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Science Europe was pleased to take part in the opening session of the 2nd Global Diamond OA, now underway in Cape Town, South Africa. Lidia Borrell-Damian, Science Europe Secretary General highlighted the continuing development of the #DiamondOA community which is organising at a national, regional - and increasingly - global level to build a scholarly communication ecosystem made by researchers, with researchers, and for researchers. As support continues to grow for such initiatives as Diamond Open Access, the Summit is a welcome opportunity to discuss how to sustain and take forward this collaboration. Find out more about our activities to support Diamond Open Access here: bit.ly/4g5GLA7

Hub early-career researcher Elsemi Olwage (University of Namibia) spoke yesterday at the Hub’s Satellite event in the lead up to the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona. ▶ Watch a short recording of Elsemi's speech here: https://lnkd.in/e2n5ZCSy ❔ In this Spotlight Q&A, Elsemi gives advice to fellow early-career researchers interested in transdisciplinary ocean research. Q: WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO FELLOW EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS WORKING ON A GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT? A: “Working from the Global South can be challenging, given the still persistent global inequalities in funding and knowledge production. It can result in power imbalances and lack of equal knowledge exchange. One key practice can be for early career researchers to try to be involved from the start with co-writing and co-designing the project proposal. Secondly, early career researchers should contribute to and ethically align with the project’s Code of Practice. This will ensure that project partners can create a shared culture of learning and heighten long-term local impact, including mutuality in knowledge production.” -> Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/eThghzAu 🌊 Elsemi is a researcher on the ‘Hurinin Project’ in Namibia which is an Indigenous youth-led art-based research project on ocean cultural heritage. This blog post reflects on the key insights which emerged from the research process as well as the challenges that were experienced. -> https://lnkd.in/e9-ir7Fs 📽 We also recommend to watch our short film ‘Hurinin, People of the Sea’ that tells how the marginalised Topnaar people in #Namibia seek recognition for their ocean-related heritage, knowledge and rights. -> https://lnkd.in/dnDzD2e2 #oceandecade #oceandecade24 #ECRs #earlycareerresearchers #southernafrica #oceanculture #artsbasedresearch #transdisciplinary #ourocean #SDG14 #SDGs #universityofnamibia #UNAM University of Namibia Conservation Namibia oceanheritage

The main Arctic event of this spring, Arctic Congress 2024, is going on in Bodø, Norway, and the Arctic Centre has a huge delegation in place! We managed to get 20 colleagues in a group photo and still some were missing. We do not have statistics but this may well be an all-time record of Arctic Centre participation in an international conference. Arctic Centre researchers are actively participating and presenting in a number of scientific sessions as well as networking with international colleagues. The Bodø Arctic Congress 2024 is a combination of three events: The International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS), UArctic Congress and High North Dialogue, and it gathers well over 1000 participants to the current European Capital of Culture. When it comes to the contents, the current situation in geopolitics and its effects to Arctic science and Arctic cooperation are discussed in many sessions.

📢 Announcing the Selected Projects for the French-Norwegian AURORA programme 2025! 🇫🇷🇳🇴 AURORA, the French-Norwegian Hubert Curien Partnership (PHC), fosters scientific collaboration between the two countries. This program is implemented by the Research Council of Norway and, in France, by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR). For 2025, 9 innovative projects have been selected in key research areas: 🩺 Health 🌊 Oceans ⚡ Energy 🌱 Environment 🖥️ New Technologies The list of selected projects is available on our website: https://lnkd.in/eNBAvbjB Congratulations to all the selected teams! 🎉 #ResearchCollaboration #PHCAurora #FranceNorway #Innovation #Science

📢 Now online, the conclusions of our Reciprocity Day at the Science Summit 2024 during the 79th #UNGA. Joining forces with Norges forskningsråd to bring together experts from around the globe, we explored the critical importance of freedom to carry out research, equitable access to scientific information and research infrastructures, while considering science as a public good. The dialogue emphasised that co-creation of a human-centred, peaceful future is essential to meeting global challenges and achieving the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. This requires rethinking the way we collaborate internationally, ensuring academic freedom, equity, and inclusion. What are the key takeaways from the discussion? 🔑 Place people and their diverse backgrounds at the heart of equitable partnerships, built on trust, dignity, and respect. 🔑 Embrace open science to ensure equitable access to scientific knowledge and information, and equitable access to research infrastructures, crucial for meaningful collaboration 🔑Prioritise scientific collaboration across borders as part of a country's strategic development. 🔑 Train researchers in enhanced inclusive collaboration methods, promoting South-South and North-South collaborations. 🔑 Facilitate the logistical aspects of global collaboration such as easing visa processes. 🔑Acknowledge the value of indigenous and local knowledge systems. Thanks to Mari Sundli Tveit, Declan Kirrane, Alejandro Adem, Matthias Koenig, Tolullah Oni, Claudia Romano, Jacqueline Ottmann, Dr Dorothy Ngila, Gabriela Ramos, Thandi Mgwebi, Amna Baloch, Osamu Kobayashi, Gagandeep Kang, Eduardo Ortega-Barria, pushkar sharma, Prue Williams and Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes Download the conclusions here: bit.ly/40xAQPp

This new special issue zooms in on agents of change in old-industrial and non-metropolitan regions. Even though old-industrial and non-metropolitan regions share symptoms of lock-in related to their industrial heritage and specialization, it is not uncommon that coalitions of actors engage in local change processes, combining local and non-local knowledge and resources. However, the outcomes of such engagement are also contingent on the particular contexts. The special issue sheds light on context conditions of local agency such as the relationship between centrality and peripherality, uneven power relations, the processes of centralization or devolution, spatial reorganization of production, and the making of development visions and spatial narratives The special issue highlights the potentials and the need for place-based agency that emerges around social, economic, and political arrangements, as opposed to more narrow firm- and competition-based arrangements. To encourage more locally embedded and supported visions and actions, this special issue indicates the need for national and European policies that entail responsibility (in dealing with environmental and social risks and providing access to all elements of the foundational economy), multi-scalarity (a consistent arrangement of national, regional, and local policies and institutions), and sensitivity to local contexts, while supporting bottom-up initiatives and placing local agents in the focus of policy action. The papers draw insights from detailed case studies all around Europe. I thank Nadir Kinossian for taking us on board on the exciting Agents of Change in Old Industrial Regions project, and all wonderful colleagues who shared our learning journey.

Today we got the results of The Aurora Mobility Programme, and our project Borealis (BOREALIS- enaBling knOwledge tRansfEr Among phytopLankton automated Imaging flow cytometer uSers) was selected! 🤩 In this project, research visits between scientists from NTNU and Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO) will occur in 2025 and 2026 to strengthen new collaborations related to automated flow cytometry and phytoplankton studies between Norway and France 🇳🇴 🇫🇷 The research visits will culminate on research cruises in the English Channel, development of a workshop, collaboration on grant proposals and research articles and general exchange knowledge regarding imaging flow cytometry for studying phytoplankton ecology in marine systems 🌊 📷 Stay tuned and more information will come. We are very happy to extend this collaboration even further 🤩 #ntnu #ntnuoceans #phytoplankton #imagingpkankton

Our Around Africa Expedition with OceanQuest has officially begun, launching from Comoros. Scientists have started arriving on our vessel, the OceanXplorer, representing 10 different countries and multiple scientific disciplines including biology, geology, and oceanography. This collaborative mission is endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade and will provide a deeper understanding of seamount systems, uncover discoveries about key ocean currents, and strengthen scientific partnerships across the African continent.

"If you have ever worked at a Nordic institution, been involved in Nordic cooperation or collaborated with a Nordic institution you may have heard about the concept of Nordic added value." 📖 Read our latest blog where researcher Johannes Lidmo reflects on his almost seven years at Nordregio and where this Nordic added value fits in. #Nordics #Nordiccollaboration NordForsk

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