German
I am currently co-leading the Marine Regions Forum project, focusing on multi-stakeholder dialogue and exchange processes within and between marine regions to accelerate transformative ocean action and strengthen regional ocean governance.
Expertise: marine socio-ecology, marine ecosystem conservation, stakeholder engagement, science-policy, collaborative governance, and knowledge exchange.
My research interests are on aquatic invertebrates and fish with focus on fisheries, crustacean and molluscan genetics and taxonomy, ecology, conservation, climate change and aquaculture.
I am a marine microbiologist by training but have mainly focussed on how (scientific) information can be better used to guide policy decisions and ultimately marine governance. For me, this includes the participation of as many involved stakeholders as possible to co-create ideas and jointly develop a roadmap for the sustainable use of marine resources.
I have now succesfully worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including the maritime industry, NGOs and both scientific/intergovernmental istitutions.
Michael is a social scientist with an interest in understanding why people work together for sustainable resource use. He specializes in ocean governance, co-management, fisheries conflict, and science-policy engagement on complex social-ecological challenges. He uses inquiry-based techniques inform research, management and policy on global environmental change.
Geospatial analysis and multispectral remote sensing expert, focussing on coastal and other landscape dynamics and degradation, and coastal climate change adaptation. Recently developed South African coastal and estuarine climate change related flood and erosion risk indices on a national level.