our story
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From a cross-disciplinary initiative to an dynamic research group, our path has been shaped by collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to tackling invasive species. This timeline highlights key moments in the evolution from AliensWatch to InvasionS.
our vision
our vision
InvasionS innovates in invasion research and policy, advancing knowledge and techniques consolidating biological invasions a core research field in CIBIO-InBIO. The vision of InvasionS is based on a penta-helix model of science and innovation dedicated to:
Fundamental research
Embracing a transdisciplinary approach to solidify knowledge, challenge theory, and innovate tools and databases on biological invasions.
Applied
research
Enhancing scientific knowledge's use in real-world challenges, aiding adaptive management in society, policy, and business aligned with SDG.
Societal engagement
Fostering social-cultural approaches, to engage civil society and raise public awareness.
Advanced training
Excelence in preparing researchers, stakeholders, and decision-makers with knowledge and tools to tackle current and future invasion challenges.
Collaboration networks
Establishing ambitious collaborations globally, including in Africa and beyond, and achieving a profile marked by exceptional scientific publications.
our research lines
our research lines
InvasionS is organized into four cross-cutting, complementary, and collaborative theme areas:
Understand the past, the present and the future of biological invasions.
1️⃣ Where are they?
🔹Spatial ecology
🔹eDNA
🔹iEcology
🔹Citizen Science
2️⃣Where are they expected to be?
🔹Predictive ecology
🔹Behaviour
3️⃣Where do they come from?
🔹Pathways
Research and applicability developed at the ecosystem and social level and their integration.
1️⃣ Ecosystem level
🔹Remote sensing
🔹Modelling
2️⃣Social level
🔹Socio-economic
🔹Culturomics
🔹Scenarios
3️⃣Socio-ecological integration
🔹Ecosystem services
🔹Nature's Contribution to People
🔹Natural capital
Research will also be devoted to the needs of policy, business, and society.
1️⃣ Stakeholder and knowledge-transfer
🔹Communication
🔹Dissemination
🔹Societal participation
2️⃣Policy support
🔹Sustainability
🔹Management and monitoring
🔹Decision making
🔹EU IAS Reporting
3️⃣Identification of new business opportunities
🔹Risk management
🔹Innovative solutions
🔹Bioeconomy
Strong dedication to synthesising knowledge and gaps, adopting a future thinking approach and thereby providing the foundations for adaptive and transformative change at the science-policy-society interface.
1️⃣ Synthesis science
2️⃣Future thinking
3️⃣Adaptive and transformative change
Our work is supported and integrated by five cross-cutting methods that ensure a cohesive and transdisciplinary approach to the research of biological invasions:
Scenarios and Models
Earth Observation
Research Synthesis
Digital Data Analytics
Socio-Cultural Approaches
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