Category: Activities

Proud to see EcoC2S represented at the 14th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics (RCEM 2025) held earlier this month in Barcelona. Two consortium members contributed:

Prof. Maurizio Brocchini (Università Politecnica delle Marche) — “Sediment transport in the microtidal Misa River estuary.”
Marcus Silva-Santana (University of Granada) — “Assessment of the intermittency of river mouths using cloud-enabled Earth observation analysis.”

Both talks highlight our shared focus on process-based understanding and data-driven approaches for river mouths and coastal systems.

Congratulations to Maurizio and Marcus, and thanks to the RCEM community and organizers.

Our colleagues at Universidade Lusófona presented the poster “The EcoC2S Project: Developing a Flood Risk Assessment Framework Focused on Community Participation and Engagement” at the SRA-E Iberian Conference.

The contribution focuses on ES valuation, social dynamics, and stakeholder co-design and highlights how community participation and co-creation strengthen flood risk assessment.

 

Members of the EcoC2S project participated in the 42^nd International School of Hydraulics, held on 20-23 May 2025 in Radocza, Poland. Dr. Michael Nones from the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Science, gave a brief presentation of EcoC2S project aims and current activities. The presentation highlighted the project’s focus on adaptation strategies to reduce flood risk through improved ecosystem services assessments. During the event, EcoC2S team members also engaged with researchers and practitioners from across Europe, discussing potential collaborations and knowledge exchange opportunities related to EcoC2S project topics.

Prof. Miguel Ortega and Dr. María Bermúdez from University of Granada participated in the official kick-off meeting for projects funded under the 2023 Joint Transnational Call, held in Montpellier, France, on 9-10 April 2025.

Dr. María Bermúdez, coordinator of the EcoC2S project, presented the project’s aims, methodologies, and expected impacts. Together with Jing Li (Lund University), Prof. Miguel Ortega, as scientific coordinators, led the Knowledge Hub session on Aquatic Ecosystem Services, facilitating discussions on knowledge sharing and alignment among participating projects.

The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to connect with other projects, explore synergies, and receive guidance from the Water4All follow-up team to maximize project impacts.

A full review of the kick-off meeting is available here: https://www.water4all-partnership.eu/news/review-kick-meeting-april-2025-joint-transnational-call-2023

Further details on the methodologies and activities used at the Knowledge Hub session, developed by VITO Nexus, can be found here:  https://coda.io/@vito/nexuslearn/kh-aes-impact-session-1-286