The NSW Office and Environment and Heritage is currently recruiting for a coastal management position in the Central Coast – Hunter Region. The appointee will help councils in the Central Coast – Hunter region implement the government’s new coastal management framework. The new Coastal Management Act and the Manual requires that management strategies be under-pinned […]
Dr Siddhi Joshi
Siddhi recently completed her doctorate and post doctoral research in coastal marine sediment dynamics and biogeosciences at National University of Ireland, Galway. During her PhD she focused on the unique sediment transport properties of maerl or rhodolith habitats (coralline algae habitats found in the West of Ireland and beyond). She is a semi-professional documentary maker […]
At a land down under, women glow when Science meets Parliament
by dr Graziela Miot da Silva, Flinders University I had the opportunity to attend the 18th Science meets Parliament (SmP) event in Canberra (21 and 22 March 2017), promoted by Science and Technology Australia (STA). The main goal of this event is to improve the understanding between science and political stakeholders by saturating Parliament with science […]
Coastal Engineering Short Course at Coasts and Ports 2017
Register now to attend a Coastal Engineering Short Course run by WRL over the two days prior to the 2017 Coasts & Ports Conference in Cairns.2017 Coastal Engineering Short Course | Register now! Date: 19 & 20 June 2017 Venue: Cairns Convention Centre Cost: $1,210 (incl. GST) This course will cover the following: An overview […]
Coastal Pride: An LGBTI women’s experience of Coastal Geoscience
By Dr. Siddhi Joshi, coastal geoscientist and oceanographer As a coastal marine scientist and a global LGBTI rights activist, I wanted to write a blog post which explored an LGBTI woman’s experience in coastal geosciences and engineering. My main motivation is to engage in dialogue over the aspects that haunted me throughout the early stages of […]
Introducing new journal Anthropocene Coasts
A Look to the Future A multidisciplinary international journal, Anthropocene Coasts brings together diverse fields of study to tackle complex issues related to coastal regions in the Anthropocene. Anthropocene Coasts publishes research on some of the most complex questions facing human-influenced coastal environments. A forum to discuss anthropogenic change, specifically in the context of coastal […]
Long-term Observations of Coastal Foredune Variability: North Carolina, USA, April 10 in Sydney
WICGE in conjunction with the NSW Coasts, Oceans, and Ports Engineering Panel (COPEP) is hosting a talk in Sydney by Dr. Meg Palmsten, Naval Research Labs (USA) on April 10. Anyone in the Sydney area (or beyond) is welcome to attend. Dr Meg Palmsten, U.S. Naval Research Lab Coastal foredunes along developed coastlines are dynamic […]
Embracing imperfections and rising in your career and life
with Dr Graziela Miot da Silva, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Hello blog world, here it is, my first time giving you a try. For some time I have thought about sharing the experiences I had when moving countries and starting new jobs. Within ten years I moved countries twice and started 3 new jobs, all while […]
Girls with drones – by Stephanie Duce
Girls with drones by Stephanie Duce, lecturer at James Cook University A quick google search of “girls with drones” currently returns more pictures of bikinis and bottoms than propellers and controllers… but that is something that will hopefully change in the near future particularly with the work of organisations like She Flies. Recently, I was […]
Funding for ECR’s to attend Regional Sea-Level Change and Coastal Impacts, due Feb 15th
Regional Sea-Level Change and Coastal Impacts conference 10-14 July 2017, Columbia University, New-York (NY) “Future Earth Coasts are making available 2 bursaries for Early Career/Global South participants to attend the WCRP/IOC “Regional Sea-Level Change and Coastal Impacts” conference 10-14 July 2017, Columbia University, New-York (NY) – USA. See http://sealevel2017.org for further details. Each bursary will have a value […]
Encouraging the next generation in Engineering
Contributed by: Dr. Kristen Splinter, Lecturer, UNSW Sydney. I had the privilege of welcoming 100 female high school students to view my research and to get to know what it was like to be an engineer this past month. The site visit to the Water Research Laboratory (http://www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/news/unsw-women-in-engineering-camp-visit-wrl) was part of the girls’ 5-day intensive […]
WICGE at EGU, April 2017
The Women in Coastal Geo-sciences and Engineering (WICGE) network will be instrumental in achieving gender equality in coastal geoscience and engineering. WICGE works across age groups, genders, and career levels, in academia, government and industry. We have developed some practical objectives including inspiring women to pursue a career in STEM, work for gender equality at events […]
PhD Opportunity in Coastal Engineering at UNSW Water Research Laboratory – Sydney, Australia
PhD funding in the form of a research stipend is available to a highly qualified candidate interested in pursuing a research career in Coastal Engineering. All nationalities are welcome to apply: the research stipend is contingent on the successful candidate being admitted to the PhD program at UNSW and receiving either an International Postgraduate […]
Member spotlight: Luana Stefanon, The University of Padova Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (ICEA)
I am a passionate researcher who has worked at the ICEA Department, the University of Padova (Italy). My research experience is characterized by the use of multiple approaches (i.e., laboratory experiments, mathematical modelling and field surveys) to investigate the interactions between morphodynamics and hydrodynamics in coastal lagoon environments. Everglades, Florida. I have completed my PhD […]
Funding grants for women’s leadership development in Australia
FUNDING GRANTS FOR WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT In 2016 Women & Leadership Australia is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across the environmental sciences. The initiative is providing women in environmental science with grants for leadership development. More specifically, grant applications are open for women at three levels. Please click […]
Ten reasons why becoming a parent has made me a better researcher…
-by Dr. Sarah Hamylton Over the last week I have been on three different university interview panels and considered 118 job applications. Many thoughts of scholarship, work ethic, attitude, pedagogy and teamwork have crossed my mind, but one comment has stayed with me: “I would question her research productivity because she has children” Hearing this […]