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Marie Skłodowska Curie fellow working with our Jean Monnet Chair
Researcher Ana Nuno won a Marie Skłodowska Curie fellowship from the European Commission on "Frontiers in social-ecological research: achieving the promise of integration in Marine Spatial Planning for resilient social and environmental outcomes".
The supervisors are Prof. Sérgio Rosendo and Regina Salvador.
The work will take place within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair on "Integrated Maritime Policy and Blue Growth".
'The Sea Cluster in the European Union and in Portugal' - Training Action
As part of the Jean Monnet Chair's Plan 'EU Integrated Maritime Policy and Blue Growth', Professor Ana Maria Correia Ferreira carried out a Training Action for Teachers of Basic / Secondary Education, lasting 25 hours, called 'The Sea cluster in the European Union and in Portugal: a multidisciplinary vision '. The Training Action was accredited by the CCPFC (Scientific-Pedagogical Council of Continuing Education) and was promoted by the Infante D. Pedro Training Center. Its main objective was the dissemination of knowledge about European and national maritime policy and economy, as well as the construction of a multidisciplinary approach on the theme (s).
JMC holder Prof. Regina Salvador at UN Headquarter in NYC
Jean Monnet Chair holder Prof. Regina Salvador in the Pool of experts on the regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socioeconomic aspects.
United Nations Headquarters, New York.
The Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects (Regular Process) is a global mechanism established after the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development to regularly review the environmental, economic and social aspects of the world’s oceans, both current and foreseeable. It is accountable to the United Nations General Assembly, and its purpose is to contribute to the strengthening of the regular scientific assessment of the state of the marine environment in order to enhance the scientific basis for policymaking.
OCEANID invites Dr. Amélia Polónia
The Jean Monnet Chair in EU Integrated Maritime Policy and Blue Growth invites Dr. Amélia Polónia - Professor at the Department of History, Political and International Studies of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto and member of the CITCEM Research Center (Centro Transdisciplinar Cultura, Espaço e Memoria). Her interests include the study of social and economic networks, port studies, maritime communities and the dynamics of informal and self-organized networks. These topics of research are contextualized in the area of Portuguese and European maritime expansion in the Modern Period.
Port history, the environmental implications of European colonization, globalization, informal mechanisms in the construction of overseas empires, the role of women in colonization processes, are key themes of her recent lines of research.
The lecture 'Beyond Europe: interoceanic networks in space and time' will take place on 20 December 2018 starting at 2:00 p.m. at FCSH (Room 6.07).
