In October, BESIDE will host the Autumn School 2025 – Climate and Sustainable Finance at the University of Aveiro as part of the project’s training programme. This event will bring together international experts to discuss the principles of sustainable finance and green and blue financial instruments from a practical and applied perspective. The first session, […]

BESIDE has just announced an international call for applications for an Assistant Researcher position in Economics. Position Details: Role: Assistant Researcher (Doctorate equivalent) Field: Economics, with a focus on Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Institution: CESAM, University of Aveiro Contract Type: Uncertain Term Work Contract, full time Application Deadline: October 1, 2025 Responsibilities: The selected

ERA CHAIR Project at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase its Blue Economy and Ocean Literacy actions Portugal is one of the countries represented at Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan, with a national pavilion under the theme “The Blue Dialogue”, highlighting the importance of the ocean and the blue economy in the past, presente and future. The

Helena Vieira, ERA Chair of the BESIDE project at the University of Aveiro, will be a keynote speaker at the Green Deal Biotechnology Conference, taking place in Aveiro, Portugal on 26-28 May 2025. Organized by the EFB Environmental Division, the conference will bring together leading scientists and industry experts to explore the latest developments in environmental biotechnology

On International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, Ciência Viva (a Ministry of Science and Education initiative) launched the 5th volume of the book Women in Science, a tribute to 107 Portuguese female researchers from different generations and fields of knowledge. Among the distinguished scientists is Helena Vieira, ERA CHAIR holder of the BESIDE Project (Boosting

BESIDE has just announced an international call for applications for an Assistant Researcher position in Economics. Position Details: Role: Assistant Researcher (Doctorate equivalent) Field: Economics, with a focus on Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Institution: CESAM, University of Aveiro Contract Type: Uncertain Term Work Contract under the Portuguese Labour Code Application Deadline: February 7, 2025

On the 5th and 6th of December, the Centro Ciência Viva in Lisbon hosted the 1st National Conference on Ocean Literacy. During the event, Mariana Almeida, a researcher from the BESIDE project, participated in the round table entitled Ocean Literacy, Blue Economy and Technology. Mariana shared data from an ongoing study on how Blue Economy

Mariana Almeida, a researcher from BESIDE team, attended the 14th Annual Marine Economics and Policy Research Symposium, held on 3 December 2024 in Galway, Ireland. The event, organised by the Marine Institute and the University of Galway, brought together experts and stakeholders to discuss pressing issues in the marine sector. Representing WINBIG, a project contributing

A new scientific article by BESIDE team members has been published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. Written by Sofia Corticeiro, Gonçalo Brás, Ana Lillebø and Helena Vieira from BESIDE and Margarida Tomé from the Forest Research Center, the article entitled “Forest Certification and Economic Insights: A European Perspective” examines the current landscape and

BESIDE Researcher Mariana Almeida participated in the Annual Conference of the European Marine Science Education Association (EMSEA), held from 23 to 26 September 2024 in Zadar, Croatia. Representing the BESIDE project, and CESAM/University of Aveiro, Mariana presented insights on integrating blue economy concepts into ocean literacy initiatives. In a session moderated by Silja Teege, titled