Five social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives

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dc.contributor.authorPartelow, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorSchlüter, Achim
dc.contributor.authorBan, Natalie C.
dc.contributor.authorBatterbury, Simon
dc.contributor.authorBavinck, Maarten
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorBleischwitz, Raimund
dc.contributor.authorBlythe, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorBogusz, Tanja
dc.contributor.authorBreckwoldt, Annette
dc.contributor.authorCinner, Joshua E.
dc.contributor.authorGlaser, Marion
dc.contributor.authorGovan, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorGruby, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorHatje, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorHornidge, Anna-Katharina
dc.contributor.authorHovelsrud, Grete K.
dc.contributor.authorKittinger, John N.
dc.contributor.authorRiechers, Maraja
dc.contributor.authorRiekhof, Marie-Catherine
dc.contributor.authorSchwerdtner Manez, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorShellock, Rebecca J.
dc.contributor.authorSiriwardane-de Zoysa, Rapti
dc.contributor.authorSteins, Nathalie A.
dc.contributor.authorVan Assche, Kristof
dc.contributor.authorVillasante, Sebastian
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-22T17:19:17Z
dc.date.available2024-03-22T17:19:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractOcean sustainability initiatives – in research, policy, management and development – will be more effective in delivering comprehensive benefits when they proactively engage with, invest in and use social knowledge. We synthesize five intervention areas for social engagement and collaboration with marine social scientists, and in doing so we appeal to all ocean science disciplines and non-academics working in ocean initiatives in industry, government, funding agencies and civil society. The five social intervention areas are: (1) Using ethics to guide decision-making, (2) Improving governance, (3) Aligning human behavior with goals and values, (4) Addressing impacts on people, and (5) Building transdisciplinary partnerships and co-producing sustainability transformation pathways. These focal areas can guide the four phases of most ocean sustainability initiatives (Intention, Design, Implementation, Evaluation) to improve social benefits and avoid harm. Early integration of social knowledge from the five areas during intention setting and design phases offers the deepest potential for delivering benefits. Later stage collaborations can leverage opportunities in existing projects to reflect and learn while improving impact assessments, transparency and reporting for future activities.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipS.K. received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 896438. M.R. gratefully acknowledges funding from the projects Test-ArtUp (no. 03F0897E) and project SpaCeParti (no. 03F0914A) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. K.S.M. was founded under IFZO Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research, as part of the project Fragmented Transformations. S.V. gratefully acknowledges the financial support from EQUALSEA (Transformative adaptation towards ocean equity) project, under the European Horizon 2020 Program, ERC Consolidator (Grant Agreement # 101002784) funded by the European Research Council. N.R.I. received funding from the FACE-IT project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement No. 869154.
dc.identifier.citationPartelow, S., Schlüter, A., Ban, N. C., Batterbury, S., Bavinck, M., Bennett, N., Bleischwitz, R., Blythe, J., Bogusz, T., Breckwoldt, A., Cinner, J. E., Glaser, M., Govan, H., Gruby, R. L., Hatje, V., Hornidge, A., Hovelsrud, G. K., Kittinger, J. N., Kluger, L. C., . . . Villasante, S. (2023). Five social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives. npj Ocean Sustainability, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00032-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00032-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16272
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNpj Ocean Sustainability
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Environmental Studies
dc.titleFive social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives
dc.typeArticle

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