37 post docs - one vision
37 post-doctoral fellows from all over the world are working at the University of Bergen as part of the SEAS programme, delving into the subject of marine sustainability through different academic disciplines, often trying to solve complex questions.
By: Nils Olav Severas
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"We are excited to host such a prestigious programme at UiB.” Rector Margareth Hagen.
The SEAS programme recently produced a film titled "37 post docs - one vision" (external link) exploring the breadth of fields and approaches in marine sustainability issues tackled by its research fellows.
The programme was also recently endorsed as an Ocean Decade Action, further acknowledging the high-quality inter- and transdisciplinary research by the SEAS fellows in the area of marine sustainability.
“The SEAS programme and its new status as a UN Decade Action aligns well with our global position as the SDG14 Hub Chair for United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), and our role as lead of the SDG14 Cluster for Higher Education in the International Association of Universities. We are excited to host such a prestigious programme at UiB” says Rector Margareth Hagen at the University of Bergen.
In the recent film on the programme, the SEAS fellows themselves explain the interdisciplinary aspects of the programme, while also delving more deeply into the research of SEAS fellow Zoran Sargac and his work on parasites in commercial crabs.
Bucket full of common shore crabs (Carcinus maenas)
Interdisciplinary programme
“SEAS is unique, because it combines a lot of different disciplines. All the SEAS fellows are working on marine sustainability, but from different perspectives. It can be social sciences, law, or biology. I think this is the biggest advantage of the SEAS programme”, Zoran Sargac says.
Among the other disciplines included in the programme (external link), are oceanography, archaeology and geology.
SEAS fellow Chloe Game adds: “SEAS gives me access to a range of different disciplines and research experts that are useful for my work at the nexus of marine biology and computer science”.
“I see it as a substantial achievement for the University of Bergen, that we have recruited, through very strict recruit[ment] rules, the 37 post docs in the SEAS programme, and that we’re now seeing the results in the form of excellent research.” Programme coordinator Amund Maage.
