BioInvaders! Reef Rush Wins International Educational Games Award
BioInvaders! Reef Rush Winner of the “Games in Development” category of the International Educational Games Competition at the 20th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL26), which was held in […]
From Threat to Opportunity: Lionfish through education, gastronomy and community engagement
The University of the Aegean – Department of Marine Sciences, within the framework of the GuardIAS project, invites you to “From Threat to Opportunity”, a two-day educational and gastronomic event […]
From citizen observations to participatory invasive-species management: the GuardIAS experience at ICES ASC 2026
Activities developed within GuardIAS were presented at the ICES Annual Science Conference 2026 as an example of how citizen participation can progress beyond biodiversity observations and monitoring towards active involvement […]
GuardIAS at Neobiota 2026
GuardIAS was well represented at the Neobiota 2026 conference. This bi-annual conference of the European Group on Biological Invasions, gathers invasion biologists from Europe and the rest of the world. The 2026 edition […]
Testing new tools for the early detection of invasive alien species
How can new technologies help improve the early detection of invasive alien species and support faster management responses? At NEOBIOTA 2026, Soria Delva from OneSTOP and Damiano Oldoni from GuardIAS […]
Building Networks: Early Career Researchers in GuardIAS and Marine Horizon Europe Projects
GuardIAS, among other Horizon Europe (HE) projects include Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and often recognises their contributions to large-scale initiatives in marine science and management alongside supporting their career development. […]
BioBoost+ and GuardIAS in a Taipei classroom
At the summer programme of the Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University (IONTU), Dr Lauriane Ribas-Deulofeu (Nord University) taught a course on AI applications in marine science. Beyond the theoretical […]
Abstract Submission Deadline Extended – Second GuardIAS Virtual Conference 2026
We are delighted to share with you the good news. The abstract submission deadline for the GuardIAS Virtual Conference 2026 has been extended to 21 September! This is your last opportunity […]
GuardIAS eDNA Workshop: Bridging the knowing-doing gap
On 26 August 2026, GuardIAS organized the workshop “Bridging the knowing-doing gap: Advancing eDNA applications beyond presence/absence in aquatic invasion science and management” in Belfast, United Kingdom. Held as part […]
GuardIAS Workshop on Invasive Crayfish Management
On 25–26 May 2026, the second GuardIAS best-practice workshop took place in Florence, Italy. 30 European participants (scientists, consultants, people from local, national and EU authorities as well as from […]
