"Marine areas, unlike coastal or inland locations, are often seen as uninhabited resource sites and rarely looked at as spaces of lived experience or cultural meaningโ - but that means we miss on a wealth of services (and disservices) the open sea brings to people.
๐ shorturl.at/Wj0gQ
We propose a new method for marine ecosystem physical accounts: doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
Happy to have contributed to this with the Irish Sea case study๐
'Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland' - @news.rte.ie
#NatureConservation #HabitatsDirective
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
102. Environmental + Climate Justice Syllabus
Assembling readings, articles, case studies & biographies from key writers, scholars & activists working for environmental freedom. Generating a searchable and citable list of Black, Indigenous & Latinx individuals, orgs & movements
#TabClosed2026
Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions against what @antaisce.bsky.social is describing as one of the greatest threats to our environment ever.
Please don't wait til it's too late, get it in today.
๐This project was funded by the UCD Research Culture Local Actions, Inititatives and Measures (ReCLAIM) - phase 2 (Wellcome Trust).
๐ We thank everyone involved in making this event happen: our speakers, moderator, UCD and QUB attendees, and to Lisa Douglas and the QUB Postdoctoral Development Centre, UCD Research Culture, Colleen Thomas and Grace Mulcahy.
A group of people - postdoctoral researchers from UCD and QUB - sit around tables in a decorative room and listen to a presentation by a researcher.
UCD Postdocs Spotlight concluded last month with a seminar entitled "Scales of Researchโ.
We took the event and our UCD delegates outside of the Belfield campus all the way to Belfast - a great opportunity to meet the QUB community ๐
@ucddublin.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Protoreaster nodosus (aka chocolate chip sea star๐ช) has an unusual "diamond-typeโ stereom. How is it formed?
โก๏ธ๐Humaลski et al., 2026 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#echinoderms #biominerals
๐จ Pre-announcement! ๐จ
Weโre hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social.
- Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP
- Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn
A tool worth looking at: non-profit @opensyllabus.bsky.social maps "college curriculum across 27.6 million syllabiโ. You can find your discipline & check most commonly assigned books galaxy.opensyllabus.org
PS. Wouldnโt know that without @greatbooksprof.bsky.social YT channel. Thank you!
Sponges for the win! Fantastic work led by Magda ลukowiak from @ipaleopan.bsky.social & her colleagues.
And big thank you to the panelists of the Postdocs Spotlight seminar on Research Communication, which inspired this piece: @shaunacorr.bsky.social, @cjnicoson.bsky.social, Saule Akhmetkaliyeva, Ravikant Singh, Jim Carroll from @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
Thank you UofG-RCandRD-Team for giving us a platform to publish this piece, and everyone who attended #PostdocsSpotlight seminars (funded by ReCLAIM/Wellcome Trust) at @ucddublin.bsky.social
โณ"Time is scarce for all in academia; for postdocs, time is oxygenโ.
๐ฃIn the latest piece published on #TheAuditorium (blog by @glasgow.ac.uk Research Culture & Researcher Development Team) we discuss the challenges of research communication as postdocs: shorturl.at/6vyJc
#postdocs #researchstaff
Plenty of wonderful art around and focusing on Morecambe Bay - from sculptures and stories to festivals and community initiatives. To explore this phenomenon, my colleague Ashley Cahillane developed a story map with the support of @morecambebay.bsky.social - check the link below:
Thank you to all who participated in our Coastwatch Autumn Survey Results Launch 2025 and Marine Litter Prevention Workshop at the European Commission Representation Office in Ireland! @fairseas.ie @deptcee.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
"Todayโs vote by the European Nitrates Committee to approve an extension of Irelandโs nitrates derogation for another three years is a bad day for Irish waterbodies and for everyone who relies on clean quality water in Ireland"
www.antaisce.org/news/eu-nitr...
๐ฌUCD MESSAGE event coming up 3rd December, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in Dublin. Grab your free tickets: shorturl.at/FeHMy @ucdearth.bsky.social
๐ข Join us!
The #UCD Research Staff Association (RSA) โ SIPTU, a #postdoc led committee dedicated to supporting research staff, is hosting its Annual General Meeting
๐๏ธ Tues 25 Nov | ๐ 17:15
๐ Meeting Room 5, UCD Village
All postdocs, research assistants & research fellows are welcome!
๐ฉ rsa@ucd.ie
๐The session will have a moderator from the QUB community.
๐This project was funded by the UCD ReCLAIM phase 2 (Wellcome Trust).
Three UCD postdocs will be presenting their work:
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Eva de la Peรฑa: ๐๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ: ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ
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Paul Geyer: ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข'๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต: ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข
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Edith Kubik: ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ
UCD Postdocs, thatโs a wrap on this yearโs edition of #PostdocsSpotlight! And a big announcement: for the grand finale, we'll go to... Belfast! @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
๐๐ฝโโ๏ธWanna join? Sign up here: shorturl.at/1WY06 (we'll cover cost of train tickets).
@ucddublin.bsky.social
Lovely! And itโs connected to MoLI gardens, which are another hidden gemโค๏ธ
New date, but same me๐ฃ๏ธ Sign up belowโฌ๏ธ
๐ณ๏ธ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued?
๐ Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
๐An exciting seminar on sustainable urban planning coming up October 24th- registration open to all UCD staff now:
๐๐ผโโ๏ธ forms.gle/5QKLAaXK1A1Z...
@ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
Great to see this new citizen science data rescue project by Met Eireann up and running: www.zooniverse.org/projects/met... especially proud of our ICARUS graduates Rhonda and Ciara for taking this on. Local followers do go along and digitise a few values please.
๐ช๐ธ That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly!
๐ We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful ๐
A coastal scene showing beachcombers looking down on tidal pools with boats and a town in the background.
Join postdoc Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts.
Topics incl. how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits these activities bring to environmental monitoring & community engagement.
Register at forms.gle/CpNWS3SEFtzi...
