USC Department of Population and Public Health Sciences’ Post

Our team at Arup are very much looking forward to supporting University of Bath, Bangor University, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd, University of Exeter and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) alongside an array of other partners to empower a new generation of scientific leaders to transform how we manage aquatic environmental health via real-time digital water-based systems. We see the incredible value that this CDT will bring to solve some of the most challenging problems. Freshwaters are the most severely impacted environments in terms of chemical pollution, disease and biodiversity loss and act as major conduits of chemical/pathogen exposures in humans and aquatic ecosystems. Reversing global environmental decline and protecting both wildlife and human health requires new real-time management systems that must move from reactive and often ‘crisis management’ to a more pro-active approach. RED-ALERT CDT’s will fill a major national skills gap via empowering a new generation of leaders to transform how we manage environmental health via Real-Time Digital Water-Based Systems. Congratulations to all the academic teams involved to Professor Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern for her hard work in getting this funded. NERC: Natural Environment Research Council UK Research and Innovation

After eight-and-a-half years with the Department for Environment and Water, last week I handed my old pass in (complete with my original photo that I had somehow avoided changing all this time!). It has been a pleasure to work with the dedicated public servants of the water policy branch. A group of experts coming together from a broad range of scientific disciplines, economics, governance, natural resource management and legal backgrounds to work on some of the most complex and wicked problems in environmental politics: water and the Murray-Darling Basin. I have learned a lot about hydrology, climate change science, ecology and GIS layers. I convinced others that I understood the intense technical information some of the time. I got to contribute to two Royal Commissions, a response to a Royal Commission report and numerous state and national inquiries. I had many robust debates with my colleagues trying to get to the heart of an issue and untangling a web of problems that would hopefully lead us to sensible policy solutions. And I learned a lot about myself, and I am grateful for having been in a working environment that allowed these self-reflections: - I can and will lead my team and others with kindness, even when the room is tense. - I will contribute my views, even when I'm unsure whether I have yet fully formed an opinion. The worst that will happen is I will be wrong. - I enjoy showing others that they can form their own opinions, and present them as a coherent argument. I am your collaborator and coach, not your examiner. A new challenge awaits!

Happy to share with you another article published out of my research on 'Recommoning Water'! In this paper, Dr Maria Francesca de Tullio and I focus on the neglected facets of embodiment in constructing commons projects. 👉We investigate the case of Naples' water remunicipalisation as a commons-inspired experiment. 👉We propose an embodied commons framework to assess how knowledge(s), practices and experiences are part of this commons-branded water remunicipalisation. 👉We warn against the commons becoming an ‘empty signifier’ and about co-opting its virtues and discourse without founding it on the embodied experiences of the community. 👉We offer some pathways for the alignment of public administrations with water movements in ways that transcend a mere commons discourse and that facilitate ‘caring’ assemblages as custodians of more embodied, locally-situated and sustained water futures in cities. Have thoughts, reactions or know someone working on similar research? Please tag them in this thread! NEWAVE - Next Water Governance IVM Institute for Environmental Studies Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) Maria Francesca De Tullio #commons #watermovements #embodiedcommons #community #watergovernance #recommoning #remunicipalisation #feministpoliticalecology

Present at the ESEH's Environmental History Teaching Support Program for ECRs! 2 online workshops October 16 &18 with insights from experienced teachers: Profs Marianna Dudley & Shen Hou More details here: https://lnkd.in/dkxY_JPp How hard is to design an Environmental History syllabus? What are the constraints? 🌍 💡 #environmentalhistory #histoireenvironnementale #historiaambiental

📢 Last Call: Latin Alumni Survey - Deadline Extended to September 23rd! 🌎 We recently sent out an important survey to our alumni from Latin America, and we deeply appreciate those who have already shared their insights. Haven’t had a chance yet? No worries - we've extended the deadline to September 23rd. This quick, 5-10 minute survey is vital in helping us enhance outreach efforts for our programs in Latin America. Your feedback is key to shaping our future initiatives. Rest assured, responses are anonymous and will remain confidential. 🔗 Survey Link: https://lnkd.in/eKKG3Xxw 📅 New Deadline: September 23rd Help us boost student engagement in Latin America. Your support will make our programs even better. On behalf of Faculty of Environmental Sciences – Technische Universität Dresden CIPSEM - TU Dresden | Internationales Hochschulinstitut Zittau | DAAD German Academic Exchange Service #Survey #Alumni #LatinAmerica #HigherEducation #TUDresden #Outreach #EnvironmentalSciences

🌱 Exciting Read Alert! 🌱 Check out the latest special issue from AJEE: "Relational Ontologies and Multispecies Worlds: Transdisciplinary Possibilities for Environmental Education" A must-read for anyone passionate about innovative approaches to environmental education and sustainability! 🌏✨ #EnvironmentalEducation #Transdisciplinary #Sustainability #MultispeciesWorlds #RelationalOntologies #Research

Shifting focus from Western science to Indigenous knowledge Indigenous ecological knowledge and Western science meet within the Adirondack Park's environmental research. https://lnkd.in/deK5YnSN

Eager to learn more about how to Analyze & Adapt using the Conservation Standards? Check out UW's online course series!

Very excited we’re now able to announce that I’ll be leading the new UK Research and Innovation & DEFRA funded COAST-R Network Plus for Resilient Coastal Communities & Seas (UK Coastal Resilience Network (COAST-R)). Over the next few yrs, I’ll be working with a fantastic group of co-investigators & partners to better understand coastal change and enhance the resilient management of UK coastal communities and seas, and the natural capital that sustains them. The UK’s coasts represent the front line for many of our most significant resilience challenges. Coastal and estuarine communities are living with social and health inequalities, rising sea levels, and coastal erosion, amongst other challenges. We need to build knowledge, action and resilience now, and share learnings and existing best practice across sectors and disciplines so as to build UK coastal and marine resilience. Importantly, COAST-R will work collaboratively across sectors and build skills, knowledge and collaboration to ensure those most impacted by climate change have a key voice in the decision-making process around coastal resilience. We can’t wait to get going with the programme. And to share details of the four large projects funded under the Resilient Coastal Communities & Seas call (in due course!) Find out more: https://lnkd.in/efNwWDw6 🐠🌊🏘️💦⛱️🐦🦀👩🏫

Join us in this important conversation as we unravel the major requirements of the major academic job markets, convened by the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association. 17th September, 2024. 12 noon - 13:30 pm SAST. #jobmarket #earlycareerresearchers #internationalstudies