Chapter 2
Stakeholder Involvement in Technological
Design: Lessons Learned from
the MERMAID and TROPOS Projects
Marian Stuiver, Sander van den Burg, Wenting Chen, Claire Haggett,
David Rudolph, and Phoebe Koundouri
Abstract Shared multi-use of ocean space is associated with overcoming several
complex technical, regulatory, financial, environmental and socio-economic problems. In achieving this goal, several stakeholders of relevance need to participate in
the design and implementation of multi-use platforms. This chapter (This work has
received funding from the European Union’s 7th Framework Program under grant
agreement N
288710 and N
288192) reviews and discusses the participatory
approaches employed in the MERMAID and TROPOS projects. The discussion
draws on the methods employed in each case, the objectives and obstacles encountered resulting in useful conclusions for participatory design.
Keywords MERMAID · TROPOS · Multi-use platforms · Stakeholder engagement
M. Stuiver
Wageningen Environmental Research at Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
S. van den Burg
Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
W. Chen
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway
C. Haggett
School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
D. Rudolph
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
P. Koundouri (*)
School of Economics and ReSEES Laboratory, Athens University of Economics and Business,
Athens, Greece
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Europe, Paris, France
EIT Climate–KIC Hub Greece, ATHENA Research and Innovation Center, Athens, Greece
ICRE8: International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy, Athens, Greece
e-mail: pkoundouri@aueb.gr
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Stakeholder Involvement in Technological
Design: Lessons Learned from
the MERMAID and TROPOS Projects
Marian Stuiver, Sander van den Burg, Wenting Chen, Claire Haggett,
David Rudolph, and Phoebe Koundouri
Abstract Shared multi-use of ocean space is associated with overcoming several
complex technical, regulatory, financial, environmental and socio-economic problems. In achieving this goal, several stakeholders of relevance need to participate in
the design and implementation of multi-use platforms. This chapter (This work has
received funding from the European Union’s 7th Framework Program under grant
agreement N
288710 and N
288192) reviews and discusses the participatory
approaches employed in the MERMAID and TROPOS projects. The discussion
draws on the methods employed in each case, the objectives and obstacles encountered resulting in useful conclusions for participatory design.
Keywords MERMAID · TROPOS · Multi-use platforms · Stakeholder engagement
M. Stuiver
Wageningen Environmental Research at Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
S. van den Burg
Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
W. Chen
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway
C. Haggett
School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
D. Rudolph
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
P. Koundouri (*)
School of Economics and ReSEES Laboratory, Athens University of Economics and Business,
Athens, Greece
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Europe, Paris, France
EIT Climate–KIC Hub Greece, ATHENA Research and Innovation Center, Athens, Greece
ICRE8: International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy, Athens, Greece
e-mail: pkoundouri@aueb.gr
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
P. Koundouri (ed.), The Ocean of Tomorrow, Environment & Policy 57,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56847-4_2
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