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Hammerhead Hub to inform research and conservation
Media statementsEnvironmentInnovationNature and ScienceOceans InstituteResearch categorySchool of Biological SciencesResilient environment and climate changeHome PageOur-communityResearchScience and Environment04 November 2025A new citizen science app developed at The University of Western Australia allows ocean lovers and conservationists to share hammerhead shark sightings with scientists to support vital marine research.
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Experts create pathway to inclusive and equitable ocean policy
Media statementsEnvironmentIndustryInternationalNature and ScienceOceans InstituteResearch categoryResilient environment and climate changeSchool of Biological SciencesHome PageInternational relationsResearchScience and EnvironmentPolicy-and-opinion27 October 2025A new paper has outlined how place, people, culture and equity can be used alongside environmental and economic metrics to inform ocean policy.
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World-leading researchers in the running for Premier's Science Awards
Media statementsAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiomedical EngineeringDefenceEngineeringEnvironmentICRARHealthInnovationMathematicsMedical SchoolNature and ScienceOceans InstitutePaediatricsRegional rural and remoteFrontier technologiesHealth and biotechnologyOur place culture and heritageResilient environment and climate changeSchool of Molecular SciencesSchool of Indigenous StudiesSTEMSchool of Biological SciencesSchool of Biomedical SciencesThe UWA Institute of AgricultureCorporateHomeHome PageAwards and AchievementsEngineering and TechnologyHealth-and-MedicineOur PeopleResearchScience and EnvironmentSpace22 October 2025Globally influential researchers in marine sciences, plant genomics and astronomy are among 16 researchers affiliated with The University of Western Australia to be named finalists in this year’s Premier’s Science Awards.
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
WHO WE ARE
UWA Oceans Institute
The Oceans Institute nurtures an ecosystem of cross-disciplinary researchers and educators to serve the needs of the ocean community of Western Australia, the Indian Ocean and the world.
We are committed to supporting the scholarship of our blue planet for a better tomorrow.
WHAT WE DO
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Sea Country
We pay our respects to the past and present Traditional Owners of the land on which our experts reside, the Whadjuk Nyoongar people of Western Australia, and to all the native peoples of the lands and seas on which our researchers work.