3 mistakes most people do in career transitions
Those of you following me in Twitter or LinkedIn already know that only last week I began a new job at my university, transitioning from research role to a role of lecturer in environmental policy where my job will consist of teaching, research and service. Given many people have flagged to me how teaching often […]
The 4 kinds of people you need for breakthrough success
So for those of you who read my last blog post on creativity, it might have seemed somewhat superficial. Some of you might be asking so what if there are assumptions about creativity and the lone genius, how is that going to help me to get more creative? Well the good news is that now […]
How climate adaptation is moving forward
This week it has been upheaval one after another. Australian politics at the moment seems to be in full disarray with climate change again being at the centre of controversy as a policy issue. Yet, the good news is that climate adaptation is still moving forward in many ways. Yesterday we organised as part of […]
Are we heading to Hothouse Earth?
This past week the news have not been any getting better. The heat waves are still affecting countries: in South Korea, temperatures around +39 are said to prevail at least 23 consecutive days and in southern Europe, temperatures are still abnormally high. In California, wild fires are ranging to the extent that now the military […]
Unprecedented yet so close: why heatwaves and flooding could be here to stay
This past week the news have sizzled with news about extreme fire events, large ranging bushfires in Sweden and Greece. Japan declared last week the heatwave a disasters while being faced with an unprecedented heatwave. 22 000 people were taken to hospital and this has impacted the elderly in particular. Portugal is set to face […]
How to create leadership and innovation at work place?
I have just finished reading Richard Feynman’s book Surely you are joking Mr Feynman!” It’s a unique book in explaining how one of the great minds in physics thought about life, and more importantly how he maintained an innate curiosity and often questioned the very basic assumptions of physics in order to better understand the […]
Why peer review should be fun but can make you cry
The life of an academic is very much focused on and surrounded by the process of peer review. With peer review, I mean making and receiving comments on manuscripts that we have written or have been asked to read and assess for scientific journals. Most of us review papers for scientific journals in the hope […]
Is 1.5 degree goal an illusion?
This past week has been quite eventful given that major issues have been either discovered or experienced when it comes to climatic changes. Japan has been experiencing significant floods with never before seen rain events while cities around the word have reported having broken all time heat records. A new study published in Nature used […]
Is conservation missing the boat on climate adaptation?
This week I have attended the 5th European Congress on Conservation, organised by Society of Conservation Biology. My reason attending this conference is that I am curious as to how climate adaptation is treated/examined in other fields (it’s also in Finland, which of course is a plus). In general, I want to have a better […]
Is climate adaptation a science?
This is my pet topic, it has been ever since I started my PhD in 2009 and dived head on into the world of climate change adaptation. I identify as an adaptation scientist much to the dismay of some as there is an on-going debate as to whether climate change adaptation is simply a topic […]