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News & Events 2024
Gender Survey for all workers in the EU Blue Economy
As part of the WIN-BIG project SEMRU has developed a survey to examine gender issues and empowering women across various ocean economy sectors. If you work in any marine related industry or agency we kindly ask you to participate in shaping the future of the blue economy by completing this survey. Your unique insights, experiences and perspectives are invaluable in gathering data on women's roles and contributions across different sectors of the Blue Economy and informing the EU's efforts to promote inclusivity and diversity in this vital sector.
It only takes a few minutes to complete the survey, and your contribution will have a lasting impact.
Click here to get started!
May 21, 2024
SEMRU PhD student wins Student Prize Competition at Environ2024
Geraldine Doolin won the Best Social Engagement Presentation Prize at Environ2024, the 34th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium Jointly hosted by the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI) and the South East Technological University Waterford, 25th-27th March 2024. The prize was sponsored by Environmental Services Ireland. The prize was awarded for her oral presentation “Assigning recreational value to a specific coastal ecosystem in a travel cost modelling context”. Read more here.
March 30, 2024
Economics students all at sea! 21st February 2024
The M. Global Environmental Economics students recently took part in the seagoing training that has been part of the Masters programme for over a decade. The field trip took place on Wednesday the 21st of February. Students and instructors are pictured below disembarking the national research vessel, the RV Tom Crean. The one day training focuses specifically on economic activities taking place in Cork Harbour and a hands-on examination of the methods by which marine scientists collect data that can be used by economists for bi-economic modelling, analysing the impacts of economic activities on the marine environment and valuation of marine ecosystem service benefits.
February 21, 2024
Ireland’s Ocean Economy Report published at SEMRU’s 13th Annual Marine Economics and Policy Research Symposium
SEMRU in association with the Marine Institute has published an update on the performance of Ireland’s Ocean Economy. The 2023 Ocean Economy Report provides an update on Ireland’s ocean economy for 2022 across three main economic indicators: turnover, gross value added (GVA) and employment. The report estimates the annual trends across 13 sectors as well as an overview of direct and indirect impact of Ireland's ocean economy, and trends since 2010.
This year’s report is accompanied by an online dashboard to enable further dissemination of the data and also encourage further analysis and research. The report can be downloaded here while the ‘Ireland's Ocean Economy Dashboard’ can be accessed here.
The methodology used to value Ireland’s ocean economy was also presented by SEMRU and the Marine Institute at a recent workshop organised by the OECD as part of their ongoing work on ocean economy measurement, innovation and foresight. Discussions were held with the OECD and other International practitioners from Portugal, US, Korea and Norway on how best to measure the value arising from our oceans, and the challenges in incorporating spatial information, as well as the importance of the inclusion of non-market values to get a more holistic value of our blue economy and the ecosystem services it provides.
December 18, 2023
