🦋 A look back at #BioMonWeek2026 🌐 @arnela10.bsky.social & Margarita Hartlieb presented their ideas on #communitybuilding in the #biodiversity field! 📢 They argue for centering the individual 6 to break stakeholder fatigue, focusing on Communities of Practice envpol.univie.ac.at/it-takes-a-c...

It takes a Community: Human Dynamics in Biodiversity Monitoring

BioMonWeek 2026 brought together Europe's biodiversity monitoring community for a week of exchanges on how to better observe, measure, and ultimately protect the natural world. The conference, organis...

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🏞️ Beim Jugendworkshop der Internationale Naturschutzakademie auf Vilm kamen Teilnehmende aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum zusammen, um sich mit den aktuellen Berichten des @ipbes.net auseinanderzusetzen. 📝Blog von Sebastian Kraus, Marlene Erker und Philipp Hummer: envpol.univie.ac.at/vilm_workshop/

Today at 5 p.m. - our Ocean Seminar with Tim Kiessling!

TwinPolitics@twinpolitics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌐 Our @unoceandecade.bsky.social activity #OceanSeminarwith Tim Kiessling investigates the possibilities of Citizen Science solving the Plastic Pollution Crisis! 🐋 This Wednesday, June 10 - 5 p.m., digital! 👉 more information + registration: twinpolitics.eu/ocean-semina...

🌿🌐🗺️ We are very excited for Prof. @ppattberg.bsky.socials lecture on Global Environmental Governance in a post-liberal word order with @alicevadrot.bsky.social & @vapunkt.bsky.social 📍 Seminarraum 15 (OG1), Kolingasse 14-16 🗓️ Tuesday, June 2 - 5 p.m. 👉 envpol.univie.ac.at/ipw-lecture-...

📝 In this new blog our guest researcher Sérgio Luz explores #Portugal's role in negotiations at the #ISA through a constructivist lens. 🪼 He examines how Portugal’s maritime history & #identity help explain its support for a moratorium on #deepseamining 👉 envpol.univie.ac.at/a-constructi...

A constructivist view on Portugal’s position in the ISA

Portugal's geographic position and its history as a sea crossing nation are deeply ingrained in the country's history and in its policy preferences. How is this reflected in Portugal's behaviour in ne...

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Reminder for tomorrow's #OceanSeminar a @unoceandecade.bsky.social activity!

TwinPolitics@twinpolitics.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🗣️ Ocean Seminar with @andreasaltelli.bsky.social 🧑‍🏫 Very excited for #OceanSeminar - this time we will go to the limits...of digital twin modelling. 📆 Next Wednesday, May 13 at 5 p.m. (CET), information 6 registration: twinpolitics.eu/ocean-semina... 🌐 An @unoceandecade.bsky.social activity!

📈 New Data Publication 🌐 We are committed to open and #FAIR #data principles for sound & transparent research! That's why we just published our data from our previous @erc.europa.eu project #MARIPOLDATA open access. @aussda.bsky.social hosts this data from now on: data.aussda.at/dataset.xhtm...

On LinkedIn, we like to dress up our job titles. But when it comes to nature, that professional polish is actually scientific facts. 🧪 The IPBES #PollinationAssessment found that 75% of our food crops and nearly 90% of wild flowering plants depend at least to some extent on animal pollination.

🗣️ Ocean Seminar with @andreasaltelli.bsky.social 🧑‍🏫 Very excited for #OceanSeminar - this time we will go to the limits...of digital twin modelling. 📆 Next Wednesday, May 13 at 5 p.m. (CET), information 6 registration: twinpolitics.eu/ocean-semina... 🌐 An @unoceandecade.bsky.social activity!

Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough, whose life & voice have inspired generations to care for the living world. 🌍 On his 100th birthday, we celebrate his extraordinary legacy as he join the Natural Centenarians’ Club, alongside some of nature’s most remarkable wonders. Swipe to see more 👇

🗣️ New #OpenAccess publication 📝 In their new publication in the journal "Environmental Science & Policy" Håkon Stokland, @alicevadrot.bsky.social et al are analyzing how GEAs are in need of fundamental reform for societal impact & #transformativechange 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦋 At #BioMonWeek 2026 @arnela10.bsky.social and Margarita Hartlieb held key notes on "Building a Community: Human Dynamics in #Biodiversity Monitoring" - sharing best practices on #communitybuilding in our projects @marco-bolo.bsky.social and Biodiversity Austria International #sciencecommunication

🌐 Join us on Thursday online or at NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, room A205, 2nd floor) for our IPW Lecture on the Origin of Private Authority by Alejandro Esguerra (Uni #Bielefeld) 🌳 He will speak on the Forest Stewardship Council, 👉 More information here: envpol.univie.ac.at/ipw-lecture-...

🗣️ @alicevadrot.bsky.social sat down with the @erc.europa.eu magazine to talk about the role #science plays in environmental negotiations, the growing complexity of #ocean governance and struggle between the 'Global North' and 'Global South' 👉 Read the full article: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Who controls the science of the high seas?

When diplomats finalised the UN’s landmark BBNJ treaty on high-sea biodiversity, it was widely hail

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📅 Today marks the solemn 40 year anniversary of #Chernobyl 🌱 In light of this tragic occasion, Hristina Talkova looked back at some of the biggest environmental disasters, showing that intense moments of failure can nonetheless lead to change. 👉 Read here: envpol.univie.ac.at/environmenta...

🌊 New Blogpost on #DeepSeaMining & the role of the #ISA as a deep sea #data authority 🐙 In his new blog @ehildeb.bsky.social examines initiatives like DeepData, with which ISA is building a comprehensive global repository of data on the ocean floor. 📝 Read here: twinpolitics.eu/the-internat... 🗺️🌐

The International Seabed Authority as a deep-sea data authority

In March 2026, as governments wrapped up the first part of the International Seabed Authority’s 31st session in Kingston, Jamaica,

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📊 📝 New publication alert 📢 🌐 In their new #OpenAccess publication in the Earth System Governance Journal our own @alicevadrot.bsky.social et al examine the construction and use of datasets in Earth System Governance Project. Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🥳 Great news with Austria joining #HighSeasTreaty at #BBNJ #PrepComIII 🐋 We have been working on this for years with @erc.europa.eu project MARIPOLDATA & @twinpolitics.bsky.social & @wenwenlyu.bsky.social conducting fieldwork in NYC Read our publication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🦋🗺️

High Seas Alliance@highseasalliance.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’re thrilled to share that Austria🇦🇹 @austriaun.bsky.social has ratified the #HighSeasTreaty. Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement. Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal

📢 EXTENDED DEADLINE 🥳 🌐We are extending the deadline for the workshop on international organizations with @rakhyunkim.bsky.social ! 📝 Send an abstract (<=300 words) until 💫April 6th💫 to env.powi@univie.ac.at 👉 more information: twinpolitics.eu/workshop-wit...

TwinPolitics@twinpolitics.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🗂️ 💡 Workshop with @rakhyunkim.bsky.social in April! 💯 🌐 Studying international organizations in trying times 🗓️ 16. April 2026 - 1:30 p.m. in Vienna 📝 Send an abstract (<=300 words) until April 1st to env.powi@univie.ac.at 👉 More information here: lnkd.in/drngNjuR

🌐 The first week of #BBNJ #PrepCom3 has concluded after five days of tireless negotiations, with parallel meetings pushing progress across all agenda items. 📝 Our doctoral Researcher @wenwenlyu.bsky.social is on-site to provide a brief overview of the progress during the first week 👇

🎉Congratulations to @alicevadrot.bsky.social for being elected as a new corresponding member (Inland) of @oeaw.bsky.social for her innovative research on international environmental politics, ocean governance & #biodiversity diplomacy. www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/neue... @univie.ac.at @erc.europa.eu

Neue Mitglieder gewählt: 46 Spitzenforschende verstärken die ÖAW

Francesca Ferlaino und Sepp Hochreiter unter den neugewählten Mitgliedern. Margit Fischer wird Ehrenmitglied. Faßmann: “Akademie wird jünger, vielfältiger und weiblicher”.

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🌍 #DYK that biodiversity loss is a systemic risk to the global economy? From pollinators to wetlands, nature supports countless industries. The 🏡 IPBES #BizBiodiversity report shows why nature matters for business. 🧪 More from Will Allen: https://ow.ly/lvEy50YrKm0

Nature underpins the economy: lessons from the IPBES business assessment

A practice-focused reflection on the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment and what it means for organisational strategy, governance and systemic risk.

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👂Hörtipp zum Wochenstart 📢 In der Interviewreihe "Im Gespräch" des #Ö1 spricht @alicevadrot.bsky.social mit Birgit Dalheimer über Biodiversitätspolitik, ihre Forschung zum #Hochseeabkommen und ihre persönliche Beziehung zum Meer und zur Natur 👉 Hier reinhören: oe1.orf.at/player/20260...

🐋 Our #OceanSeminar Series is entering its 3. season, with international scholars investigating #oceangovernance, #multilateralnegotiations and #environmentalpolitics 🙌 We are officially part of @unoceandecade.bsky.social 💡 With @rakhyunkim.bsky.social, Andrea Saltelli and Tim Kiessling 👇Infos

🗣️Our IPW Lectures 2026 are now online! 🦋We are looking forward to welcoming @rakhyunkim.bsky.social, Alejandro Esguerra and Philipp Pattberg at the IPW of @univie.ac.at speaking on #environmentalpolitics and #internationalrelations 👉More information on envpol.univie.ac.at/ipw-lectures...

🗞️ 🦉 Interview mit @alicevadrot.bsky.social für @oeaw.bsky.social 🪸 Zur Tagung "Die Werte der Natur. Recht, Gerechtigkeit und der Preis der Zerstörung" spricht sie über globalen Transformation, das BBNJ Abkommen & das #BarometerderBiodiversität 🦊 🗣️ Zum Interview hier www.oeaw.ac.at/news/wem-geh...

Wem gehört die Natur?

Warum wir Natur nicht länger nur als Ressource denken dürfen und was das neue UN-Hochseeschutzabkommen für die Zukunft bedeutet, darüber spricht Politikwissenschaftlerin Alice Vadrot im Vorfeld einer ...

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🗂️ 💡 Workshop with @rakhyunkim.bsky.social in April! 💯 🌐 Studying international organizations in trying times 🗓️ 16. April 2026 - 1:30 p.m. in Vienna 📝 Send an abstract (<=300 words) until April 1st to env.powi@univie.ac.at 👉 More information here: lnkd.in/drngNjuR

Ich nehme am Donnerstag, 19. März, an der Podiumsdiskussion "Biodiversität aus politikwissenschaftlicher Sicht" teil. @oeaw.bsky.social Tagung „Die Werte der Natur. Recht, Gerechtigkeit und der Preis der Zerstörung“. 18.-20. März in Wien Programm und Anmeldung: www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran...

🦋🌐 Interdisziplinäre Tagung der @oeaw.bsky.social zum Thema "Die Werte der Natur" mit Panels zu #Biodiversität und #Umweltschutz mit @alicevadrot.bsky.social spricht zu "Wem gehört das Meer & wie erhält man seine Biodiversität?" Weitere Informationen und Anmeldung: www.oeaw.ac.at/veranstaltun...

#ThrowbackThursday with @lelegoncalvess.bsky.social on "Regional #Fisheries Management: The interplay between governance and science" - exploring key questions in global environmental governance and marine #biodiversity surrounding the science-policy-interface 🌐🌊🦋 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSS...