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SUMMARY:Coral reef spatial resilience: geo-ecological perspectives of coas
 tal risks
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DESCRIPTION:Spatial resilience is crucial in worldwide coastal theatres fa
 cing sea-level rise\, stormy wave / rainfall intensification\, biodiversit
 y erosion and human densification. Sound adaptation requires informed mana
 gement fueled by spatially-explicit observations\, hindcast and forecast m
 odels. A living\, "thick and wide" coastal interface\, hosting structurall
 y- and functionally-rich complexity\, has the great potential to absorb co
 astal risks. We will establish how to render the spatial complexity of tem
 perate and tropical coasts through cutting-edge remote sensing. The dynami
 cs of the spatial resilience will be modelled and simulated across those s
 tudy areas. The adaptive capacity and connectivity of the coastal systems 
 will be discussed in light of hazards and assets' exposure and vulnerabili
 ty. Perspectives will finally be integrated into a nexus of scientific pro
 spects and artistic percepts / affects.\n \nBiography: Antoine COLLIN is a
 n Associate Professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) wit
 hin Université PSL (France). Founder of the Coastal GeoEcological Lab (Di
 nard\, Brittany)\, he is a geospatial ecologist interested in interactions
  between coastal socio-ecosystems and their environment. Antoine's experie
 nces in University of Quebec\, CRIOBE in French Polynesia and Tokyo Tech s
 trenghtened his fondness to combine anthropocenic concepts and methods fro
 m benthic and wetland ecology\, geomorphology\, oceano-climatology\, envir
 onmental socio-economy\, remote sensing\, as well as applied mathematics\,
  statistics\, complexity and art-science.
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building (Atmosphere room)\, off South Parks Road O
 X1 3QY
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SUMMARY:The archaeology of land use and agrobiodiversity: recent work from
  western Asia and Europe - Professor Amy Bogaard (Head of School of Archae
 ology\, Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:In this talk I survey recent bioarchaeological methods and cas
 e studies in the investigation of past land use and biodiversity. Recent w
 ork on early farming in western Asia and Europe is revealing its remarkabl
 y biodiversity\, including a form of wheat (Timopheev’s wheat\, Triticum
  timopheevii group) that has since largely disappeared.\n\nAs well as redi
 scovering such ‘lost crops’\, bioarchaeology also offers means of char
 acterising land use patterns over long time periods.\n\nIn this context I 
 present recent work on the ‘Feeding Anglo-Saxon England’ ERC project i
 n the School of Archaeology\, which situates historic patterns of early me
 dieval land use – including in Oxfordshire – in a longue durée patter
 n of expansive\, low-input arable farming.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Amy Bogaa
 rd (Head of School of Archaeology\, Oxford)
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SUMMARY:Conservation in the Climate Emergency. - Dr. Charlie Gardner (DICE
 )
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DESCRIPTION:Over 13\,000 scientists have declared that the Earth faces a c
 limate emergency\, and an emergency is an urgent situation requiring us to
  refocus on the task at hand\, yet much of conservation proceeds unchanged
 . In this talk Dr Charlie Gardner makes the case that climate change is\, 
 or soon will\, be the greatest threat to biodiversity\, and consequently t
 hat conservation will be unable to meet its goal of maintaining biodiversi
 ty unless the climate threat is addressed. Therefore\, the field must reco
 nsider its objectives and philosophies\, re-examine its theories of change
 \, and refocus its strategies.\n\nDr Charlie Gardner is a conservationist 
 and activist with a particular interest in the intersection of the climate
  and ecological crises. He is an Associate Senior Lecturer at the Durrell 
 Institute of Conservation and Ecology (University of Kent)\, and spokesper
 son with Scientist Rebellion and Scientists for Extinction Rebellion. \nSp
 eakers:\nDr. Charlie Gardner (DICE)
LOCATION:Main Lecture theatre. SoGE
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SUMMARY:Title: HESTIA: A harmonized way to represent\, share\, and analyse
  agri-environmental data - Joseph Poore (University of Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Enabling farmers and food processors to measure thei
 r environmental impacts and productivity and communicate this information 
 up supply chains\, while also providing researchers with greater access to
  consistent producer-specific data\, would support improvements in agricul
 tural productivity and sustainability. In this seminar\, I will present a 
 consistent and unambiguous format to represent agri-environmental data des
 cribing specific farms and food supply chains. Using test datasets\, our f
 ormat can represent data describing diverse producers and preserve high le
 vels of detail from the original sources. I will also describe a software 
 toolkit that automatically validates\, augments\, and calculates environme
 ntal impact indicators from these data. Finally\, I will present an open-a
 ccess data platform (https://hestia.earth) which currently stores data fro
 m over 250 public sources in this format. To demonstrate the platform\, we
  will use a survey of 935 maize-pigeon pea farms to demonstrate the proces
 s. This work creates a new resource for researchers and builds part of the
  digital foundations for more sustainable food supply chains.\nSpeakers:\n
 Joseph Poore (University of Oxford)
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SUMMARY:Capacities for knowledge co-production in transdisciplinary teams.
  - Alexandre Chausson (University of Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:The drivers of environment and development challenges are comp
 lex and cross-cutting in nature\, requiring the collaboration of different
  disciplines and sectors\, often across geographies\, to understand and ad
 dress them. However\, the increasing disciplinary specialization has led t
 o a corresponding fragmentation of knowledge. Approaches are needed delive
 r tailored knowledge for policy and practice. However\, there is a lack of
  institutional memory\, driven by lack of reporting\, around how to effect
 ively produce such knowledge for impact in the context of diverse research
  partnerships. Understanding this is key to increase the effectiveness of 
 research funds and deliver impact in both practice and policy.\n\nAlexandr
 e will present research from the Sentinel research partnership on capaciti
 es for knowledge production in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary tea
 ms. The research partnership brings together academic and development orga
 nizations across the UK\, Zambia\, Ethiopia\, and Ghana to produce researc
 h on impacts\, risks\, and trade-offs between the social\, economic and en
 vironmental dimensions of agricultural development pathways to inform poli
 cy in Ghana\, Zambia\, and Ethiopia. Learning lessons will focus on indivi
 dual competencies\, and research team characteristics and processes\, incl
 uding internal communication.\nSpeakers:\nAlexandre Chausson (University o
 f Oxford)
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SUMMARY:What will be the impact of the (proposed) new GCSE in Natural Hist
 ory and how can academics help? - Mary Colwell
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DESCRIPTION:Author and journalist Mary Colwell is an inspiration. For 10 y
 ears she has politely and tenaciously pushed for a new GCSE in Natural His
 tory and now it actually looks as if it is going to happen – teaching is
  hopefully going to start in September 2023. The Junior Oxford English Dic
 tionary had to remove words such as bramble and acorn because they were no
  longer being used by today’s young\, and the race is on to get them bac
 k in. But more than that – this GCSE is a challenge to our siloed educat
 ion system because it draws on natural sciences\, history\, anthropology\,
  economics and much more. This could be a game changer for education and f
 or the understanding of biodiversity by tomorrow’s voters.\n\nMary has k
 indly agreed to join us for this discuss of the potential of this new GCSE
 \, and I would like to discuss how academics can get involved to support i
 t. Can your research be distilled into a resource that will find a niche i
 n a GCSE Natural History classroom in 2023? And remember\, if you can conv
 ince the kids\, the journalists are easy.\n\nMore about Mary and her lates
 t book\, 'Beak\, Tooth and Claw Living with Predators in Britain' here: ht
 tps://www.nhbs.com/beak-tooth-and-claw-book?bkfno=251026&ad_id=3842\n\nSpe
 akers:\nMary Colwell
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SUMMARY:How can academics help tomorrow’s voters and today’s journalis
 ts engage with biodiversity? - Kim Polgreen (Whytham woods University of O
 xford)
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DESCRIPTION:Schools are always keen to have academics come and talk to the
 ir students\, but if you get the call\, what do you talk about and how do 
 you pitch it? We keep hearing that today’s teenagers are out of touch wi
 th nature\, so how can you convey your very detailed biodiversity research
  project to an audience with very little prior knowledge? I’d argue that
  you don’t. Step away from your research and become an advocate for lear
 ning about the natural world. Tell them your back story – what got you h
 ooked on nature? What path did you go down to get where you are? What fun 
 do you have when doing your research? What have you found out that is new 
 and why is it important? What are your hopes for your and their futures? D
 on’t show more than one graph\, kick out the jargon\, put up some photos
  of you in wellies\, up a tree\, with a beastie\, with other researchers. 
 Entice them into your world.\n\nIn this session I will invite a couple of 
 teachers and students to give you some advice on what they want to hear\, 
 and give you the opportunity to pitch a story. Come with one photo\, or an
  object\, a passion\, a fear\, or a funny story\, and give them a tantalis
 ing glimpse into your world.\n\nOr just come and enjoy.\n\nSession led by 
 Kim Polgreen\nSpeakers:\nKim Polgreen (Whytham woods University of Oxford)
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