Researchers

Welcome to our researchers’ page.
Here you will find specialised content for researchers and academics, from events, to training resources, to funding opportunities.

LifeWatch ERIC Community

Stay tuned! We're launching our online space where you can meet with other scientists and stakeholders, join working groups, search through our calls and announcements, post on the board of opportunities and access our Directory of Scientific Skills.
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Resources & Services

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Research Sites
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Training Resources
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Training Resources

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e-Science for NIS Research Workshop - Training and running practical activities on workflows and VREs
e-Science for NIS Research Workshop - Training and running practical activities on workflows and VREs
LifeWatch ERIC Metadata Catalogue | updating
LifeWatch ERIC Metadata Catalogue | updating
Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species | updating
Ecosystem vulnerability to invasive and alien species
Phytoplankton VRE Documentation | updating
Phytoplankton Virtual Research Environment Documentation
S5: Habitat vulnerability to NIS and impact on biotope
S5: Habitat vulnerability to NIS and impact on biotope
S4: eDNA metabarcoding as a tool for early detection of nonindigenous freshwater species
S4: eDNA metabarcoding as a tool for early detection of nonindigenous freshwater species
S3: Mapping the invasion: detection and monitoring through remote sensing
S3: Mapping the invasion: detection and monitoring through remote sensing
S1: Long term monitoring of hard-bottom marine communities
S1: Long term monitoring of hard-bottom marine communities
International Summer School "Data FAIRness in Environmental and Earth Science Infrastructures"
International Summer School "Data FAIRness in Environmental and Earth Science Infrastructures"
ENVRI Community International Winter School on DATA FAIRness- Resource Access Tools
ENVRI Community International Winter School on DATA FAIRness- Resource Access Tools

Welcome to the LifeWatch ERIC consultation

We need your help and vision to better understand users’ priorities in biodiversity and ecosystem research. By completing this questionnaire, you will help the LifeWatch ERIC e-infrastructure develop the e-services you need to perform the best research. The consultation only takes few minutes to complete.
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Welcome to the LifeWatch ERIC consultation

We need your help and vision to better understand the landscape of biodiversity and ecosystem research. We need your help and vision to better understand users’ priorities in biodiversity and ecosystem research. By completing this questionnaire, you will help the LifeWatch ERIC e-infrastructure developing the e-services you will need to perform the best research. The consultation only takes few minutes to complete.
Go to the survey

FAQs

Do you have questions regarding the organisation and functioning of LifeWatch ERIC?
Consult our FAQ.

LifeWatch ERIC is the e-Science European infrastructure for biodiversity & ecosystem research, investing in three essential components: open access resources, reproducible analytics and mobilised communities. It tackles the constraints affecting biodiversity and ecosystem research, enabling the exploration of new frontiers in ecological science and supporting society in addressing planetary challenges.

LifeWatch ERIC offers scientists access to data, web-services, VREs, workflows and training opportunities to support biodiversity and ecosystem research.

You can access all LifeWatch ERIC Resources through its MetaData Catalogue. Please send an email to our Web Portal Officer to receive access: lucia.vaira[at]lifewatch.eu.

You can share your research outputs by publishing metadata of datasets, services, VREs and workflows on the LifeWatch ERIC MetaData Catalogue. Get in touch with our Web Portal Officer to request access: lucia.vaira[at]lifewatch.eu.

No, all LifeWatch ERIC resources are free of charge.

EcoPortal is one of our intiatives. In the last decade, ecological research groups and infrastructures have contributed to the definition and the production of core and domain ontologies as well as of vocabularies and domain-relevant reference lists.

In order to support the scientific community in the management and integration of these different approaches, LifeWatch ERIC has created EcoPortal, an online space designed to collect semantic resources and provide the necessary services for enabling discovery and interoperability.

LifeWatch ERIC envisages the creation of a repository for semantic resources with associated essential curation services.

LifeBlock is a Blockchain-based platform for engaging, tracking and securing biodiversity and ecosystem research resources worldwide, making use of anti-tampering, provenance and traceability e-Services to guarantee the availability of FAIR-compliant data. It allows for the analysis of multiple unstructured inputs from remote and in-field sensing, Remote Sensing-GIS datasets and original studies in order to produce value estimates.

Click here for a comprehensive presentation on LifeBlock.

The Internal Joint and Collaborative Initiative (IJI) has been created in order to:

  1. Boost the integration of tools and services into the LifeWatch ERIC web portal;
  2. Focus on a major scientific issue in biodiversity and ecosystem research with relevant socio-economic implications in different fields;
  3. Produce the new and synthetic knowledge that is needed by institutions, administrations and managers to find solutions for major environmental problems on various scales;
  4. Involve the LifeWatch ERIC national scientific communities, key international research groups and other European research Infrastructures with related interests and running activities; and,
  5. Make this effort an example of the functioning of the LifeWatch ERIC e-Infrastructure through its dissemination and outreach activities.

The topic of non-indigenous and invasive species (NIS) has been chosen as the first demonstration case of the functioning of the LifeWatch ERIC e-Infrastructure. The development of virtual research environments within the e-Infrastructure will help address some of the main issues on NIS in the field of ecosystem and habitat type vulnerability and in the context of climate change, as well as help highlight societal needs and potential solutions to be tested.

Training and support materials are available on our Training Platform. Please click and register to enrol in courses and browse our resources.

LifeWatch ERIC is currently working on its Community Platform, where you will be able to join and create working groups, browse our calls and submit opportunities on our board, as well as access our directory of scientific skills. Stay tuned for its release!

Please visit our contact page.

Latest News for Researchers

Ten remarkable new marine species from 2022
As for previous years, the World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS (hosted by VLIZ, focal point of LifeWatch Belgium), has again released its annual list of the top-ten marine species described by researchers during the past year to coincide with World Taxonomist Appreciation Day on 19 March!  If you were unaware of this celebration of all the work that taxonomists do, you can find more here and here. Every day in labs, museums, and out on fieldwork, taxonomists are busy collecting, cataloguing, identifying, comparing, describing, and naming species new to science. Some 300 taxonomists globally also contribute their valuable time to keeping the World Register of Marine Species up to date. Today is a chance for those at WoRMS to thank their taxonomic editors for this important task. Let's celebrate the work of taxonomists now with the WoRMS list of the top-ten marine species described in 2022 as nominated and voted for by taxonomists, journal editors and WoRMS users! This top-ten list is just a small highlight of about 2,000 fascinating new marine species discovered every year (there were almost 1,700 marine species described in 2022 and added to WoRMS, including some 300 fossil species). Here is the top-ten: Fluffy Sponge Crab, Lamarckdromia beagle...
LifeWatch ERIC Explores Synergies with the Mediterranean SOLE Energy Efficiency Project 
Last week, the LifeWatch ERIC ICT-Core & FEDERTech office, located in the Cartuja Science and Technology Park in Seville, hosted partners from seven Mediterranean countries composing the backbone of the SOLE Project. It focuses on energy efficiency in public buildings, framed within the ENI CBC MED programme, and involves regional corporations, municipalities, public agencies and research centres from Italy, Egypt, Greece, Tunisia, Jordan, Spain and Lebanon. The ICT-Core & FEDERTech technological and project management team held an extensive working meeting with the 17 SOLE delegates, exploring how to model future collaborations to better face the challenges of climate change. SOLE, “High Energy Efficiency for the public stock buildings in Mediterranean”, aims to develop joint strategies that support profitable and innovative energy rehabilitation of public buildings. The energy situation in the building sector in Mediterranean countries is critical due to the age of most buildings. A lack of renovations over time has led to high energy use in both summer and winter, increasing annual energy consumption and CO2 emissions. On a more positive note, the Mediterranean region is characterised by similar construction methods, and what’s more, thanks to its geographical position, there is a strong potential in the use of renewable energy sources....
Voices of Women at LifeWatch ERIC for International Women’s Day
In preparation for this year’s International Women’s Day, LifeWatch ERIC International Gender Officer, Africa Zanella, had a clear request: amplify women’s voices. As explored in the “Gender, Equity and Research” campaign for last year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, statistically, we know that while more women than ever are getting involved in STEM, there are significant obstacles still to overcome for women in research.  In light of International Women’s Day 2023, we have therefore created a podcast miniseries specifically dedicated to learning more about authentic experiences of women working in LifeWatch ERIC fields of interest. We asked scientists from our eight member states to talk candidly about their work and experience. The guests were invited to speak in pairs, which produced spontaneous and insightful conversations on these topics, facilitated by LifeWatch ERIC podcast host, Julian Kenny. Being of all ages and hailing from a diversity of backgrounds, the end result produced is an enriching range of experiences and contemporary points of view of women working in research today. Listening to their voices, our eyes are opened to their contribution to society, to science, and the potential offered by the European Union's Gender Equality Strategy, which LifeWatch ERIC actively...
LifeWatch ERIC supports the Regional Government of Murcia in observation and monitoring of Mar Menor ecosystems
A general protocol of declaration of intent was signed by the Minister for Environment, Mar Menor, Universities and Research, Juan María Vázquez Rojas, and LifeWatch ERIC CTO, Juan Miguel González Aranda in the framework of the JRU LW.ES-Node LW.ES. This protocol is the starting point for the development of joint projects between the two institutions on the Mar Menor, Region of Murcia and Mediterranean Ecosystems. LifeWatch ERIC will put its infrastructure for the observation and monitoring of Mar Menor ecosystems at the service of the the Regional Government of Murcia, thanks to the signature of a general protocol of declaration of intent between the Minister for the Environment, Mar Menor, Universities and Research, Juan María Vázquez Rojas, and LifeWatch ERIC CTO, Juan Miguel González-Aranda, in the framework of the JRU LW.ES-Node, LifeWatch Spain.The specific activities foreseen by this protocol will be framed within the constitution of the LifeWatch ERIC Node in Spain, and will focus on the Mar Menor, Region of Murcia and Mediterranean Ecosystems. A Mixed Monitoring Commission will be established to define all pertaining details. "The objective of this protocol is to integrate research on the observation and monitoring of the Mar Menor ecosystems and its surroundings, into...
Horizon Europe project Blue-Cloud 2026 to enhance Open Science in support of ocean protection and restoration
Over the past decades, Europe has developed an impressive capability for aquatic environmental observation, data-handling and sharing, modelling and forecasting. This builds upon national environmental observation and monitoring networks and programmes, complemented with EU infrastructures such as the Copernicus satellite observation programme and related thematic services, the European Marine Observation and Data Network , as well as a range of environmental European RIs and major R&D projects.  Within this framework, since October 2019, the pilot Blue-Cloud project combined both the interests of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), aiming to provide a virtual environment with open and seamless access to services for storage, management, analysis and re-use of research data, across borders and disciplines, and the blue research communities by developing a collaborative web-based environment providing simplified access to an unprecedented wealth of multi-disciplinary datasets from observations, analytical services, and computing facilities essential for blue science.  Funded by Horizon Europe, Blue-Cloud 2026 aims at a further evolution of this pilot ecosystem into a Federated European Ecosystem to deliver FAIR & Open data and analytical services, instrumental for deepening research of oceans, EU seas, coastal & inland waters. It develops a thematic marine extension to EOSC for open web-based science, in support of the EU Green Deal,...
‘SeaWomen’ expedition studying orcas and whales above the Arctic circle
This winter, LifeWatch Belgium provided a key contribution to the citizen science initiative 'SeaWomen', an expedition studying marine ecosystem change, orca and whale behaviour in northern Norway, 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, during the winter herring run. The expedition was unique in many ways. The international team of 34 was exclusively women, non-binary and two-spirit peoples, thereby empowering women and minority groups. In addition, the team represented very diverse backgrounds and skillsets that enabled an interdisciplinary programme of activity, connecting marine and wider environmental science with art, photography, storytelling and more, with the core aim of collecting new knowledge about marine ecosystems in the region and collectively raising awareness about the ocean, and the effects of climate change on the natural world. LifeWatch Belgium and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), including Dr Elisabeth Debusschere, contributed expertise and equipment to the ‘SeaWomen’ expedition, including the loaning of a Soundtrap HF 600 (Ocean instrument), a hydrophone to monitor underwater sound, marine mammal and other marine life vocalisations. This complemented a behaviour programme focused on killer whales (Orcinus orca) and included in-water winter snorkelling to obtain photos, videos and observations of the orcas and whales, together with marine environmental measurements including ocean...
Call for Abstracts: The LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference
Roll up, roll up! Abstracts are now open for the LifeWatch ERIC "BEeS" Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference “Threats and challenges to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation from an eScience perspective”, which is scheduled to coincide with Biodiversity Day 2023. Set in Seville, home to the statutory seat and ICT-Core of LifeWatch ERIC, the conference will take place over two and a half days from 22 May, followed by a guided tour of the intriguing Doñana National Park, which provides the perfect territory for a multitude of ongoing LifeWatch ERIC ERDF research projects. Submit your abstract here. Interested persons can visit the dedicated minisite which will be regularly updated with information. The LifeWatch ERIC BEeS conference will feature keynote speeches from scientists in the community, and seven different topic plenary sessions will take place featuring submissions from the community on: Major threats to the Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystem health Macroecological and biogeographical approaches to biodiversity conservation  Ecosystem and habitat mapping Animal biology and behavioural traits “System of systems” biodiversity observation Biodiversity and ecosystem responses to climate change Natural capital and the “One Health” approach There will also be a round table on the theme of World Biodiversity Day, moderated by LifeWatch ERIC and...
LifeWatch ERIC at Transfiere 2023: session on green and blue growth
As with all years, LifeWatch ERIC can be found at the 2023 edition of Transfiere, the European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation. The Forum is held from Wednesday 15 February until Friday 17 February at the Malaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre (FYCMA). Not only will the infrastructure be present with a booth, but the LifeWatch ERIC ICT-Core management team, together with coordinators of projects already underway at a global, European and regional levels, are developing an extensive programme of meetings to establish synergies for cooperation in the use of advanced digital tools for those interested in improving knowledge and eco-sustainable actions on biodiversity, and on the valuation of ecosystem services. LifeWatch ERIC promotes open access to data and resources in order to facilitate analysis efficiency and improve decision-making from public administrations, companies and citizens on climate change and for the preservation of biodiversity across the planet. On the first day, Wednesday 15, within the Transfiere programme, LifeWatch ERIC will hold a session from 5pm–7pm, open to all participants, on ‘Green and Blue Growth through Technology Transfer, Digitisation and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’. Moderated by Juan Miguel González-Aranda, LifeWatch ERIC CTO, it entails the participation of five speakers...
Seville City Council supports LifeWatch ERIC expansion and 2023 events on the theme of biodiversity
On 14 February, the mayor of Seville, Antonio Muñoz, visited the LifeWatch ERIC ICT-Core offices in the Cartuja Science and Technological Park, showing the City Council's support for the consortium, which he describes as a "powerful ecosystem of innovation, science and research in Seville" and whose activity contributes to placing it on the map in terms of the two great challenges facing cities: the fight against climate change and digital transformation. During the visit hosted by Juan Miguel González-Aranda, LifeWatch ERIC CTO, the mayor promised that Seville City Council will back the infrastructure in its organisation of two major international events on biodiversity in 2023. The first will be The LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference “Threats and challenges to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation from an eScience perspective” from 22–24 May, coinciding with the celebration of World Biodiversity Day on May 22, and will include the participation of representatives and experts from numerous countries. More information soon to come! The second will be on 5–6 July, with great European, Spanish and Latin American institutional relevance, and will be included in the programme of activities of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the second semester...
EU marine governance gets a boost as new European research project “PERMAGOV” sets sail
The EU Green Deal aims to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing Europe and the world, among them environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, climate change, and pollution. The promise of this ambitious legislative package is to transform the EU into the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, with a competitive and data-agile economy decoupled from fossil fuels, zero net greenhouse gas emissions, and a society where no one is left behind (green, digital and just transition). Achieving the Green Deal requires a concerted effort across multiple areas that are closely related (e.g. environment, climate, energy, transportation), with success also dependent on transformative action in marine governance. Oceans are vital to life above and below ground, so their sustainable exploitation will be necessary to ensuring their effective functioning – as a climate regulator, as source of clean air, energy, jobs, and food, as one of the main trading routes – for generations to come. However, the current setup of marine governance is not conducive to reaching Green Deal objectives, because it is hampered by institutional barriers, lack of coherent policy mechanisms, and ineffective governance systems. Marine governance must evolve to become more agile and flexible, cross-sectoral and multi-actor, in tune with...
Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2022
Once again, taxonomists have continued to publish many wonderful new species throughout last year. With the end of 2022 it is time to think about nominations for The WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2022! The aim of this list is to highlight the fascinating discoveries of the numerous new marine species being made every year, to the wider public. The 2021 winners span the tree of life, from coccolithophores to jellyfish to whales – see the full 2021 list here. WoRMS (run by VLIZ, focal point of LifeWatch Belgium) plans to release the list to coincide with World Taxonomist Appreciation Day - 19 March!  If you were unaware of this celebration of all the work that Taxonomists do, you can find more here, and here.   Please submit your nominations for your favorite species via this form. You are welcome to share this message with colleagues! The species must have been published in 2022 (validly published between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022), must be marine, and can be a fossil species. Please include the completed form and: A pdf of the paper in which the species was described. At least one good image of the species (with copyright and ownership information). Good examples will have a...
Addressing climate change, biodiversity loss and habitat degradation towards a sustainable management of European wetlands
RESTORE4Cs, a freshly started project led by the University of Aveiro, will address management and restoration actions to maintain and promote the mitigation and adaptation capacity of European wetlands to climate change, while focusing on coastal wetlands and providing innovative tools and methodologies for decision making and restoration planning and actions. What is the potential of wetlands? How can multiple challenges such as climate mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, disaster risk reduction and other threats to ecosystem services be tackled to foster mutually reinforcing actions and enhance co-benefits from wetland restoration? All major European Union (EU) policies recognise the key role of wetlands to achieve the EU objectives regarding climate neutrality, biodiversity protection, zero-pollution, flood protection, and circular economy. Therefore, assessing the current extent and state of European wetlands, their current and potential greenhouse gases (GHG) profile and their medium to long-term mitigation capacity through restoration, or other measures, are key priorities of the European Union to tackle climate change. Led by the University of Aveiro, the recently awarded Horizon project RESTORE4Cs (Modelling RESTORation of wEtlands for Carbon pathways, Climate Change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, and biodiversity, Co-benefits) will assess the role of restoration action on wetlands capacity in terms of...
LifeWatch ERIC and Andalusian Government Announce Details on SmartFood Nanosatellite Launch
The Councillor for Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Carmen Crespo, was welcomed to LifeWatch ERIC’s ICT-Core office in Seville yesterday, accompanied by the director of the Andalusian Agricultural and Fisheries Management Agency (AGAPA), José Carlos Álvarez, to discuss trailblazing agroecology initiatives which will have wide-ranging impacts. 2023 is an exciting year for LifeWatch ERIC, as it gains traction in the EU research and innovation sector. LifeWatch ERIC has a strong historic collaboration with the Junta de Andalucía, one such synergy being with the AGAPA on the ERDF SmartFood project, for which a nanosatellite equipped with a very high resolution multispectral camera will be launched in October this year from a Space X base in the United States. The aim of the SmartFood project is to monitor the impact of agriculture, livestock and fishing on the sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems ­– LifeWatch ERIC has the technological lead here, and is creating the nanosatellite mission control centre “eBRIC” (eBiodiversity Research & Innovation International Centre) in the Doñana National Park, in partnership with the University of Huelva. Among other things, the centre will focus on interconnected sensorisation at the terrestrial, atmospheric (observation stations, drones) and spatial level (satellites); the study of invasive species; aquifer conservation; native flora and fauna protection; and virtual laboratories for scientific research in the Cloud, using ICT such as Big Data, Artificial-Deep Intelligence...
The Call for EOSC FAIR Champions is Open!
FAIR-IMPACT, a Horizon Europe project in which LifeWatch ERIC partners, has announced the opening of its call for EOSC FAIR Champions, a group of 12 experts that will be actively engaged in analysing and shaping FAIR data policies and practices in their field who will be on board to act as ambassadors for FAIR, engage their community, and advocate for adoption of the project results. The candidate Champions will be engaged in identifying research data gaps and needs within their communities, to create broader engagement with FAIR, and to shape and disseminate the outcomes of the FAIR-IMPACT project, for instance by facilitating national roadshows in their country, and contributing to the development of FAIR implementation stories. FAIR-IMPACT is looking for Champions who have broad expertise in FAIR policy and/or practice, bring strong research data advocacy experience and excellent communications skills, are driven to help mobilise others to generate more FAIR data on policy and/or practice level, and are keen to share best practices. Gender diversity, a balanced geographical and stakeholder representation, and broad interdisciplinary expertise across FAIR policy and practice will be ensured in the evaluation of the profiles. Click here for more details on how to apply. The deadline to...
Kick-off meeting of ITINERIS, the Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System
On 19 December 2022, the kick-off meeting of ITINERIS, the Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System, was held in Rome. The project, funded with €155 million from the PNRR and coordinated by the CNR (the Italian National Research Centre), involves 22 European research infrastructures. Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR researcher and Italian delegate at the ESFRI Forum, who chaired the event, highlighted that: “this is a unique project of its kind, even if it has a formal duration of 30 months, it will change the future of Research Infrastructures in Italy with an impact on research for at least the next ten years”. The project aims to establish an Italian hub for accessing data, services and facilities for interdisciplinary study in the four environmental domains: atmosphere, marine, terrestrial biosphere and geosphere. Work Package 2 of the project, presented by Carmela Cornacchia (CNR-IMAA Potenza) in collaboration with Ilaria Rosati (CNR-IRET Lecce and LifeWatch Italy) is in fact dedicated to “access”. Access to research infrastructures refers to the regulated use of research infrastructures, and to the services offered by them, be it physical, remote, or virtual access – as in the case of data and digital services. With WP2, ITINERIS aims to ensure the FAIRness of the...
Ten remarkable new marine species from 2022

Ten remarkable new marine species from 2022

As for previous years, the World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS (hosted by VLIZ, focal point of LifeWatch Belgium), has…
Read More
LifeWatch ERIC Explores Synergies with the Mediterranean SOLE Energy Efficiency Project 

LifeWatch ERIC Explores Synergies with the Mediterranean SOLE Energy Efficiency Project 

Last week, the LifeWatch ERIC ICT-Core & FEDERTech office, located in the Cartuja Science and Technology Park in Seville, hosted…
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Voices of Women at LifeWatch ERIC for International Women's Day

Voices of Women at LifeWatch ERIC for International Women's Day

In preparation for this year’s International Women’s Day, LifeWatch ERIC International Gender Officer, Africa Zanella, had a clear request: amplify women’s…
Read More
LifeWatch ERIC supports the Regional Government of Murcia in observation and monitoring of Mar Menor ecosystems

LifeWatch ERIC supports the Regional Government of Murcia in observation and monitoring of Mar Menor ecosystems

A general protocol of declaration of intent was signed by the Minister for Environment, Mar Menor, Universities and Research, Juan…
Read More
Horizon Europe project Blue-Cloud 2026 to enhance Open Science in support of ocean protection and restoration

Horizon Europe project Blue-Cloud 2026 to enhance Open Science in support of ocean protection and restoration

Over the past decades, Europe has developed an impressive capability for aquatic environmental observation, data-handling and sharing, modelling and forecasting.…
Read More
'SeaWomen' expedition studying orcas and whales above the Arctic circle

'SeaWomen' expedition studying orcas and whales above the Arctic circle

This winter, LifeWatch Belgium provided a key contribution to the citizen science initiative ‘SeaWomen’, an expedition studying marine ecosystem change,…
Read More
Call for Abstracts: The LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference

Call for Abstracts: The LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference

Roll up, roll up! Abstracts are now open for the LifeWatch ERIC “BEeS” Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference “Threats and…
Read More
LifeWatch ERIC at Transfiere 2023: session on green and blue growth

LifeWatch ERIC at Transfiere 2023: session on green and blue growth

As with all years, LifeWatch ERIC can be found at the 2023 edition of Transfiere, the European Forum for Science,…
Read More
Seville City Council supports LifeWatch ERIC expansion and 2023 events on the theme of biodiversity

Seville City Council supports LifeWatch ERIC expansion and 2023 events on the theme of biodiversity

On 14 February, the mayor of Seville, Antonio Muñoz, visited the LifeWatch ERIC ICT-Core offices in the Cartuja Science and…
Read More
EU marine governance gets a boost as new European research project "PERMAGOV" sets sail

EU marine governance gets a boost as new European research project "PERMAGOV" sets sail

The EU Green Deal aims to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing Europe and the world, among them environmental…
Read More
Webinar: FAIR-IMPACT Open Call for Support
Online, 27 March 2023. How can I practically apply the FAIR Principles in my work? How do I know what...
Webinar: Digital Earth Twins to build resilience to climate change
Online, 4 April 2023. BioDT: a Digital Twin prototype to help protect and restore biodiversity Understanding the forces shaping biodiversity...
OntoCommons Workshop
Hybrid, 4–6 April 2023. The ambition to facilitate data sharing and interoperability within the Materials and Manufacturing domains is the core motivation...
DOORS Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Workshop
Constanta, Romania, 6 April 2023. The first round of the DOORS project's Mobilisation and Mutual Learning (MML) workshops will kick...
Why Mappings Matter and how to make them FAIR – A FAIR-IMPACT Workshop
Online, 13 April 2023. Semantic artefacts  – a broader term to include ontologies, terminologies, taxonomies, thesauri, vocabularies, metadata schemas and...
EGU2023
Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April 2023. The General Assembly 2023 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) in Vienna,...
PV 2023 Conference
Geneva, Switzerland, 2 – 4 May 2023. The PV Conference welcomes you to its 10th edition, to be held at the European...
LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference
Seville, Spain, 22–24 May 2023. This Biodiversity Day, don’t miss out on the LifeWatch ERIC BEes Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience...
Workshop on Ontologies for FAIR and FAIR Ontologies (Onto4FAIR)
Sherbrooke, Canada, 17–20 July 2023. One the one hand, a key aspect is the ability of properly and semantically describing...
Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2023
Bolzano, Italy, 4–8 September 2023. Organised by OpenGeoHub foundation in collaboration with Eurac Research, the Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2023: Connecting open EO solutions to...

Events for Researchers

27/03/2023
Webinar: FAIR-IMPACT Open Call for Support
04/04/2023
Webinar: Digital Earth Twins to build resilience to climate change
04/04/2023
OntoCommons Workshop
06/04/2023
DOORS Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Workshop
13/04/2023
Why Mappings Matter and how to make them FAIR – A FAIR-IMPACT Workshop
23/04/2023
EGU2023
02/05/2023
PV 2023 Conference
22/05/2023
LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference
17/07/2023
Workshop on Ontologies for FAIR and FAIR Ontologies (Onto4FAIR)
04/09/2023
Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2023
ALL-Ready Regional Workshop

ALL-Ready Regional Workshop

Seville, Spain, 2 November 2022. The ALL-Ready project is organising an interactive regional workshop on “Accelerating Agroecology Transition: Your potential…
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Synchronisation Force 1st Workshop

Synchronisation Force 1st Workshop

Online, 8 November – 12 December 2022. The Synchronisation Force 1st Workshop aims to discuss common challenges and priorities related to…
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Service documentation for EOSC providers Workshop 1: Describing your service for onboarding

Service documentation for EOSC providers Workshop 1: Describing your service for onboarding

Online, 9 November 2022. On 9 November, from 13:00-15:00 CET, the EOSC Future project, in which LifeWatch ERIC is partner,…
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EOSC Symposium 2022

EOSC Symposium 2022

Prague, Czech Republic/online, 14–17 November 2022. The EOSC Symposium is the main EOSC annual event and this year takes place in Prague,…
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SFE2, GFÖ & EEF Joint Meeting

SFE2, GFÖ & EEF Joint Meeting

Metz, France, 21–25 November 2022. During the last century, a period now known as the Anthropocene, ecologists and evolutionists alerted the…
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European Big Data Value Forum 2022

European Big Data Value Forum 2022

Prague, Czech Republic, 21–23 November 2022. The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) brings together industry professionals, business developers, researchers…
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Train-the-Trainer: An active learning course on understanding & using EOSC

Train-the-Trainer: An active learning course on understanding & using EOSC

Online, 21–24 November 2022. In November, EOSC Future is organising a 4-day online course for trainers to enhance their understanding…
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Workshop: e-Tools & resources to address key questions on Non-indigenous & Invasive Species

Workshop: e-Tools & resources to address key questions on Non-indigenous & Invasive Species

Metz, France, 21 November 2022. LifeWatch ERIC ICT staff, in collaboration with scientists already engaged in developing research activities on…
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Symposium: Advanced facilities for the ecological research: the European Research Infrastructures

Symposium: Advanced facilities for the ecological research: the European Research Infrastructures

Metz, France, 24 November 2022. The European Commission is strongly promoting the establishment and operation of European Research Infrastructures (ERIs),…
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FAIR Data Day - Reusing data to advance science

FAIR Data Day - Reusing data to advance science

Utrecht, The Netherlands, 29 November 2022. The FAIR Data Day 2022 is an event organised by the National Programme Open Science…
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Webinar: FAIR-IMPACT Open Call for Support
Online, 27 March 2023. How can I practically apply the FAIR Principles in my work? How do I know what...
Webinar: Digital Earth Twins to build resilience to climate change
Online, 4 April 2023. BioDT: a Digital Twin prototype to help protect and restore biodiversity Understanding the forces shaping biodiversity...
OntoCommons Workshop
Hybrid, 4–6 April 2023. The ambition to facilitate data sharing and interoperability within the Materials and Manufacturing domains is the core motivation...
DOORS Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Workshop
Constanta, Romania, 6 April 2023. The first round of the DOORS project's Mobilisation and Mutual Learning (MML) workshops will kick...
Why Mappings Matter and how to make them FAIR – A FAIR-IMPACT Workshop
Online, 13 April 2023. Semantic artefacts  – a broader term to include ontologies, terminologies, taxonomies, thesauri, vocabularies, metadata schemas and...
EGU2023
Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April 2023. The General Assembly 2023 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) in Vienna,...
PV 2023 Conference
Geneva, Switzerland, 2 – 4 May 2023. The PV Conference welcomes you to its 10th edition, to be held at the European...
LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference
Seville, Spain, 22–24 May 2023. This Biodiversity Day, don’t miss out on the LifeWatch ERIC BEes Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience...
Workshop on Ontologies for FAIR and FAIR Ontologies (Onto4FAIR)
Sherbrooke, Canada, 17–20 July 2023. One the one hand, a key aspect is the ability of properly and semantically describing...
Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2023
Bolzano, Italy, 4–8 September 2023. Organised by OpenGeoHub foundation in collaboration with Eurac Research, the Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2023: Connecting open EO solutions to...
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