The 5th SeaChanges Workshop took place face to face in Vigo, running from Tuesday 24th May to Wednesday 25th May.

The workshop was originally scheduled to take place in October 2021 in Cambridge but was moved to May 2022 to allow for a face-to-face workshop after changes to the schedule of other workshops. Vigo was chosen as the new location due to the previous cancellation of the Vigo workshop scheduled for summer 2020.

Graham Pierce (CSIC) was hosting the workshop and was present for all sessions, as was David Orton, the Project Coordinator, and Catherine Taylor the Project Manager, both from the University of York.

The workshop was planned as a face-to-face event now that COVID restrictions were easing, with contingencies in place to allow for a hybrid or virtual event in case anyone was not able to travel.

14 ESRs were able to attend in person and the workshop was run in person. One ESR was unable to attend due to being on a project suspension period.

The original remit of the workshop was as follows:

“Workshop 5: archaeology and marine wildlife conservation. This workshop will introduce the goals and methods of marine conservation, explore the potential of archaeological data to inform conservation science, and educate archaeologists regarding how to enhance the relevance and visibility of their research to stakeholders and policymakers.”

The remit was changed to focus on Grant Writing to reflect the change in host institution and the new placement of the workshop in the third year of the project. This was a more applicable training experience at this stage in the ESRs projects as archaeology and marine wildlife conservation had already been touched on in other training activities.