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Pref ace
This volume presents research on current practices and challenges in the governance of the Baltic Sea marine environment – a complex and interdisciplinary
research fi eld of high academic and societal concern.
The book grew from the interdisciplinary RISKGOV
1 and COOP
2 projects on
regional level environmental governance of the Baltic Sea, led by Michael Gilek
and Björn Hassler from Södertörn University, respectively. These projects aimed to
explore and compare arrangements and processes associated with the governance of
large-scale environmental resources, problems and risks in the Baltic Sea.
We are very grateful for the generous fi nancial support received from the
Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies and to the funders of the BONUS+
programme (i.e. the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme and
national funding agencies, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF), the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Swedish Research
Council FORMAS, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the
Academy of Finland). Without this support this book would not have been
possible.
Special thanks to our fellow contributors, all of whom have submitted topical
papers based on high-quality research. Finally, we are grateful for valuable comments received through the external peer review process as well as for the professionalism shown by our editors at Springer.
Michael Gilek, Södertörn University, Sweden (on behalf of the editors)
1 During the period 2009–2015, RISKGOV (Environmental Risk Governance of the Baltic Sea)
was an international interdisciplinary research programme focused on analysing regional environmental governance of the Baltic Sea. www.sh.se/riskgov
2 The COOP project (Cooperating for Sustainable Regional Marine Governance) is funded by the
Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies between 2012 and 2015. It aims to analyse and
compare challenges and opportunities for cooperation in Baltic Sea fi sheries and eutrophication
governance.
Pref ace
This volume presents research on current practices and challenges in the governance of the Baltic Sea marine environment – a complex and interdisciplinary
research fi eld of high academic and societal concern.
The book grew from the interdisciplinary RISKGOV
1 and COOP
2 projects on
regional level environmental governance of the Baltic Sea, led by Michael Gilek
and Björn Hassler from Södertörn University, respectively. These projects aimed to
explore and compare arrangements and processes associated with the governance of
large-scale environmental resources, problems and risks in the Baltic Sea.
We are very grateful for the generous fi nancial support received from the
Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies and to the funders of the BONUS+
programme (i.e. the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme and
national funding agencies, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF), the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Swedish Research
Council FORMAS, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the
Academy of Finland). Without this support this book would not have been
possible.
Special thanks to our fellow contributors, all of whom have submitted topical
papers based on high-quality research. Finally, we are grateful for valuable comments received through the external peer review process as well as for the professionalism shown by our editors at Springer.
Michael Gilek, Södertörn University, Sweden (on behalf of the editors)
1 During the period 2009–2015, RISKGOV (Environmental Risk Governance of the Baltic Sea)
was an international interdisciplinary research programme focused on analysing regional environmental governance of the Baltic Sea. www.sh.se/riskgov
2 The COOP project (Cooperating for Sustainable Regional Marine Governance) is funded by the
Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies between 2012 and 2015. It aims to analyse and
compare challenges and opportunities for cooperation in Baltic Sea fi sheries and eutrophication
governance.