News and Blogs
Hub evidence integrated in the UN Special Rapporteur’s report on the Human Right to Science
The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, has published a report on the human right to science (A/HRC/55/44), which clarifies how the human rights approach needs to apply by all actors involved in scientific research, funding and cooperation. The Rapporteur has cited four times a submission from the One Ocean […]
Spotlight on early-career researcher: Rachael Hall
My name is Rachael Hall, and I am currently doing my PhD at Heriot-Watt University (UK), while based at the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Oban, Scotland. I am a marine ecologist with a research interest in the effects of anthropogenic activities on the functioning of coastal ecosystems. I have been a part of […]
How can transdisciplinary and human rights-based methods and approaches deliver “the ocean we want”? Join us as we share learnings at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference
Event details here. For a long time, processes for determining the use, access to and governance of the ocean and its resources in various parts of the world have been largely driven by Western and natural science approaches that largely excluded other ways of knowing about the ocean. However, over the past few decades, there […]
Human rights concerns shared about deep-seabed mining
As the negotiations of new international rules on deep-seabed mining resume at the International Seabed Authority (18-29 March 2024), the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has published a letter to underscore the international human rights obligations of States and responsibility of business in the exploration and exploitation of minerals in the deep […]
Hub early-career researchers shortlisted in the ‘Heroes’ category of the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards
The inter-disciplinary team of 37 Hub early-career researchers (ECRs) are recognised for their efforts in ‘working on ground-breaking and innovative approaches towards the goal of inclusive and equitable ocean governance, whereby people and the environment can flourish.’ “The Hub’s ECRs combine passion and creativity with academic rigour in their research, using innovative participatory methods that […]
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 […]
