Sarah Lewis
New Learning Pathway on One Ocean Learn: Participatory Research
A brand new Learning Pathway has been launched in November 2024 through One Ocean Learn, focusing on Participatory Research: What is it, how do we use it, and its potential impact for transformative ocean governance. Participatory research has been a foundational element of One Ocean Hub approaches, being a collaborative approach that focuses on meaningful […]
Celebrating Human Rights Day: ‘Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now’
On 10 December 2024, the One Ocean Hub joins the global community in celebrating Human Rights Day—a significant occasion that marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in1948, the UDHR establishes the need to protect inalienable rights of all individuals, regardless […]
Sharing insights on art and arts-based participatory research with the Transformation Community
We are increasingly reflecting on, and writing about, our transferable learnings from art-based participatory research on the ocean that can inspire other action-oriented researchers who wish to support transformations to a sustainable and regenerative future. This blog post reflects on key insights arising from a webinar that One Ocean Hub researchers presented at in collaboration with […]
New Films by the One Ocean Hub!
Taking us on a journey, the short films demonstrate how One Ocean Hub is collaboratively influencing decision-making processes and practices at different scales, with the goal of shaping the future of the ocean for justice and sustainability. The films demonstrate how Hub research and approaches bring together collaborators, including community members, scientists, lawyers, artists and […]
New Learning Pathway on One Ocean Learn: Blue Humanities
A brand new Learning Pathway has been launched on One Ocean Learn knowledge-translation platform, focusing on Blue Humanities: an inter- and multidisciplinary area of study that explores the multiple and complex relationships between humans and the ocean. As a subfield of Environmental Humanities, Blue Humanities bring together disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy and cultural studies, among others, […]
“The Sea is in our blood”: a new exhibition on the One Ocean Learn Platform
An exciting new exhibition has been added to the knowledge-translation platform One Ocean Learn: ‘The Sea is in our blood‘ presenting an illustrated poem by Hub PhD researcher Menka Vansant. The poem traces the stories and knowledge of the fisherfolk from Port Nolloth in South Africa’s Northern Cape that Menka engaged with during fieldwork in this […]
Environmental Science students, art and the Blue Economy in South Africa
This blog post provides a brief summary of a day spent with a group of environmental Masters and PhD students from the South African Environmental Observation Network’s (SAEON) Graduate Student Network (GSN), funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa, drawing on Hub research to demonstrate the power of art in making marine […]
Connecting at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 16) in Cali, Colombia
The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 16) will be the first Biodiversity COP to take place since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal. COP 15 was pivotal in introducing human rights standards into the […]
What role can higher education play in development and sustainability across Africa?
This was the question explored in the Our Shared Future: Developing Our Joint Pathway for Impactful Partnerships in Africa, organised by the Centre for Sustainable Development at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (UK) on 9-10 October 2024. Philile Mbatha, Deputy Director of One Ocean Hub, presented on the innovative approaches to international partnerships piloted […]
