What’s New at GSC
Read up about our researcher’s latest publications in the “Spotlighted articles and publications” section. You can also find links to publications on “Our Researchers” page.
Catch up on the most recent colloquium by reading the summary and flipping through the researcher’s presentation in the “Summaries and presentations from weekly colloquiums” section.
Listen to the last week’s radio show in the “Awareness / Con Ciencia” Radio Show Podcasts section.
Read the “Awareness / Con Ciencia” magazines to learn more about our researchers and relevant current research in the corresponding section.
Spotlighted articles and activities
Summaries and presentations from weekly colloquiums
Awareness with Science/ Con Ciencia” Radio Show Podcasts
The GSC team periodically organizes interviews and relevant content to tell the community about our activities that we do along our three pillars of interdisciplinary research, education through science and community outreach.
You can listen to any of the programs below. Please note that the majority are only in Spanish, as the primary audience is the local Galapagos community
Edition #24: December 11th, 201
“Program Overview – International Shark Research, Science through Stories and Domestic Violence Research”
Section | Guests | Interview topic |
I. Interdisciplinary research | Michael Stanhope, Cornell University, USA | Genomic research of the Great White Shark – what we can learn to improve biomedics and human health |
II. Education through science | Freddy Ricaurte, Enchanted Radio | Overview of “Marti, the Hammerhead Shark” book |
III. Community Outreach | Flavio Carrera, USFQ | Research Project for Violence Prevention with support from the Galapagos Governing Council and Ministry for Economic and Social Inclusion |
Edition #23: December 4th, 2019
“Program Overview – Marine Megafauna Migration, Transformative Education and GSC Family Science Events”
Section | Guests | Interview topic |
I. Interdisciplinary research | Naima López, GSC Affiliated Researcher with Alex Hearn, PI | Marine species migration: focus on tuna |
II. Education through science | Oliver Carrick, USFQ-Galapagos English Coordinator and Professor | English, Collaborative Learning and Transformative Education |
III. Community Outreach | Leidy Apolo and Viviana Vizuete | Memories of the last Family Science Event on November 30th |
Edition #22: November 27th, 2019
“Program Overview – Science through Stories, Local Teacher´s Perspective and GSC Family Science Events”
Section | Guests | Interview topic |
I. Interdisciplinary research | Alex Hearn, GSC Researcher | Creating Marti: the Science behind the Story of “Marti, the Hammerhead Shark” |
II. Education through science | Enma Espinoza, Grade School Teacher at Pedro Pablo School | Benefits of participating with her students in the Connecting with Nature Program |
III. Community Outreach | Leidy Apolo and Viviana Vizuete | Invitation to attend the last Family Science Event on November 30th |
Edition #13: September 25th, 2019
“Program Overview – Marine Mammals in California, Science to Solutions Workshop and Climate Change Activism”
| Section | Guests | Interview topic |
| Interdisciplinary research | Soledad Sarzosa, GSC Researcher | Marine mammals in California |
| Education through science | Juan Pablo Muñoz, GSC Researcher | Science to Solutions Plastics Workshop |
| Community Outreach | Virginia Portilla & Jorge Vasquez, Franz Weber Foundation | “San Cristobal for the Climate”
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Edition #12: September 18th, 2019
“Program Overview – Responsible Lifestyles and Science to Solutions Workshop”
| Section | Guests | Interview topic |
| I. Interdisciplinary research | Leonardo Anselmi, Franz Weber Foundation Director (Southern Europe and Latin America) | Compassionate Conservation and Responsible Lifestyles
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| II. Education through science | Daniel Keegan, Kevin Cabrera & Wilson Andrade, Join Science members | Workshop participation and invitation to community presentation |
Edition #11: September 11th, 2019
“Human Resources in Tourism, GSC´s Join Science Program and Local Women´s Movement”
Section | Guests | Interview topic |
| I. Interdisciplinary research | Juan Carlos Valdivieso, Coordinator for the Hospitality and Sustainable Hotel Major at USFQ | Human resources in the hospitality sector |
| II. Education through science | Dagfin Sotomayor, member of Join Science! | GSC´s Join Science! Program |
| III. Community Outreach | Olivia Rogel, Galapagos Women´s Movement Catalina Arroyo, Casa Matilde Foundation Workshop Facilitator | ELLAS Event |
“Awareness / Con Ciencia” Magazine
The GSC periodically publishes a magazine to communicate science and our activities in a creative manner for a general public readership