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The University of Southampton SARTRAC* team is delighted to be part of the UK / Australia Season 2021, a collaboration between the British Council and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. SARTAC will be organising and running a workshop series on the theme of “Managing Climate Change Adaptation at the Coast through…

The fifth and final day of SARTRAC’s second Annual Consortium Meeting was all about looking forward to the year ahead, including the project’s work package specific visions and the big picture. This encompassed the logistical details of budgets, finance and contracts, but also discussion around how we can deliver impact and legacy, and our vision…

We’re back for another day, Day 4, of the SARTRAC ACM2 being virtually hosted by the University of Southampton. Today was capacity building day, with guest speakers, PhD students and early career researchers leading the proceedings. Capacity building is a key component of the Global Challenges Research Fund (see here for further information), and is…

How can SARTRAC create the most impactful outputs? Day 3 of the SARTRAC ACM2 was all about what to do next. While some of the day was committed to budgetary discussion and research logistics, there was plenty of time for the plenary group to debate and decide on questions such as: •             What are the…

“When I start speaking it may be difficult to stop.” Was how one researcher began their presentation today. Day 2 of the SARTRAC ACM2 was filled with enthusiastic and experienced researchers sharing their state-of-the art findings, and their progress in experiments, data collection, analysis and delivery of impact. Presentations of ongoing research addressed the biochemistry…

From 21st – 25th June, 2021, the SARTRAC consortium project staff and students, SARTRAC Research Advisory Committee, invited observers and invited speakers come together to present project findings, review progress, and plan the coming 12 months. With two days designed for external participation (Day 1 – high level outputs; and Day 4 – capacity building),…

On 26th May, a half day conference was hosted by Algae-UK, BBNet and EBNet to showcase UK Sargassum research to an international audience. Hosted by Dr John Milledge and Dr Kirstin Covington, the event welcomed leaders in the field researching the challenges and opportunities of the Sargassum influxes in the Caribbean, Mexico and West Africa.…

SARTRAC recently had the opportunity to meet Amy Pilsbury and Mike Allen from the PhycoMExUK team, and to learn more about their work to turn seaweed into fertilisers. The focus of SARTRAC is on transformational adaption and generating equitable opportunities for the poorest of the poor from Sargassum, and the work includes case study sites…

The More than Maps public engagement initiative aims to share replicable and open-access skills in mapping and social science analysis, to empower students and young professionals in research supporting climate change adaptation.

On 9th March 2021, our More than Maps team delivered a workshop on the role of social sciences in climate change adaptation at the Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF). SOTSEF is the University of Southampton’s annual award-winning science festival which showcases word-class research in STEAM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) to the public.…