Cooperations
International Council for the Exporation of the Sea (ICES)
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The department Human Dimensions of Coastal Areas is involved in several activities of the International Council for the Exporation of the Sea (ICES). Dr. Andreas Kannen acts currently as German representative in the ICES Science Committee and Dr. Kira Gee took in 2025 the role as co-chair of the ICES Working Group on Marine Planning and Coastal Zone Management (WGMPCZM). Further activities include co-chairing of sessions at ICES Annual Science Conferences, co-authoring Cooperative Research Reports, initiating and co-chairing ICES Workshops on quality of marine planning processes, cultural dimensions of coastal and marine planning as well as risks and conflicts in planning. Furthermore, the department is - together with colleagues from other departments at Hereon – involved in the development of research on offshore windfarms within ICES. more
Particular reports with Hereon involve:
- ICES Roadmap for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE)
- ICES Cooperative Research Report No 357 (2023): Understanding different types of conflicts and coexistence in marine spatial planning (MSP)
- ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 327 (2015): Marine Spatial Planning Quality Management System
- ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 320 (2013): Integrated coastal-zone risk management
- ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 317 (2013): Marine and coastal ecosystem-based risk management handbook
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at the University of Hamburg
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The Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) brings together the expertise of nine university institutes and facilities and is part of the KlimaCampus Hamburg. CEN links the natural and social sciences – in research, education, and in promoting and supporting the next generation of researchers – and combines resources to address far-reaching, cross-disciplinary questions. The Hereon department Human Dimensions of Coastal Areas cooperates with the CEN particularly in the research topic Energy Landscapes. more
Department of Integrative Geography, University of Hamburg
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Linking the areas of physical and human geography as well as re-integrating both areas into research and teaching practice, as has often been discussed in the past, are the goals of this department. The team focuses on the interactions between humans and nature and the interdependency between the environment and society. more