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"By joining forces, knowledge brokers can turn existing barriers into enablers, enhancing effectiveness at all levels" ✍🏼 @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social & @paulcairney.bsky.social say the time is right for a new Knowledge Brokering Community of Practice transforming-evidence.org/blog/the-inv...

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👀 The new Society for Social-Ecological Systems (SocSES) is launching on March 27. This will be an academic home for inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability scholars. Link to registration below.

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📣 New: The 'invisible work' of knowledge brokers - new study explores aims, roles and impacts. ✍️ @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social and @paulcairney.bsky.social discuss implications for practice transforming-evidence.org/blog/the-inv...

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Call for Fellows! 🚨 @ipbes.net is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the #GlobalAssessment2. Contribute to assessing progress towards achieving the goals of sustainability! 🌍🧪 🗓 Apply by 28 March 2025 🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

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Open position for an Associate Professor in Marine Biodiversity in the Dept. of Biology at NTNU in Trondheim. Deadline 31 Mar 2025. #ecology www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Four PhD scholarships to work on the Transforming Climate Action Project in collaboration with Dal, Laval, & UQAR Based at the Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland 🇨🇦 Apply by March 31, 2025: thelifeaquatic.xyz/opportunities #PhD #climatechange

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Are you an ECR or a Prof in Polar Marine Science? The Kristineberg Center for Marine Research & Innovation, Sweden, is offering two funded visitorships for 2025. Stay for up to one month in 2025, with all travel, accom & local costs covered! Deadline: 30 March 🦑🧪🌎🐠 www.gu.se/en/kristineb...

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Are you interested in working aboard a multidisciplinary research vessel? We're looking for a Seagoing Research Coordinator to help lead exciting marine research & outreach activities! 🌊 🗓️ Apply by 2nd March 2025. 📍 Plymouth, UK. For more details and to apply ➡️ https://buff.ly/3EqRQO7 #OceanJobs

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Massively important Nature study affirms global significance of small-scale fisheries: SSF provide at least 40% of global fisheries catches Globally, the livelihood of 1 in every 12 people, nearly half of them women, depends at least partly on small-scale fishing www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨 🐟 Conservation benefits of large #MPA #network can span multiple ecosystems. 👉 Conservation performance should be framed at multiple ecologically relevant scales, from individual MPAs to MPA networks. 📰 doi.org/10.1111/cobi... 🤓 @thebraveecologist.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social

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Hello bluesky. I've done a bit of an update to the #MarSocSci starter pack. A flurry of new followers suggests it was needed. Let me know if you are engaged in marine social science and would like to be added. Suggest including the hashtag in your message so people can find you! go.bsky.app/Sj7NX5D

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The UN Ocean Conference (#UNOC3) Declaration zero draft neglects one of the key pillars of sustainability; society. Add your voice to the call for a new "Supporting thriving ocean societies" section to #UNOC3 Declaration! 🐟 Closes on January 30 🚨 👉 Add your voice here: tinyurl.com/3wtkvfr3

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Calling on 🌊 natural scientists working in interdisciplinary teams or with stakeholders. 🔽 Training on social science methods @icesmarine.bsky.social offers hands-on guidance, equipping you with skills to collaborate and increase policy relevance of our work. #MarSocSci www.ices.dk/events/Train...

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🌊📃 Don't miss the opportunity to add your voice to support the suggestion of adding a "Supporting thriving ocean societies" section to #UNOC3 Declaration! 🐟 The questionnaire will close on January 30 🚨 👉 Add your voice here: tinyurl.com/3wtkvfr3

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Call for Fellows! 🚨 @ipbes.bsky.social is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the Biodiversity #SpatialPlanningAssessment. Contribute to crucial work on conservation, restoration, land/sea use planning & connectivity! 🌍 🗓 Apply by 24 Jan 2025 🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/spatial-plan...

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🌊Share your science, expand your network & contribute to the future of marine research at #ICESASC25 Join us from 15–18 September 2025 in Klaipeda, Lithuania🌎 📢The Call for Abstracts is now OPEN with 18 theme sessions to choose from. 🗓️Deadline 17 March 2025 Find all the ℹ www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...

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Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

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🌍 Just published: "Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs." We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Just published - led by @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social we conducted a systematic lit review to identify the top barriers and enablers for knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy (..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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🌍 Just published: "Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs." We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Check out our new open access paper on environmental justice in conservation philanthropy, led by the fabulous JJ Blackwatters! With a case study in Micronesia we focus on funding intermediaries and whether/how they can contribute to more just grant making. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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I haven't seen a conservation social sciences starter pack so I decided to make one #ConSocSci #MarSocSci I am sure that I have missed people... please help me identify more people to add and let me know if you'd like me to add you! go.bsky.app/AdXdpZd

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🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9... Please repost 🦑🧪

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#MarSocSci alert! All presentations from MSEAS 2024 - the 2nd Marine Social-Ecological Systems symposium - in Yokohama, June 2024, are now available online. 🔽 meetings.pices.int/publications...

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Finalised our new team logo today! Huge thanks to Stacey from Visual Knowledge (visualknowledge.design) for her amazing work! Can’t wait to see this printed on some merch!!

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Another amazing day exploring trout streams in Namadgi National Park. I’m so excited to kick off our new project next year and spend more time up here 🎣

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A thread of #ConservationJobs (and career resources) in conservation-related science, policy, practice, communication, etc. I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world. Share job ads with me and I'll link here. 🌎🧪

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We’re hiring — this is a great job! JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social ⭐️ Flexible location in Ontario ⭐️ Senior role ⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025 ⭐️ www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar... #ConservationJobs

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📣Attn Marine Social Scientists! 📣 The Call for Papers for the MARE 2025 People and the Sea Conference is here! 🌊 Theme: Tensions, Trade-offs, and Transformations for the Ocean Decade and beyond Date: 24-27 June 2025 Deadline for submission: 31 January 2025 🔗https://marecentre.nl/call-for-papers/

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This is a great overview of knowledge exchange in #enviromental policy which will resonate with those of us who might self-identify as boundary spanners. @accessnetwork.bsky.social The importance of the individual (and thus the vulnerability and precarity) of the endeavour is loud and clear.

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Calling all those working in #MarSocSci to this starter pack with some folks from the community. Great initaitive, thanks @asterinidae.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/Sj7NX5D

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Have you ever wondered what enables successful knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science, policy & management? To address this question, we undertook a global review of the published literature, which is now available online & open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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💥New: What skills do knowledge brokers need? 👨‍💻 @deniskarcher.bsky.social & @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social #AcademicSky #ResearchImpact #KnowledgeBrokers

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New LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog with @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social - what does it take to be a knowledge broker between environmental science and management? Some answers here blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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🪝New paper! We reviewed recent advances in marine science-policy knowledge exchange ⚓️ 🌊More diverse strategies are used 🌊Progress in outcomes & enablers 🌊Critical research needs: marinstreaming, choice of strategy, value addition, use of AI www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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I've just created a #Science4Policy Starter Pack that might be of interest to those looking for #SciPol opportunities, resources, tips, & initiatives! I'll gradually add #SciPol experts to it in the coming weeks so please share recommendations below! Follow along here: go.bsky.app/9Ha2WF2

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Fun morning exploring local rivers to find study sites for a new project on human dimensions of trout fishing that we’ll be starting soon! 🎣

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We are looking for master, PhD, and postdoc individuals that would be interested by a project with fish, food-web and winter ecology project in Canada. Experience with telemetry and/or isotopes will be a great asset! If interested, DM me :)

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Happy to say that @transformevidence.bsky.social is now on bsky! Follow us for research about evidence production, mobilisation and use- meetings, new studies, funding etc

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