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Research students from three universities – Heriot-Watt, Robert Gordon, and UHI – share news of the progress of their work, hosted by Dr Mike Bell of Heriot-Watt University’s International Centre for Island Technology in the Stromness campus with its views out across the harbour to Graemsay, Hoy and Scapa Flow.
Mike is a marine biologist with particular interests in sustainable inshore fisheries and their interactions with marine renewable energy.
There’s a richly varied mix of topics and interests, with the sea running through many of them, for instance in the work of Agung Iswadi who's studying the impact of biofouling and corrosion on marine energy structures. He's comparing Orkney’s temperate waters with the tropical waters of Indonesia to see if experience from Orkney can provide insights for Indonesia’s growing marine renewable sector.
Rebecca Ford is looking at the relation of marine renewables to the community, to see how the new emerging developments of the “islands of energy” fit with the long tradition of stories and storytelling, highlighted by writers like George Mackay Brown.
The work of Beta Rodrigues focuses on creel fishing and its impact on the marine ecosystem as a whole, and the question of how best to maintain a healthy and sustainable habitat in which the industry and its marine environment can both flourish together.
Cáit O’Neill McCullagh is looking at how the traditional maritime background of Orcadians and Shetland can help with learning for sustainability today, with her research project New Connections.
Annie Thuesen’s research project has a particular focus on opening access to underutilised Norse and Viking sites, as a way of taking the pressure off the more well-known heritage sites.
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Featured Music
Samples from “Documentary” and “The Trip Home” from the album “Deltapodus” by Zerøbeat – available on Bandcamp zerobeat2020.bandcamp.com
Reproduced with permission from the artist.
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Donations
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Research students from three universities – Heriot-Watt, Robert Gordon, and UHI – share news of the progress of their work, hosted by Dr Mike Bell of Heriot-Watt University’s International Centre for Island Technology in the Stromness campus with its views out across the harbour to Graemsay, Hoy and Scapa Flow.
Mike is a marine biologist with particular interests in sustainable inshore fisheries and their interactions with marine renewable energy.
There’s a richly varied mix of topics and interests, with the sea running through many of them, for instance in the work of Agung Iswadi who's studying the impact of biofouling and corrosion on marine energy structures. He's comparing Orkney’s temperate waters with the tropical waters of Indonesia to see if experience from Orkney can provide insights for Indonesia’s growing marine renewable sector.
Rebecca Ford is looking at the relation of marine renewables to the community, to see how the new emerging developments of the “islands of energy” fit with the long tradition of stories and storytelling, highlighted by writers like George Mackay Brown.
The work of Beta Rodrigues focuses on creel fishing and its impact on the marine ecosystem as a whole, and the question of how best to maintain a healthy and sustainable habitat in which the industry and its marine environment can both flourish together.
Cáit O’Neill McCullagh is looking at how the traditional maritime background of Orcadians and Shetland can help with learning for sustainability today, with her research project New Connections.
Annie Thuesen’s research project has a particular focus on opening access to underutilised Norse and Viking sites, as a way of taking the pressure off the more well-known heritage sites.
_________________________________________________________________________
Your feedback is much appreciated. Here is a form to send to us.
oisf.org/visitor-feedback-2021
_________________________________________________________________________
Featured Music
Samples from “Documentary” and “The Trip Home” from the album “Deltapodus” by Zerøbeat – available on Bandcamp zerobeat2020.bandcamp.com
Reproduced with permission from the artist.
________________________________________________________________________
Donations
All the events in this year’s Festival are free of charge. If you are enjoying our online sessions, please consider supporting the Festival with a donation. Click the link below to donate and we thank you sincerely for your support.
paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=orkneyscience%40gmail.com&item_name=To+help+covering+the+cost+of+this+year's+Orkney+International+Science+Festival¤cy_code=GBP&source=url
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More Information
For more information about this and other events please visit our website on oisf.org
