Ocean Nexus

Congratulations to Matthew Jerome Schneider (Ocean Nexus Collaborating Professor; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Co-Director, Sustainability, Equity, and Action Laboratory) & Brian O'Neill, Ph.D. (Ocean Nexus Research Fellow, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington; Co-Director, Sustainability, Equity, and Action Laboratory) on their latest research in Coastal Studies & Society: ‘Thank you in advance for not changing my retirement home’s intrinsic beauty’: NIMBYism, environmental privilege, and the politics of offshore wind energy "In this article, we make use of public comments from North Carolina, USA to argue that objections to wind projects reflect an understanding of the infrastructure’s environmental burden and, importantly, a desire to protect environmental privilege. Findings suggest a need for expanded research on the dimensions of privilege that may be at play across wind farm sites and that any consideration of a just transition must consider how expressions of privilege inform environmental political discourse." —Matthew Jerome Schneider & Brian O'Neill, Ph.D. DOI: https://lnkd.in/gm9C_G9P #OffshoreWindEnergy #JustTransition #EnvironmentalPrivilege #NIMBYism

Excited to share that my graduate project "Tuna Today, Taking from Tomorrow: An Economic Assessment and Policy Analysis of Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Management of Yellowfin Tuna" is officially up on DalSpace (linked below)! First and foremost, thank you to my supervisors Megan Bailey and Hussain Sinan for your support and mentorship, and my second reader Bianca Haas for role in shaping the final project. I would also like to thank the Sustainable Fisheries and Communities Trust (SFACT) and Ocean Nexus for providing funding towards this work. Lastly, I would like to thank my family, friends, and fellow masters students for their support and for listening to me talk about tuna extensively over the past year. The last 16 months have been an incredible learning experience for me and I look forward to the next stage of my journey, while celebrating the completion of my masters. DalSpace Link:  https://lnkd.in/gPaBUwds

Congratulations to Sieme Bossier (Ocean Nexus Research Fellow, SFU Faculty of Environment) and Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor (Ocean Nexus Deputy Director, SFU Faculty of Environment) on their latest publication in Ecological Modelling: Integrating equity and justice in marine ecosystem models: An incremental but meaningful approach "In this paper, we're urging ecosystem modelers to start using their models differently by incorporating social equity in their work and in their models. We propose three main ways on how to do this:  1) major change in the model by explicitly modeling equity,  2) slightly adjust existing models to incorporate key human components, and  3) don't change the models but start using the model to ask different questions that include the human component and equity in the question." —Sieme Bossier & Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor Bossier, S. & Cisneros-Montemayor, A., 2025. Integrating equity and justice in marine ecosystem models: An incremental but meaningful approach. Ecological Modelling 503, April 2025, 111058. https://lnkd.in/gwaZKEwV #SocialEquity #Modelling #SocialEcologicalSystem #ManagementScenarios #OceanEquity #ShortCommunication Simon Fraser University

Our webinar recording is live! Visit Oceannexus.org/webinar to view our "Making Waves for Ocean Justice: Data to Policy Webinar" recording.

Join us today at 11am PT for a webinar with Ocean Nexus featuring Azul's Founder and Executive Director, Marce Graudiņš, and hosted by Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Deputy Director of Ocean Nexus. 📊 Discover insights from the latest national #AzulPoll! Register today: https://lnkd.in/eSKEsYfZ

Hi everyone, There's just one day left to register for our webinar, Making Waves for Ocean Justice - Data to Policy Webinar! Event details and registration: Oceannexus.org/webinar

🚨 Hot off the press, our new paper on "The quiet voices of French territories in tuna fisheries management." Led by the fantastic Constance Rambourg and in collaboration with Mathieu Colléter. Ocean Nexus @oceanequityresearch https://lnkd.in/gjPZCmMn

Join us at "Making Waves for Ocean Justice: Data to Policy Webinar," featuring regional results from the 2024 National Azul Poll, the second-ever nationwide poll on Latino viewpoints on ocean protection, policies, and recreation. 📅 Date: Wednesday, February 19 🔗 Register: Oceannexus.org/webinar 🎙Speaker: Marce Graudiņš, Founder & Executive Director, Azul 🎙Host: Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Assistant Professor, SFU Faculty of Environment; Deputy Director, Ocean Nexus Presented by Azul’s Founder and Executive Director, Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, this webinar will dive into how we can use data-driven insights to shape more equitable ocean policies. Following her presentation, she will be in conversation with the host of this webinar, Dr. Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor. Together, we can make waves for ocean justice that will ripple across our communities! About the 2024 National Azul Poll: Azul, the leading non-profit working with Latinos to protect the ocean, released findings from a nationwide poll on Latino viewpoints on ocean protection, policies, and recreation. The poll found overwhelming support for pro-conservation policies and candidates from Latinos across the U.S., including a willingness to pay more in energy and food costs in order to advance ocean justice priorities. This groundbreaking poll delves deeper into critical issues impacting our oceans and coastal communities, revealing new insights into voter priorities and preferred policy solutions. 🔗 Register: Oceannexus.org/webinar Simon Fraser University Azul #LatinosMarinos

New Publication at CHI (ACM CHI Conference; ACM, Association for Computing Machinery) Congratulations to Ocean Nexus Innovation Fellow Matt Ziegler (University of Washington, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering) on his publication at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (#CHI2025). Matt's case study paper "A Cross-Sectional Study of Communication Technologies Underpinning Environmental Institutions," examines technology's structural and social effects on environmental organizations. "For this study, I interviewed environmental organizations' staff about communication technology's social and structural effects on their work. Participants described the mixed impacts of technology: sometimes fostering trust and collaboration, while at other times chilling relationships, reinforcing top-down formalization, and having lukewarm effects on equity and inclusion efforts." —Matt Ziegler This study highlights the complex role of digital infrastructure—not only as a tool for coordination but as a force that can reshape power dynamics, decision-making structure and equity efforts within environmental governance. Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/gFYzG7B4 #CHI2025 #HCI #ICT4D #AllenSchool #OceanNexus

We welcome to Fathom—Blog by Ocean Nexus. This month, we're featuring a thought-provoking blog by Fatou Jobe (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): The Cycle of Inequity in Fishmeal Factories in The Gambia. "The rapid growth of fishmeal processing in West Africa, driven by global demand, has sparked protests, and raised pressing concerns among coastal communities, particularly in The Gambia. Despite being touted as sources of foreign investment, these factories disproportionately burden vulnerable populations with environmental degradation, food insecurity, and health risks." — Fatou Jobe Full story: https://lnkd.in/gQz_ptN4 #Aquaculture #BlueEconomy #TheGambia