Ocean Literacy Research Community

Coalescing, co-designing, and communicating research focused on understanding and transforming society’s relationship with the ocean.

Join the OLRC to take part in collaborative opportunities, access the ocean literacy research commons, ideate networked research, join virtual research cafés, and contribute to our community-driven newsletter!

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What is the OLRC?

The ocean literacy research community is a global network of researchers – including natural and social scientists; education and communication specialists; place-based, community experts; and program evaluators. Together, we aim to better understand and scale enabling conditions that support human-ocean connection, well-being, and action. 

Objectives

Coalesce

Coalesce

transdisciplinary research collaborations across geographies, generations, and genders to address and measure gaps and priorities

Co-design

Co-design

a streamlined space to share latest research, findings, and future opportunities

communicate

communicate

research that respects and includes diverse human-ocean relationships across places, ecologies, cultures, and languages

priority areas

Measuring Ocean Literacy & Impact

Ocean Literacy & Climate Change

Ocean Literacy & The Blue Economy

Ocean Literacy as a Policy Tool

Cross cutting theme:

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

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Benefits of joining THE OLRC

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