Organisation of scientific events

Organization of 7th World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC7, Niche: Creative impulses, Marrakesh, Morocco, 09 to 14 June by 2013.

Organization of "Exploring the wealth of coastal fisheries: Listening to community voices" Conference-Community Input Hybrid, Angra do Heroísmo & Ponta Delgada, Pt., 21 to 24 October by 2011.

Organization of 5th World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC5, Niche - Art: imagination, creativity, and meaning, Montreal, Canada, 10 to 14 May by 2009.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Annual conference of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication "Ripples 2005 - Environment, Education and Culture" , Haliburton, Ontario, 29 September to 02 October 2005 (com Neilson, Alison Grant, Tim).

Presentations in scientific events

Neilson, Alison (2019), "Imagining fishing and imagining teaching: Research telling stories with Azoreans.", paper presented at Cycle of conferences on literacy, Porto, 14 May.

Neilson, Alison (2018), "Learning to be an artisanal researcher: Fishing tales from the Azores islands, Portugal", paper presented at Invited speaker Comparative International Development Education Centre, CIDEC, Toronto, Canada, 12 to 12 September.

Neilson, Alison (2018), "University- Community Collaborations for Social Issues in Fishing Communities - Colaborações entre Comunidade e Universidade para Questões Sociais nas Comunidades da Pesca ", paper presented at 1º Forum Internacional Socioeconómico das Pescas, Praia da Vitória, Portugal (Açores), 22 to 23 March.

Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita; Inocêncio, Andrea (2017), "Keynote address "Not a keynote: Flying without a parachute [Não é uma sessão inaugural: Voar sem pára-quedas]".", paper presented at Cultura/Natura Encountro, Porto, Portugal, 29 to 30 September.

Neilson, Alison (2017), "Casting Nets for Wicked Ways from the Ocean to the Ivory Tower", paper presented at ECER 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22 to 25 August.

Neilson, Alison (2017), "Questions of Praxis: Blind Running", paper presented at ECER 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22 to 25 August.

Neilson, Alison (2017), "Transcending knowledge regimes and imagining wicked ways in fisheries", paper presented at MARE Conference 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 04 to 07 July.

Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita; Fraga, Ana Rita (2017), "A recipe for "a fine kettle of fish": Governance without social science", paper presented at MARE Conference 2017 , Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 04 to 07 July.

Neilson, Alison (2017), "Social inclusion: Azorean experiences. Invited keynote speaker", paper presented at EC Fisheries Areas Network, Farnet, Transnational Seminar for Flags , Jurmala, Latvia., 21 to 23 March.

Neilson, Alison; São Marcos, Rita; Simôes, Maria; Inocêncio, Andrea (2016), "Listening to Stories from the Azores - Critical Researchers, Activists and Artists for Transformative Learning ", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, Dublin, Ireland, 22 to 26 August.

Neilson, Alison (2016), "A conversation about working together as equal partners to build capacity. Presentation in collaboration with Casting Nets Partners for ", paper presented at TBTI Symposium on European Small Scale Fisheries and Global Linkages, Tenerife, Spain, 29 June 01 July.

Neilson, Alison; Inocêncio, Andrea (2016), "Waves and wigs: Cultivative processes of art and research meetings and transformations", paper presented at Entitle Undisciplining Environments Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 20 to 24 March.

Neilson, Alison (2016), "Fishing communities in the age of financial capitalism: From the Arctic to the Azores. ", paper presented at Entitle Undisciplining Environments Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 20 to 24 March.

Neilson, Alison; Spannring, R; Lysgaard, J.G; Kronlid, D.O. ; Sund, L; Sund, P. (2015), "Neilson, A.L., Spannring, R., Lysgaard, J.G., Kronlid, D. O., Sund, L., Sund, P. (2015). "All Our Relations": Respecting People and Scholarship. Creative roundtable ", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, Budapest, Hungary, 07 to 11 September.

Neilson, Alison; Marcinkowska, A.; Onsès, J.; Maksimović, M. (2015), "What are we sustaining in the ways we communicate? Workshop: With, for and against power. Invited network workshop", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, Budapest, Hungary, 07 to 11 September.

Neilson, Alison (2015), "Resistance is futile (a conversation circle)", paper presented at 3rd International Conference on Arts-Based research and Artistic Research, Porto, Portugal, 28 to 30 January.

Neilson, Alison (2015), "Speaking of the sea in the Azores islands: We sometimes went for lapas.", paper presented at Heritages and Memories from the Sea, First International Conference UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Tradition Know-How:Linking Heritage, Évora, Portugal, 14 to 16 January.

Neilson, Alison (2014), "Reflecting on European Education Research: Sustainable Power of Metaphors in Our Understanding and Practice.", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, Porto, Portugal, 01 to 05 September.

Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R.; Arroz, A. M.; Mendonça, E. (2014), "Neilson, A.L., Gabriel, R., Arroz, A.M., & Mendonça, E. (2014). Múltiplas perspectivas sobre conhecimento, política e ciências do mar: Educação para um futuro sustentável", paper presented at ALICE Epistomologies of the South , Coimbra, Portugal, 10 to 12 July.

Gabriel, R; Neilson, Alison; Moura Arroz, A (2013), "RCE AÇORES: Desenvolvimento sustentável em ilhas", paper presented at Conferência Internacional Cidadania para a Sustentabilidade, Estoril, Portugal, 02 July 05 June.

Neilson, Alison; Einarsson, N; Enns, G; Papatsie, L (2013), "Surrounded by the ocean: Processes and grounded examples of education "within context"", paper presented at World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC, Marrakesh, Morocco, 09 to 14 June.

Neilson, Alison; Bulhão Pato, C (2013), "Survival of the fittest footprint: Exploring the power of metaphors in our understanding and practice", paper presented at World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC, Marrakesh, Morocco, 09 to 14 June.

Neilson, Alison; Moura Arroz, A (2012), "Images championing freedom, education and development for all", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER , Cádiz, Spain, 18 to 21 September.

Neilson, Alison (2012), "An emerging network - Can research for education for sustainable development champion freedom, education and development for all?", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER, Cádiz, Spain, 18 to 21 September.

Moura Arroz, A; Gabriel, R; Neilson, Alison (2012), "Fenomenografia, diversidade conceptual e o sorriso do gato de Alice", paper presented at Colóquio Internacional «Métodos Qualitativos em Ciências Sociais e Humanas: Perspetivas e Experiências» , Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 05 to 06 June.

Neilson, Alison (2011), "Knowledge-Policy Relationships in the Azores: Respecting or Consuming Fishers?", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER , Berlin, Germany, 12 to 16 September.

Neilson, Alison (2011), "Stories that fill and empty the ocean: How voice and culture construct an environment education", paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, ECER , Berlin, Germany, 12 to 16 September.

Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R; Moura Arroz, A; Mendonça, E (2011), "Respecting fish, fishers and fishing. Panel "Oceans of the Future", People Make Places - ways of feeling the world", paper presented at 10th international SIEF congress, Lisboa, Portugal, 17 to 21 April.

Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R; Moura Arroz, A; Mendonça, E (2011), "Perspectives about the Sea in the Azores, Portugal and Newfoundland, Canada. ", paper presented at 'It's Not Just About the Fish' Social and cultural perspectives of sustainable marine fisheries, Greenwich, UK, 04 to 05 April.

Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R; Moura Arroz, A; Mendonça, E (2010), "Perspectives about the sea in the Azores, Portugal and Newfoundland, Canada: Respecting fish, fishers and fishing. ", paper presented at Coastal Cultures in Times of Change, Slettestrand, Denmark , 25 to 26 November.

Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R; Moura Arroz, A; Mendonça, E (2010), "Eating, jigging or watching? Ocean heritage and sustainable development", paper presented at Heritage 2010, 2nd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Évora, Portugal, 23 to 26 June.

Neilson, Alison (2009), "Storying the sea: Science, tourism and intangible heritage in the Azores and Newfoundland. ", paper presented at Sharing Cultures, International Conference on Intangible Heritage, Madalena, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, 30 May 01 June.

Neilson, Alison; Gabriel, R; Ronald, M (2009), "International perspectives about the sea and sea life: Cetaceans and whale watching", paper presented at 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada, 10 to 14 May.

Neilson, Alison (2009), "Overview of the arts niche, final conference plenary ", paper presented at 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada, 10 to 14 May.

Neilson, Alison (2009), "Dancing the World ", paper presented at 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada, 10 to 14 May.

Moura Arroz, A; Gabriel, R; Neilson, Alison (2009), "Knowledge and commitment: Challenging childrens' environmental perspectives. ", paper presented at 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada, 10 to 14 May.

Neilson, Alison (2009), "Reconciling Diverse Perspectives for Cetacean Conservation", paper presented at annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society, Istanbul, Turkey, 28 February 03 March.

Gabriel, R; Moura Arroz, A; Neilson, Alison; Rodrigues, L.C. (2009), "O Ambiente não é qualquer coisa!: diversidade de perspectivas das crianças.", paper presented at 10º Congresso em Psicologia Ambiental, Lisboa, 28 to 30 January.

Neilson, Alison (2008), "Ecological identity: Islands in a vast ocean", paper presented at annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Environmental Education and Communication, EECOM , Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada, 25 to 28 September.

Gabriel, R; Neilson, Alison; Rodrigues, L.C.; Moura Arroz, A (2008), "Considering relationships of words, thoughts and "knowledge": Following ecological principles to enhance research and education", paper presented at annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 03 to 08 August.

Neilson, Alison; Stevens, D; Fraser, A.B.; Xu, S; Zhu, H; Ashraf, D; London McNab, S (2008), "Navigating the Doctoral Experience: Seven women's stories of multicultural collaboration and growth. ", paper presented at annual meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 31 May 03 June.

Neilson, Alison; Rodrigues, L.C.; Gabriel, R; Moura Arroz, A (2008), "Rodrigues, L. C., Gabriel, R., & Arroz, A. M. Making environmental meaning", paper presented at 1st International School Congress, Environment, Health and Education, Braga, Portugal, 08 to 10 May.