News and Events
Ocean Nexus Center Virtual Open House
We hope you can join us on September 21 from 3-5 pm PT (Sept. 22 from 8-10 am AEST), as we celebrate the first two years of the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center.
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UN Ocean Decade endorses Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center’s ‘Ocean Voices’ as an official ‘Decade of Action’ program
The Ocean Voices program asserts that the contribution of ocean science to sustainable development is determined by people, and therefore it is critical to understand the actors involved, their culture and wellbeing, and how power dynamics and decision-making processes influence our oceans.
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Ocean Nexus Center: To achieve equitable and sustainable oceans, policymakers must focus on social equity and governance before resources
A new paper from Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center identifies areas of investments and research for five global regions to achieve a ‘Blue Economy'
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Bookmark These New Websites for Future Rivers, Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center
We're thrilled to present three new websites for Future Rivers, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center (WOAC).
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Nature: River conservation by an Indigenous community
Populations of river fish are threatened by pressures on land and water resources. Networks of reserves managed by Indigenous people at community level offer a way to conserve fish diversity and enhance yields of nearby fisheries.
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Second edition released: Adapting research methodologies in the COVID-19 pandemic
This second edition of "Adapting research methodologies in the COVID-19 pandemic" includes new insights from interviews with researchers who have had to change their methods - includes discussion of ethics implications when using enumerators, and the potential for decolonizing research.
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Congratulations to the UW Highly Cited Researchers
Researchers Eddie Allison (Ocean Nexus), Julian Olden (Future Rivers) and Spencer Wood (Nature and Health) are affiliated with EarthLab
Read moreHow social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management: Part I
Sarah Carr, editor at The Skimmer, interviewed Ocean Nexus Director Yoshi Ota and Ocean Nexus Deputy Director Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor to learn about how social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management. This is the first excerpt.
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Meet the Ocean Nexus Indigenous Ocean Ecologies Fellows
Ocean Nexus is proud to welcome five undergraduate student fellows and one graduate student fellow in Indigenous Ocean Ecologies, a new program created in partnership with the UW Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (CAIIS) and Department of American Indian Studies. This year-long research fellowship is focused on the intersections of sovereignty, wellbeing, and environmental justice among Indigenous coastal communities, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
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TIDE BITES: Enhancing Resilience: a Constant Challenge in a Changing Climate
Ocean Nexus Center Postdoctoral Fellow Kirk Sato wrote this opinion piece for Tide Bites at the Friday Harbor Labs. It was reprinted in the San Juan Islander.
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