This week marked the beginning of my role as Research Software Engineer (the first and only one!) at the University of Cambridge's Department of Zoology. The transition from LCFI has been smooth, and I'm excited to work on new research projects that combine my software engineering expertise with real-world research problems.
\n\nThe Conservation Evidence team, based in the University of Cambridge's Department of Zoology, maintains a free, open-access platform that trawls global scientific and grey literature to collate and summarise the results of conservation interventions. It distils these findings into plain-language \"synopses\" for specific species groups or habitats, then convenes expert panels to score each action's effectiveness in the definitive What Works in Conservation handbook. Alongside this synthesis work, the team publishes the peer-reviewed Conservation Evidence Journal so practitioners can share new case studies, and it collaborates with NGOs, businesses and policymakers to embed evidence-based decision-support tools in real-world planning. Their overarching goal is to give conservationists rapid, unbiased access to the best available evidence so scarce resources are channelled into actions that demonstrably benefit biodiversity.
", "content": "This week marked the beginning of my role as Research Software Engineer (the first and only one!) at the University of Cambridge's Department of Zoology. The transition from LCFI has been smooth, and I'm excited to work on new research projects that combine my software engineering expertise with real-world research problems.
\n\nThe Conservation Evidence team, based in the University of Cambridge's Department of Zoology, maintains a free, open-access platform that trawls global scientific and grey literature to collate and summarise the results of conservation interventions. It distils these findings into plain-language \"synopses\" for specific species groups or habitats, then convenes expert panels to score each action's effectiveness in the definitive What Works in Conservation handbook. Alongside this synthesis work, the team publishes the peer-reviewed Conservation Evidence Journal so practitioners can share new case studies, and it collaborates with NGOs, businesses and policymakers to embed evidence-based decision-support tools in real-world planning. Their overarching goal is to give conservationists rapid, unbiased access to the best available evidence so scarce resources are channelled into actions that demonstrably benefit biodiversity.
", "content_type": "html", "author": { "name": "Ibrahim Alhas", "email": "alhasacademy@gmail.com", "uri": null }, "categories": [ "Weeknotes", "Research", "Career" ], "source": "https://alhasacademy96.github.io/alhasacademy.github.io/weeknotes-rss.xml" }