Listen to this interview with Leslie Lab member Jennifer Smith-Mayo to learn how transdisciplinary collaboration is shaped by communication, team science, engaged digital media, and practices and process. More of our work in this area is summarized in our recent open-access publication: McGreavy, B., K. Haynal, J. Smith-Mayo, J. Reilly-Moman, M. T. Kinnison, D. Ranco, […]
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Undergraduate Research Internship in Estuarine Ecology: Applications will be reviewed starting February 5, 2024
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Since 2019, researchers at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center and members of the joint shellfish committee of Damariscotta and Newcastle have collaborated on a community science project focused on the ecology and shellfish resources of the upper Damariscotta River estuary. We have gathered information on both the ecological and human dimensions of the wild shellfish fisheries […]
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I am pleased to share information about a new National Research Traineeship program at the University of Maine for graduate students interested in interdisciplinary marine ecosystem science. Our program, funded by the National Science Foundation, will support more than 20 graduate students over the next five years. We are now accepting applications for Fall 2024. To learn more […]
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Publication Announcement We have a chapter on engaged research in coastal Maine in the forthcoming book, Climate Change and Estuaries. This book is scheduled for publication on September 15th, the first day of National Estuaries Week. Learn more about the book here and download this flyer to pre-order your copy at a discount today! The chapter […]
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Together with students at Lincoln Academy and the University of Maine, shellfish harvesters, and other citizens, we are engaged in data collection, interpretation and application that contributes to municipal shellfish management as well as a broader vision for sustaining the social-ecological system of the upper Damariscotta River estuary. View the poster that PhD candidate Sarah Risley presented at the Ecological Society […]
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Emma Polhemus worked as a summer research intern at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in 2023. Mentored by Drs. Jessica Reilly-Moman and Heather Leslie, Emma focused on participatory social science to support ocean renewable energy development. She is about to begin her junior year at the University of Vermont. I wrote a picture […]
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Members of the Leslie Lab are investigating how values and beliefs influence people’s responses to ocean renewable energy development and how those values and beliefs differ by place. To do this work, we are engaged in participatory social science research to identify and characterize the values and beliefs that influence social acceptance of ocean renewable […]
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Dr. Jessica Reilly-Moman, research affiliate in the Leslie Lab, recently gave a presentation on her research on social indicators of climate resilience to the MAREA+ network. This 20-minute presentation is particularly oriented towards researchers and practitioners working on enhancing community resilience to climate change impacts. Jess would greatly appreciate your feedback and questions. Specifically, do […]
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Leslie Lab member Will Spaller created this video about Semester by the Sea as part of his Marine Sciences capstone project in collaboration with his classmates in Fall 2022. Thank you, Will!
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