{"id":49,"date":"2024-04-30T05:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T05:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboakademi.kmghost.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:37:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column49_f70a27-bc > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column49_f70a27-bc > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}.kadence-column49_f70a27-bc > .kt-inside-inner-col{min-height:260px;}.kadence-column49_f70a27-bc > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column49_f70a27-bc > 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Focusing on the Archipelago Sea and \u00c5land Island area in Finland, we study how human actions interact with marine biodiversity in creating wicked problems, and what can be done to solve such challenges. 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_977161-57 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_977161-57[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_977161-57\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading49_977161-57 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_977161-57\">Why SOS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sustainable Ocean Science is needed as we are grappling with the triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution. On a global and planetary scale, we are beyond safe operating spaces for biosphere integrity \u2013 that is biodiversity and all its dimensions. On a regional level &#8211; EU recognises that 79 % of its coastal seabed is destroyed due to our ways of fishing, key groups of animals are in critical decline and 46 % or the coastal waters suffers from eutrophication. Bringing us to our own wicked problem in the Baltic Sea \u2013 here in Turku in the Archipelago Sea, we unfortunately still struggle with the last Eutrophication Hot Spot in Finland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col{min-height:400px;}.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-image:url('https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/06\/08_22_Kokarsoren_Fucus_PA_DSC03279-scaled.jpg');background-size:cover;background-position:46% 73%;background-attachment:scroll;background-repeat:no-repeat;}.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column49_f297b3-91{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column49_f297b3-91 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column49_f297b3-91\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id49_41fa26-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id49_41fa26-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id49_41fa26-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id49_41fa26-11 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id49_41fa26-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id49_41fa26-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id49_41fa26-11 alignnone has-theme-palette8-background-color kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxs, 0.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxs, 0.5rem);}.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col{row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column49_43f792-17{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column49_43f792-17 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column49_43f792-17\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">The Centre for Sustainable Ocean Science (SOS) provides transdisciplinary knowledge on wicked problems linked to marine biodiversity and its role in the societal transition to sustainability. SOS is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abo.fi\/en\/research-at-aau\/centres-of-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c5AU Centre of Excellence<\/a> funded by the \u00c5bo Akademi University Foundation during 2024\u20132028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">We are grappling with the triple planetary crisis; biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution. Ocean science is acutely needed to understand the pressures on and changes to marine biodiversity, which is central to the green transition and society\u2019s shift towards a more sustainable future. SOS delivers the science that can strengthen the consensus on policymaking options, identify solutions, and guide actions for environmental sustainability, equipping us to address the planetary biodiversity crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">SOS asks: When and how do human actions interact with marine biodiversity in creating wicked problems? What can be done to solve such challenges?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">These questions are studied in the natural marine laboratory in the Archipelago Sea and \u00c5land Island area, as it hosts a plethora of human-nature interactions where biodiversity is at the heart of the challenges and conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">SOS approaches marine wicked problems through reflexive learning in an inter-\/transdisciplinary framework. This dynamic approach involves learning to work together transdiciplinarily, includes co-creation, and allows adjusting the research to changes in the wicked problems. In practice, this is done utilizing the Living Lab methodology \u2013&nbsp;a research concept that is often defined as a user-centered, open-innovation ecosystem that integrates concurrent research and innovation processes within a public-private-people partnership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The inter- and transdisciplinary research in SOS includes environmental and marine biology, chemistry, industrial management, political science, law, and the arts. The work is structured around 6 workpackages. 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