make up figures and graphical abstracts. Participants are provided with hands-on instruction in the basic functionality of Adobe Illustrator and are also shown a methodology to follow that will allow them to draw visual elements that can be edited, adapted and combined to create the figures they need.
- Science x AI Safety: Red teaming LLMs for resilience to scientific disinformation, a Royal Society Event
- Wednesday 25 October, 1.00 pm-5.00 pm.
- London.
- Free!
- This event will bring together graduate students to test the efficacy of guardrails for AI-generated disinformation about climate change and COVID-19.
- How Marine Mammals Respond to Underwater Ambient Noise, a DOSITS Webinar
- Wednesday 25 October, 5.00 pm-6.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar will examine marine mammals and their response to underwater ambient noise. DOSITS offer a Certificate of Professional Development for interested individuals that participate in all four of the webinars in the 2023 Underwater Acoustics Webinar Series.
- From Springtails to Pauropods: Soil Biodiversity Monitoring in the UK, an entoLIVE Webinar from the Biological Recording Company
- Thursday 26 October, 7.00 pm-8.00 pm.
- Free!
- Delve into the underground world of soil biodiversity and how scientists are monitoring the microarthropods that most people don’t even know.
- The UK water industry: towards a resilient and sustainable future, a Royal Society Event
- Tuesday 31 October, 9.00 am-5.25 pm.
- London and online.
- Free!
- This event will examine the challenges and opportunities facing the UK water industry and how scientific innovation in the sector can drive future progress.
- INSITEs Into Commercial Fishing, an INSITE Webinar
- Tuesday 31 October, 11.00 am-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar will uncover how our understanding of fish populations in the marine environment interact with man-made structures, exploring the implications for commercial fisheries and wider marine management.
November 2023
- Putting the R into Reproducible (Marine) Research, a MBA Webinar
- Wednesday 1 November, 12.00 pm-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- Discover the ways R and the Rstudio integrated development environment can be used to underpin more open reproducible research and facilitate best practice.
- Discovering QGIS, a Field Studies Council Online Training Course
- Friday 3 November to Friday 15 December, 5.30 pm-6.15 pm.
- £75.
- This beginner online QGIS course will teach you how to use the QGIS interface and begin to build, style, and present maps.
- Looking North Through Art with Siobhan McLaughlin, an Energy Ethics Webinar
- Tuesday 7 November, 5.15 pm-6.15 pm.
- Free!
- Looking North: Alternative Approaches to Landscape and Energy Ethics in Scotland is a public engagement programme that brings together artists, nature writers and ecological conservation projects from Scotland and beyond. Siobhan McLaughlin is an artist and freelance curator based in Glasgow.
- Beyond the Ocean’s Depths: Revisiting the Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) Interdisciplinary Conference
- Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 November.
- National Maritime Museum and online.
- £40, £25 virtual.
- The Challenger Expedition, which circumnavigated the globe from 1872 to 1876 with the aim to explore the deep sea, has been celebrated as a foundational moment in the history of oceanography. How can Challenger’s historical data, specimens and ocean sediments help our understanding of climate change today?
- Managing Your Scientific Code: Version Control for Researchers, a Marine Biological Association Online Training Course
- Tuesday 7 November, 12.00 pm-4.00 pm and Wednesday 8 November, 10.00 am-2.00 pm.
- From £149, bursary available.
- This course will introduce you to the most popular open source software for version control (Git), and the most popular platform for sharing and collaborating on projects online (GitHub) using a graphical interface to both (GitKraken Client). The course is designed to get researchers started with version control, demonstrate how to collaborate effectively as well as introduce version control best practices, as practised by research software engineering teams.
- Introduction to sequencing data and quality control, NEOF Online Training Course
- Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 November, 10.00 am-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- There are 3 sequencing technologies that are heavily used for biological research; Illumina, PacBio, and ONT. At the end of this course you will understand these error profiles, and be able to use command line tools to measure sequencing quality and conduct quality control.
- Register by Monday 23 October.
- Science Communication and the Gulf Stream, a MBA Webinar
- Wednesday 8 November, 11.00 am-11.40 am.
- Free!
- Discover all about communicating the complexities of the Gulf Stream system in the work of popular science and the challenges of writing about climate change and earth system processes for a lay audience.
- Microplastics: Best practices and expert insights, an ECR Workshop
- Sunday 12 to Friday 17 November.
- Congressi Stefano Franscini, Switzerland.
- 1027 CHF (~£917.08).
- Are you looking for a venue to discuss the latest research, experimental design or want to think about your future career possibilities with the skills you have learned during your studies? This workshop will introduce what to consider when preparing a publication, experimental conceptualization and design of experiments, analytical techniques, quality control, data visualization and contextualization, addressing fate, transport, ecotoxicology, and modeling of plastic particles.
- The deadline for abstracts is Sunday 14 May.
- A nation that rebuilds its soils rebuilds itself: The role of women, a Royal Society Seminar
- Monday 13 November, 6.30 pm-7.30 pm.
- London and online.
- Free!
- The Royal Society welcomes Professor Karen Johnson, expert in the field of soil science and winner of Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture 2023. Professor Johnson brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in understanding the intricacies of soil and the role women have in caring for our soil and planet.
- Marine Data Management, Governance and the MEDIN toolset, a MEDIN Online Training Course
- Monday 13 to Friday 17 November.
- Free!
- The course demonstrates how data management ‘best practice’ can improve organisational efficiency in data acquisition, analysis, curation and sharing. It covers data use with respect to corporate risk, re-use, audit and traceability, whilst at the same time helping minimising costs.
- SULSA Industry-Academia Conference 2023
- Tuesday 14 to Wednesday 15 November.
- John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh.
- £25-40.
- Day one will focus on industry-academia collaboration and day two on employability and skills development.
- Communicate Conference
- Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 November.
- Bristol, London, Manchester, and online.
- £75, £25 virtual.
- Communicate is the UK’s leading annual conference for environmental communicators, bringing together a diverse group of delegates each year to develop their skills, share best practice and debate latest issues in science communication, nature conservation, and engaging people with the natural world.
- Can Satellite Imagery Data Be Used For Biodiversity Net Gain? Tickets, a Biological Recording Company Webinar
- Wednesday 15 November, 10.30 am-12.00 pm.
- Free!
- This webinar will explore the potential pros and cons of using satellite imagery for assessing and monitoring Biodiversity Net Gain.
- Writing for Their Lives: America’s Pioneering Female Science Journalists, a Society for Science Webinar
- Wednesday 15 November, 2.00 pm-3.00 pm.
- Free!
- This conversation digs deep into the history of the women of Science News and their key role in creating the field of science journalism – and in breaking barriers for women.
- How to Write a Winning Grant Response, a Marine Biological Association Masterclass
- Thursday 16 November, 10.00 am-2.00 pm.
- From £79, bursary available.
- Scientific funding is a highly competitive world, and funders are often looking for very specific requirements. This masterclass will help focus your project to improve your grant writing skills and optimise your chances of being more successful in securing research funding.
- From Red to Green: Using the IUCN Status of Species to Evaluate Conservation Programme Impact, a CIEEM Webinar
- Thursday 16 November, 6.00 pm-7.00 pm.
- Free!
- This event will discuss the use of the IUCN status of species to evaluate conservation programme impact.
- Qualitative Skills Methods, a CENTA DTP Training Course
- Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 November.
- University of Nottingham.
- Free for SUPER DTP PGRs!
- There is a greater need to include Social Science due to the human influences and impacts on the environment. PGRs will gain a greater understanding of qualitative research methods through this course to complement the quantitative methods they may already be using.
- Qualitative methods for conservation, a Human Nature Online Training Course
- Monday 20 to Friday 24 November, 2.30 pm-6.30 pm BST daily.
- £285.
- This course gives you the skills, practice and confidence to use qualitative research methods in your projects.
- Biology and Management of Antarctic Krill, a MBA Webinar
- Tuesday 21 November, 12.00 pm-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- Immerse yourself in the science of biological oceanography and find out how we monitor stocks, disentangle foodwebs and reveal the importance of krill to global climate.
- rphylopic: An R package for visualising PhyloPic silhouettes, a British Ecological Society Webinar
- Tuesday 21 November, 3.00 pm.
- Free!
- The maintainers of the package will interactively demo several use cases of its functionality in base R and ggplot.
- CIEEM 2023 Autumn Conference: Modernising Ecology: Techniques and Approaches
- Wednesday 22 to Thursday 23 November.
- Liverpool.
- £90.
- What does AI mean for ecology, how can modern molecular and acoustic methods complement existing best practice, and what’s coming over the horizon that will change how ecologists work?
- Apply for a free student space by 5.00 pm on Wednesday 15 November.
- Make your CV Stand Out, an Equate Scotland Workshop
- Thursday 23 November, 3.00 pm-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- The webinar will cover how to best write mandatory sections of your CV to stand out, what is best to not include in a CV, how to describe work experience to impress the recruiter and briefly look into writing an edge cover letter.
- Aimed at those who identify as women and non-binary.
- Black in Marine Science Professional Wellness Retreat 2023
- Sunday 26 November to Saturday 2 December.
- Norfolk, Virginia.
- $750 (~£611.60).
- A focus on science and self-care for Black professionals.
- Engaging with Policy, a SULSA Online Workshop
- Tuesday 28 November, 1.00 pm-4.00 pm.
- Free!
- The Scottish Parliament Research Exchange (SPRE) is a network that helps Scottish policy officials seek solutions to policy challenges through facilitated engagement with researchers. Join Dr Dave Blackbell, SPRE Co-Director, for this workshop focusing on tips and tricks on how to engage effectively with policy.
- Looking North Through Art with Hanna Tuulikki, an Energy Ethics Webinar
- Tuesday 28 November, 5.15 pm-6.15 pm.
- Free!
- Looking North: Alternative Approaches to Landscape and Energy Ethics in Scotland is a public engagement programme that brings together artists, nature writers and ecological conservation projects from Scotland and beyond. Hanna Tuulikki is a British-Finnish artist, composer and performer based in Scotland.
- Scotsman Life Sciences Conference 2023
- Wednesday 29 November, 9.00 am-5.00 pm.
- Edinburgh International Conference Centre, and online.
- £119, free virtual.
- This year’s conference will focus on new factors critical to Growing Strong and Sustainable: Decarbonisation, Data & Digitalisation, and Entrepreneurialism.
- BIOBLOCKS- Integration of restorative eco-engineered structures in coastal development projects, a CIEEM Webinar
- Wednesday 29 November, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- BIOBLOCKS is a prototype habitat enhancement unit designed to imitate the natural rocky inter-tidal zone, comprising multiple micro-habitats, and increasing the species richness of an area beyond the typical smooth structures applied to coastal defence structures.
- Narrative CVs (Résumé for Researchers), a SULSA Online Workshop
- Thursday 30 November, 10.00 am-12.00 pm.
- Free!
- UKRI announced they will use Résumé for Research and Innovation as their standard format for assessing track record information, so it is important that you understand what to include and how to present your narrative within each module.
- Women of Colour Leadership, a Women’s Higher Education Network (WHEN) Webinar
- Thursday 30 November, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- WOC aspiring to leadership as a career Q&A.
- Email [email protected] to receive link.
- Aquaculture for a Thriving Future, Fishmongers’ Company Event
- Thursday 30 November.
- London.
- Free!
- Turning the spotlight on nature positive shellfish and seaweed farming, this dynamic conference aims to act as a melting pot for professionals, policymakers, researchers, farmers, and industry experts to discuss and strategize on accelerating low-trophic aquaculture in the UK.
December 2023
- SmartRivers: Using Freshwater Invertebrates to Monitor River Health Tickets, a Biological Recording Company Webinar
- Monday 4 December, 1.00 pm-2.00 pm.
- Free!
- Hear about how SmartRivers is empowering communities and organisations to use freshwater invertebrate populations to monitor river health.
- The British Society of Soil Science and the Soil Science Society of Ireland Joint Annual Conference
- Monday 4 to Tuesday 5 December.
- From £299.
- Early Careers’ Conference to follow, Wednesday 6 to Thursday 7 December. Free for BSSS members with one overnight stay included!
- Assembly Buildings Conference Centre, Belfast, BT1 6DW.
- The abstract review panel is accepting abstracts in one of five topics, which link to the conference theme, Soil Management and Monitoring: 1. Nutrient Management, 2. Soil Carbon, 3. Water Management and Quality, 4. Technology and Innovation, and 5. Soil Health.
- Abstract deadline is Thursday 6 April.
- Introduction to R, a QUADRAT DTP Online Training Course
- Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 December, 9.00 am-5.00 pm daily.
- Free for SUPER DTP PGRs!
- A beginner-focused course on the programming language R.
- Putting the R into Reproducible (Marine) Research, an MBA Webinar
- Tuesday 12 December, 12.00 pm-1.00 pm.
- Free!
- Discover the ways R and the Rstudio integrated development environment can be used to underpin more open reproducible research and facilitate best practice.
- Python for bioinformatics, a NEOF Training Course
- Tuesday 12 and Thursday 14 December.
- Free!
- This course is aimed at Python beginners and will give you transferable skills to manipulate your own data and experience in Python modules tailored specifically for bioinformatics and genomics analyses.
- Register by Monday 27 November.
- British Ecology Society Annual Meeting 2023
- Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 December.
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, and online.
- Early bird rate of £195 in-person, and £90 virtual, available until Thursday 26 October.
- The British Ecological Society is the oldest ecological society in the world and the Annual Meeting is Europe’s largest conference dedicated to ecology. They offer an exciting programme of scientific presentations, engaging workshops, networking events, and a commercial exhibition.
- Register by Monday 13 November.