Chris Cvitanovic

Title, authors’ names, abstract, and a figure illustrating recommendations from a new paper about overcoming marginalization of experiential knowledge in co-production of knowledge in environmental science-policy initiatives

Despite knowledge co-production becoming a “central ambition at the environmental science-policy interface,” experiential knowledge remains marginalized. Johner et al. offer 7 recommendations, particularly a key role for stories, as a way forward @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social‬ doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Book “Blue Kinships. An Exploration of Society & the Ocean” now out!

🪸Our chapter "Connecting People and the #Ocean Through #StreetArt and #CitizenScience" shares reflections by a team of 23 artists, scientists, activists & entrepreneurs

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PM if you are interested in the chapter!

Guidelines for ensuring meaningful engagement of early career researchers in scientific collaborations: recommendations from and for marine and polar scientists Abstract. There is an increasing recognition of the importance of involving early career researchers (ECRs) in scientific positions of trust within nationa

Guidelines for ensuring meaningful engagement of early career researchers in scientific collaborations: recommendations from and for marine and polar scientists url: academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

Handbook of Social Networks and the Environment ‘This brilliant volume comprehensively explains how and why social networks are so critical to help society address environmental challenges, including the climate crisis. It significantly extends pre...

📣 Exciting news: The 'Handbook of Social Networks & the Environment' - co-edited with the brilliant Örjan Bodin - is now out!

Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er

🌊 Submit Your Research to #OSM26!

The global conference for ocean sciences and the ocean-related community taking place 22-27 February 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Celebrate the power of collective discovery by showcasing your work in a world stage.

➡️Submit an abstract by 20 Aug: buff.ly/vBlrVDV

Governing novel climate interventions in rapidly changing oceans Marine systems are rapidly changing in response to global heating. The scale and intensity of change are triggering a host of novel interventions to sustain oceans and ocean-dependent societies. Howev...

🌊 Governing novel climate interventions in rapidly changing oceans

Our climate interventions are rapidly evolving, from seaweed farms to engineered coral. However, governance is lagging, and without proper oversight, we risk trading one crisis for another...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Research Associate - Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage and Knowledge Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) is pleased to announce a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position as part of a Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Counterma...

3-year postdoc @lancasteruni.bsky.social w/ Dr's John Childs & Nicola Firth

Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage & Knowledge

Offering an alternative t0 mainstream approaches to understanding the political geography of the deep seabed

hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

We are pleased to announce that SOLAS Summer School 2026 is endorsed by the #OceanDecade.
Join us in Tamandaré, Brazil from 9–27 March 2026.
📅Apply by 31 August 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info: solas-int.org/events/solas...

✨Dream job alert!✨ Come join our Oceans Department at Stanford University! We are hiring an Assistant Professor. This faculty search focuses on 3 major areas: Oceans & global change, Ocean technologies & solutions, or Human dimensions of oceans 🌊
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

The call for our 2026 Postdoc Cohort is now open. We offer 4 full-time positions. Apply until August 24th. hifmb.de/jobs
Please spread the word.
#postdoc #jobsinscience #marinebiodiversity #antarctica
@awi.de @hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social 🦑

@marsocsci.bsky.social #MarSocSci

Call for papers for our special issue "Tides of Change: Reflective and Practical Skills for the Next Generation of Marine Researchers" with Oceans and Society:

www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci...

On navigating the complexities of doing interdisciplinary research. Please share!

Fish and Fisheries Fish and Fisheries is an interdisciplinary journal covering fish biology, fisheries and aquaculture – from molecular biology & genetics to behavior & conservation.

Fish and Fisheries is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief. Please apply to guide the future of this leading journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

🚨 HIRING! We're looking for a passionate Marine Scientist to join our team.

🌊 This is the perfect role for someone in the early stages of their career who wants to use their science to protect UK seas.

📍 Cornwall/London

📷: 5 mins walk from our Newquay office 😄
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

Just published in Nature Ocean Sustainability: "Rethinking maritime security from the bottom up".

We propose four principles to broaden maritime security beyond state and economic lenses - centering humans and ecosystems for a more just and sustainable ocean future.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a paper about the cost efficiency and benefits of co-production of knowledge

While knowledge #co-production is often used in science-policy knowledge exchange processes, evidence of costs & benefits are scarce. @deniskarcher.bsky.social‬ et al. provide guidance to researchers to achieve cost efficiency & improved benefits @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social‬ doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨
35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below:
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Please get in touch with questions!

🚀 New Publication!

"Best bang for your buck: Considerations for cost-efficiency in knowledge co-production"

What's optimal engagement in participatory research?

🔍 We show principles for maximizing efficiency & guiding questions to ensure benefits outweigh costs

📖 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

New paper in Nature Ocean Sustainability! 🦈Sharks are among the most threatened vertebrates – our study maps research priorities + gaps to guide conservation action. Let’s do better for sharks.
🔗📄https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-025-00131-8
#Sharks #Conservation

📢 Join ICES Secretariat as a Professional Project Officer to lead our work in MarineGuardian, an EU project.

We're looking for a skilled project manager with EU research experience, strong communication skills & a passion for turning science into impact.

Interested? 👉 www.ices.dk/about-ICES/J...

Come and join us in Bonn. A fantastic city and really inspiring students!

🎓 Are you a marine MSc or PhD student passionate about climate change and biodiversity? Join our Summer School in Ischia, Italy!

📅 Sept 14–20, 2025
📝 Apply by May 26 → bit.ly/42VRjfL

🔬 Explore seawater chemistry, R & GitHub, blue carbon, drone surveys, and photogrammetry — right in the field

🌊🌐🧪🦤

Welcome to the Early Career (EC) Hub of SocSES! The Early Career Hub (EC Hub) of SocSES is a dynamic, inclusive space for Early Career Professionals (ECPs) in Social-Ecological Systems research and practice. This Hub offers ECPs opportunities for collaboration and connection within a global community that is dedicated to fostering inter/transdisciplinary approaches to address novel and interconnected challenges that we are facing in the Anthropocene.

🌏🌱 The SocSES Early-Career Hub is launching next week!

🗓️ Tuesday, 29 April 2025
⌚ 6pm CAT / 12pm EDT
📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/SocSES-EC-Hu...

Join us for a collaborative session to co-create this new community.

ℹ️ Learn more about the Early-Career Hub here: tinyurl.com/SocSES-EC-Hub

🌊 Calling all early-career scientists
ICES #SIIECS & Mission Atlantic return with #InterDis, a summer school for interdisciplinary ocean management using #IEA
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
10–15 August 2025
🏫32 spots available - applications close 15 May 2025.
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...

A fantastic opportunity for early-career scientists to connect with others and learn about interdisciplinary research. Arranged by the fabulous #SIIECS team (the Strategic Initiative for the Integration of Early-Career Scientists).

Course fees, meals, accomm. covered. Applications until May 15!

Happy World Art Day! 🎨 🌊

Art has the power to move us, to tell stories, and to create connections that words alone cannot. That is especially true when it comes to all things ocean, science, and sustainability.

📷  Kanagawa oki nami ura by Katsushika Hokusai
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Postdoc in Climate Modelling and Arctic-Midlatitude Connections - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Environmental Science - Atmospheric Emissions & Modelling, Aarhus University

Who wants to work on the Arctic in Copenhagen? Super postdoc job going with our friends at Aarhus University* together with DMI on climate modelling and Arctic influences on the mid-latitudes:

*at a campus not actually in Aarhus but just outside Copenhagen

international.au.dk/about/profil...

A Relational Turn in Sustainability for Radical Social-Ecological Transformations Explore the article collection: A Relational Turn in Sustainability for Radical Social-Ecological Transformations. Published in Ecosystems and People.

A new article collection, entitled 'A Relational Turn in Sustainability for Radical Social-Ecological Transformations', out now in @esandpeople.bsky.social . Editors Paula Novo, Seb O'Connor, Simon West, Barbara Muraca and Dominic Lenzi. Link to collection 📖: www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbs...

2025 POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme Apply by 27 April 2025

The 2025 POGO-SCOR Fellowship is now open for applications! 🚀 Provides funding for early-career scientists, technicians, postgrads from developing countries to spend 1–3 months at a leading oceanographic institute abroad 🌎
APPLY by 27 April 2025
@scor-int.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/40ae0711942b...

🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit buff.ly/Q299wEc

#Hiring #ProjectSeahorse