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Podcast on gender and the ocean – featuring early-career researchers Aphiwe Moshani and Buhle Francis
In the fourth episode of the Hub’s podcast series, focusing on gender and the ocean, Knowledge Exchange Associate Milica Prokic speaks to early-career researchers and the British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarship winners, Aphiwe Moshani (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Buhle Francis (Rhodes University, South Africa). They talk about women’s knowledge of the ocean, their distinctive ocean-related practices, including seaweed harvesting, […]
New Learning Pathway ‘Ocean, Culture and Cultural Heritage’ published on One Ocean Learn
One Ocean Hub early-career researcher Aphiwe Moshani (University of Cape Town, South Africa) is currently working as a trainee for the Hub partner UNITAR – the UN Institute for Teaching and Research (UNITAR), with whom we are co-developing the knowledge-translation platform One Ocean Learn. The Learning Pathway focuses on the interlinkages of the ocean, culture […]
Providing inputs to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights on State obligations at the ocean-climate nexus
The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the One Ocean Hub have made a Submission to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, to provide inputs into the development of its advisory opinion to clarify State obligations at the ocean-climate nexus. This Blog Post explains what the Inter-American Court was requested to consider, and the […]
Spotlight on early-career researchers: Lysa Wini
I am Lysa Wini, a researcher originating from Lau Lagoon in the Solomon Islands. Lau Lagoon, deeply ingrained in our cultural tapestry, serves as our enduring home, fashioned from sea rocks and sustaining the livelihoods of ocean-dependent communities, known as the imola i asi, for over five centuries. Currently, I am engaged in doctoral studies […]
Earth scholarship awarded for the second time to a hub early-career researcher
Hub early-career researcher Aphiwe Moshani (University of Cape Town, South Africa) has been awarded an EARTH scholarship by the British Council Scotland, which is thematically focused on environmental arts and humanities and their interdisciplinary connection. Aphiwe is currently also acting as research trainee at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, working on the knowledge-translation platform One Ocean Learn. […]
Mia Strand becomes a Research Fellow at Ocean Nexus focusing on equity in ocean literacies and children’s rights
Early-career researcher Mia Strand (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) was recently appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Ocean Nexus, in collaboration with the One Ocean Hub. Her research explores cognitive justice and equity in ocean literacies and children’s rights to a healthy ocean. Beyond crucial aspects to all life such as oxygen production, […]
Reflections on the Dubai Climate Change Conference (COP28)
This blog post explores the significance for the ocean of the outcomes of the UN Climate COP28, held in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December 2023. It provides some reflections on the outcomes of COP28, with a focus on loss and damage, the Global Stocktake, and children’s human rights, and concludes with an outlook for […]
New short film: ‘Understanding the deep sea’
Narrated by early-career researcher Kirsty McQuaid (University of Plymouth, UK and South African National Biodiversity Institute), the film talks about the benefits and challenges of deep-sea research and describes key focus areas of the Hub’s research, such as habitat mapping and medical microbiology. The film also highlights The African Network for Deep-water Researchers that was established as a response to the fact that ‘Africa has been identified as […]
Screening of Indlela Yokuphila at the third Pacific Human Rights Film Festival a resounding success
On 29 November 2023, Empatheatre’s short animation film Indlela Yokuphila (Soul’s Journey) was screened at the third Pacific Human Rights Film Festival organised by the Pacific Community, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand, the government of Sweden, the University of the South Pacific, and the Pacific Regional Office of the UN High […]
