LifeWatch ERIC

29/05/2026

Live from , where the launch of the Demo Center Lecce is taking place this afternoon!👇 🎉 🍾

If you're around the Convitto Palmieri, stop by and enjoy a few videos from LifeWatching Web TV, our Science Channel. Moreover, take a look at the Virtual Museum of Ecosystems and Natural Environments by LifeWatch Italia, CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and Università del Salento, or stop for a chat with our team on site!

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28/05/2026

28/05/2026

Three days at Fimar 2026, over 14,000 visitors, and countless conversations about the ocean 🌊

From 22 to 24 May in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Marine SABRES took part in the event through the "Marine SABRES in Fairs" series, bringing marine biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, and the blue economy closer to the public.

Hands-on activities, discussions, and our Serious Game engaged a wide and curious audience of all ages, showing how research can truly connect with everyday life: something made possible also thanks to the collaboration and support of ULPGC ECOAQUA, who hosted us at this wonderful event, SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine for being there and being part of this experience with us 🪸🐠

👉 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4uBW2zB

27/05/2026

🚀 We are hiring!

We are looking for a part-time Project Management Assistant to support the administrative and financial management of national and EU projects in our ICT-Core in Seville (Spain).

Requirements 🔎
👉 Bachelor's degree in relevant fields (details on the vacancy page);
👉 English level minimum C1;
👉 Previous experience in project administrative management;
👉 Experience with grants, subsidies or public funding;
👉 Document management, presentation and writing tools and collaborative platforms.

Check out the vacancy at the link in comments for more details and apply by 12 June! 👇



Jobs in Spain

26/05/2026

Taxonomy lies at the very heart of our biodiversity knowledge, and LifeWatch ERIC has a Thematic Service Working Group dedicated to this topic and coordinated by Leen Vandepitte (of the Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee).

The group will be present at the Conference in July with a dedicated session.
🐝 We are looking for contributions addressing taxonomy and taxonomy-related services that enable reliable naming, linking, and integration of observations and datasets.
🐌 How well do they align with community needs, and what priorities should guide further improvement?

🐢 Submit your abstract by 2nd June from the link in comments 👇

25/05/2026

Starting the week with the Project (BMD) meeting in Barcelona, Spain!
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Coordinated by Naturalis Biodiversity Center, BMD is creating a centralised digital platform (Biodiversity Explorer) that will help assess species conservation status, track biodiversity trends, and predict the impact of changes on land, in freshwater, and at sea, from local landscapes to European scale.

22/05/2026

🪸 "Marine SABRES in Fairs" is at !

Today we kick off in Fairs at the International Sea Fair in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: a fantastic opportunity to explore marine biodiversity, ecosystems conservation and restoration, and how we can all contribute to a sustainable blue economy.
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The start has been amazing! We connected with a wide and diverse audience: from school students and families to young people, enthusiasts, and curious visitors. Some even had the chance to try out our Serious Game demo, and their reactions were inspiring to see!

👉 Researchers from ECOAQUA highlighted the extraordinary biodiversity of Macaronesia, the project’s third research site, showcasing fascinating samples and materials, including rhodoliths, key components of valuable marine ecosystems in the Canary Islands.

📍 We’ll be here until Sunday: come visit us if you’re around!
SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine
University College Cork
ULPGC

22/05/2026

Today, on the International Day for Biological Diversity , we are happy to bring together students from across Europe for the third and final edition of the Serious Game School Competition.
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Through this initiative, classrooms explore the future of our oceans, discovering how human communities can manage, protect - and benefit from - marine ecosystems.
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Today’s young people are the ones who will live with the future of our planet, and giving them the tools to understand and protect biodiversity is more important than ever!
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The pictures feature students from two classrooms involved in the previous editions: IISS Cezzi de Castro Moro (competition led by Prof. Rosaria Ricci), and ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO FOSCOLO GABELLI of Foggia, (led by Prof. Maria Palomba).
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We are looking forward to seeing what students will learn during this final edition!
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21/05/2026

Members of LifeWatch ERIC's Working Group on Modelling and Workflows, coordinated by Maria Paniw and Agustin Riscos-Núñez, are meeting today for the official launch of the group in Seville - Spain, at Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC.
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The group aims to turn models into open, automated, interoperable, and scalable workflows for ecological predictions, building on the capabilities of LifeWatch ERIC.
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You can be a part of this community building interoperable, automated workflows to better anticipate ecological change!
Info in comments 👇

20/05/2026

🐝 The session on the restoration of our oceans and waters focuses evidence-driven restoration, and highlights how innovative tools can complement traditional approaches.
The goal is to connect restoration actions to measurable ecological outcomes, supported by reproducible workflows and transparent data management.🌊🌊🌊

🔊 Submit your abstract by 2nd June!
👉 link in comments