Events

Upcoming events
& workshops

Third and final cross-disciplinary workshop

  • Date:  11-12 October 2022
  • Venue:  The Wellcome Rooms, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ
  • Theme:  Towards a new European approach to the sea: stewarding marine resources for equitable ABS and global governance
This event is free and open to the public but places are limited and registration is required through the Eventbrite link here.
Registration closes on 30 September.
  • Tuesday 11 October
9am Coffee, welcome and introduction
  Speakers:  
Lunch break
  Speakers:  
  • 1.30pm–2.30pm Kjersti Gabrielsen
  • 2.40pm–3.40pm Catherine Kendig
  • 3.50am–4.50pm Sabina Leonelli
  • 5pm–6pm Roundtable at the end of day 1 with reflections incl. those on past activities of the SKAJE project, and the new translations of the Song of the Sea
  • Wednesday 12 October
  Speakers:  

Second cross-disciplinary workshop

  • Date:  May 6th 2022
  • Theme:  Scottish coastal communities and marine biodiversity: knowledge, extraction and use of marine resources past, present and future

Sub-themes and tentative programme:

The past. How did local Scottish coastal communities contribute to knowledge, extraction and use of marine resources?
  Date:  Friday May 6th 2022  10am—11.30pm
Venue:  Online ZOOM meeting
  Speakers:  
Mairi Macrae harvesting in the field at North Glendale, South Uist,
© National Trust of Scotland
The present. From seaweed stories to conservation projects
  Date:  Friday May 6th 12–1pm
Venue:  Online ZOOM meeting
  Speakers:  
Seaweed (19 minutes / 16mm / 2021) moving image artwork by Julia Parks that explores the folklore, ecology, and history of seaweed in north Scotland.
The future. Coastal communities and marine biotechnologies in Scotland and beyond
  Date:  Friday May 6th 2.30-4pm
Venue:  Online ZOOM meeting
  Speakers:  
Professor Michele Stanley, Associate Director for Science, Enterprise and Innovation, Scottish Association for Marine Science

First cross-disciplinary workshop

  • Dates:  January 18th pm and January 19th am
  • Theme:  From custodians to co-producers of knowledge: rethinking scientific knowledge production in a multicultural world.

Sub-themes and tentative programme:

How and to what extent does the present knowledge production system reflect the co-production of scientific knowledge?
  Date:  Tuesday 18th January,  3pm—4.30pm
Venue:  Online ZOOM meeting
  Speakers:  
Who is a ‘custodian’, and how does the present knowledge production system engage with this aspect, directly and indirectly?
  Date:  Tuesday 18th January,  4.50–6.30pm
Venue:  Online ZOOM meeting
  Speakers:  
Who is a ‘custodian’, and how does the present knowledge production system engage with this aspect, directly and indirectly?
  Date:  Tuesday 19th January,  9am–10.30am
Venue:  Online ZOOM meeting
  Speakers:  
  • Chris Lyal, Natural History Museum, London
  • Ana Delgado TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo
  • Ron Corstanje, Cranfield University
  • Amber Scholz DSMZ, Leibniz Institute

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This project has received funding from the RSE Saltire Research Programme Awards 2021 plus a follow-up RSE Research Network Award 2023-25