Upcoming Talk: Perspectives on the intertwinedness of scientific, technological, socioeconomic, and geopolitical bottlenecks on progress towards realising a sustainable future for oceans by Prof. Ali Mashayek

[Grigory Bronevetsky]

Modeling Talks

Perspectives on the intertwinedness of scientific, technological, socioeconomic, and geopolitical bottlenecks on progress towards realising a sustainable future for oceans Prof. Ali Mashayek , University of Cambridge Tues, Sep 22, 2026 | 9am PT Youtube Stream Hi all, The presentation will be via YouTube LiveStream and all questions will be addressed there. If you cannot attend live, the event will be recorded and can be found afterward at https://sites.google.com/modelingtalks.org/entry/perspectives-on-the-intertwinedness-of-scientific More information on previous and future talks: https://sites.google.com/modelingtalks.org/entry/home Abstract: Protecting our oceans and advancing a sustainable blue economy require an in-depth understanding of marine systems, driven by robust ocean observation, monitoring and valuation. Yet collecting reliable data remains time- and resource-intensive. This data is vital for scientists, emergency responders, and decision-makers to support early-warning systems and emerging tools like digital twins. Stronger support is therefore needed for data collection and its integration into systemic, innovative, and stakeholder-engaged ocean observation efforts. I will provide an overview of how technology-boosted science-socioeconomic coupling could address the challenges posed by geopolitical winds and the slow development of sustainable socioeconomic frameworks. Bio: Ali is a faculty member in the Department of Earth Sciences and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and a Physics Fellow at Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge. He is also affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre, UK. Within Cambridge, he is also associated with the Institute for Energy & Environmental Flows, the Centre for Climate Repair, the Quantitative Climate and Environmental Sciences, the AI for Environmental Risk Centre for Doctoral Training, and the Institute for Computing in Climate Sciences. Ali is the founding director of CREST. Prior to joining Cambridge, he was an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) at Imperial College (2018-2022), a NERC Independent Research Fellow and a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford/St. Hugh's College (2017-2018). Ali got his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2013 and was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT (2013-2016) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2016-2017).