Key research interest: legal analysis of laws and policies to identify gaps, overlaps and/or inconsistencies, and to suggest the changes necessary to improve the effectiveness, harmonization and coherence of legal frameworks for a better protection of the environment and ecosystem functioning.
Froukje Maria Platjouw
Research Manager & Legal Expert in EU and international law
Key research interest: legal analysis of laws and policies to identify gaps, overlaps and/or inconsistencies, and to suggest the changes necessary to improve the effectiveness, harmonization and coherence of legal frameworks for a better protection of the environment and ecosystem functioning.
Specialises in ecosystem-based management, Environmental Assessments (EIA, SEA, State of the Environment), scenarios, environmental monitoring, Arctic environment, Arctic shipping, law of the sea, environmental regime for the marine Arctic
Gunnar Sander
Senior researcher
Specialises in ecosystem-based management, Environmental Assessments (EIA, SEA, State of the Environment), scenarios, environmental monitoring, Arctic environment, Arctic shipping, law of the sea, environmental regime for the marine Arctic
Specialty in marine and Arctic governance. Background in Environmental Policy, Political and Social Science.
Saskia Trubbach
Marine governance researcher
Specialty in marine and Arctic governance. Background in Environmental Policy, Political and Social Science.
Interdisciplinary marine scientist and ocean governance expert working to promote sustainable management of marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
Laura Friedrich
Marine governance researcher
Interdisciplinary marine scientist and ocean governance expert working to promote sustainable management of marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
Social science researcher with a focus on marine governance and transformations in the Arctic region. Particularly interested in understanding changing relations between science, politics and industry in transforming social and natural environments.
Maaike Knol-Kauffman
Senior researcher
Social science researcher with a focus on marine governance and transformations in the Arctic region. Particularly interested in understanding changing relations between science, politics and industry in transforming social and natural environments.
National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Marine Science
Research interest: role and contribution that Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) processes can give to the development of a sustainable blue economy, on a national and European scale through harmonic and coherent policies implementation.
Ginevra Capurso
Research fellow
Research interest: role and contribution that Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) processes can give to the development of a sustainable blue economy, on a national and European scale through harmonic and coherent policies implementation.
20+ years experience in coastal and marine policies and planning. Specialises in science to policy and science to practices at the national, Adriatic, Mediterranean and EU level, specifically dealing with Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), Land-Sea Interactions (LSI), sustainable blue economy and climate change adaptation.
Emiliano Ramieri
Research manager
20+ years experience in coastal and marine policies and planning. Specialises in science to policy and science to practices at the national, Adriatic, Mediterranean and EU level, specifically dealing with Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), Land-Sea Interactions (LSI), sustainable blue economy and climate change adaptation.
Science to policy transfer, scientific support to marine policy implementation, research exploitation and strategic development in the Blue Growth domain, Project Management of national and international research projects, research activities on integrated coastal management and maritime spatial planning.
Emiliano Ramieri
Research manager
Science to policy transfer, scientific support to marine policy implementation, research exploitation and strategic development in the Blue Growth domain, Project Management of national and international research projects, research activities on integrated coastal management and maritime spatial planning.
Experience extends from nature restoration solutions, biodiversity conservation, local capacity building on sustainable development, Science-Policy-Society interactions between biodiversity, climate change, and fisheries policies in the Mediterranean, gamification of participative democracy, EU marine environmental policies and their socio-psychological influences.
Sašo Gorjanc
Project Manager Ocean Policy and Governance
Experience extends from nature restoration solutions, biodiversity conservation, local capacity building on sustainable development, Science-Policy-Society interactions between biodiversity, climate change, and fisheries policies in the Mediterranean, gamification of participative democracy, EU marine environmental policies and their socio-psychological influences.
Experience in: European and national marine policies and governance, fisheries and offshore wind policies, land-to-sea interface, science-policy-society interactions, biodiversity conservation, maritime spatial planning
Laura Bastide
Marine policy and resources officer
Experience in: European and national marine policies and governance, fisheries and offshore wind policies, land-to-sea interface, science-policy-society interactions, biodiversity conservation, maritime spatial planning
Interdisciplinary background, with over five years of expertise in managing multi-stakeholder projects. Focus areas include policy analysis, ocean governance, offshore renewable energy, and Maritime Spatial Planning.
Cristian Passarello
Research Associate
Interdisciplinary background, with over five years of expertise in managing multi-stakeholder projects. Focus areas include policy analysis, ocean governance, offshore renewable energy, and Maritime Spatial Planning.
Research expertise on how innovative governance strategies can help to underpin transformative action towards overcoming global challenges, such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
Ben Boteler
Senior Research Associate
Research expertise on how innovative governance strategies can help to underpin transformative action towards overcoming global challenges, such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
Research expertise on the legal and regulatory issues relating to the energy transition within the multi-layered EU legal order, with a special interest in both environmental and economic law.
Nikolaos Giannopoulos
Assistant Professor in International and European Law
Research expertise on the legal and regulatory issues relating to the energy transition within the multi-layered EU legal order, with a special interest in both environmental and economic law.
Expert in sustainability law and legal theory, water law, marine environmental law, and nature conservation law on international, EU, and national levels. Additional work in consultancy for implementing marine environmental, water, and nature conservation law in Finland.
Niko Soininen
Professor of Environmental Law
Expert in sustainability law and legal theory, water law, marine environmental law, and nature conservation law on international, EU, and national levels. Additional work in consultancy for implementing marine environmental, water, and nature conservation law in Finland.
Research expertise in the field of environmental law, specializing in marine environmental law and sustainable development. Has written a thesis about aquaculture law in Sweden.
Jonas Kyrönviita
Postdoctoral researcher
Research expertise in the field of environmental law, specializing in marine environmental law and sustainable development. Has written a thesis about aquaculture law in Sweden.
20 years of research experience in the fields of water law (international, EU and Finnish), environmental law, and climate change law. Has published widely in the field of environmental and water law and has high leadership experience from interdisciplinary research projects
Antti Belinskij
Professor of Environmental and Water Law
20 years of research experience in the fields of water law (international, EU and Finnish), environmental law, and climate change law. Has published widely in the field of environmental and water law and has high leadership experience from interdisciplinary research projects
