Diversity of life: What is it and why does it matter? - Skúli Skúlason

Picture of Skúli Skúlason and info about the online event

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In our first 2022 ROCS lecture series talk, Professor Skúli Skúlason, professor of evolution and aquatic biology in the Department of Aquaculture and Fish biology, Hólar University College and the Icelandic Museum of Natural History, and chair of BIODICE, speaks about Diversity of life: What is it and why does it matter?

More about the lecture: This presentation emphasizes that a relational, process based framework of biodiversity is useful to advance understanding of organisms, communities and ecosystems. This is particularly important for education, conservation and management programs. A key factor of this approach is the integration of humans into biodiversity perspectives. It is argued, in the spirit of the BIODICE network, that the nature of Iceland can be presented as a case study and examples will be provided.

The event is an hour long. We begin with a lecture after which we welcome questions and discussions from the audience. 

The ROCS lecture series invite leading scholars across disciplines to discuss research on diverse topics involving ocean, climate, and society. The aim of the series is to provide an interdisciplinary platform for multiple layers of similar concerns and explore the interconnections that emerge when topics on ocean, climate, and society are brought into critical proximity with one another.

ROCS is a transdisciplinary centre that applies innovative technologies and analysis that, for the first time, enables descriptions of entire ecosystems in relation to climate development through historical time and the heritages of human societies. The overarching aim is to elucidate how human-ecosystem-climate relationships shape past, present, and future worlds. For further information about ROCS please visit https://rocs.ku.dk

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ROCS is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation, the Icelandic State and Rannís.