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Collaborative Food Production as a Tool for Sustainable Behaviour
(2021-11-17)
To make people be able to effectively be able to make decisions to save the ocean from overexploitation, researchers are calling for strategies to make individuals more ocean literate. An Ocean ...
The Role of the Sea in an Innovation Ecosystem. A case study of blue community gardens.
(2021-11-22)
Innovation ecosystems (IESs) describe the interactions and co-evolvement of actors that enable innovation. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the concept of IESs in a context where the biological ecosystem and ecosystem ...
Cultivating red seaweed Palmaria palmata. Cultivation method and attitudes in the seaweed industry.
(2022-11-18)
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the prospects of cultivating P. palmata from a technical point of view and to gain knowledge on the industry perspective in Scandinavia. The method was developed based on a pilot ...
Exploring risks of blue economy developments to people’s livelihood. A case study of Namibia’s coastal communities.
(2023-02-13)
Fuelled by the vision of the blue economy, marine sectors are developing and expanding at a
fast rate. Though intended to be done in a sustainable matter, such developments often come
with a large set of uncertainties ...
Non-market goods derived from restoring flads, are they worth the trouble?
(2022-06-23)
The quark archipelago is home to a unique environment called flad. These shallow lagoons are, trough an uplift up to 1cm year-1, changing appearance rather quickly and therefore create a niche environment. In Västerbotten, ...
Sex-associated genomic variation in two ecotypes of Littorina saxatilis on the Swedish west coast
(2022-09-26)
Sex, one of the most conspicuous characteristics of living organisms, has always been
fascinating for biologists. The diversity of sex goes much beyond a simple distinction between males and females. Many organisms have ...
Challenges of cross-border collaboration and coordination in marine national parks.
(2022-09-26)
Protection of marine areas is important to tackle global environmental challenges humanity faces and manage human activities in a sustainable way. Due to the lack of ecological boundaries in the seas, cross-border collaboration ...
Unveiling the future: Exploring Sweden’s opportunities to transition to an auction-based system for offshore wind.
(2023-08-11)
The energy transition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the Russian Federation’s war on Ukraine has incentivised targets of European independence in the energy market. Offshore wind is deemed an important energy source ...