Thesis subject

Coastal/marine local & indigenous knowledge in biodiversity governance

Local and indigenous knowledge is often relegated or ignored in (global) biodiversity assessments and negotiations.

Students are invited to investigate one of the following lines of enquiry:

  1. a case study examining how the participatory processes within IPBES that encourage more inclusive knowledge production for global assessments have played out in practice
  2. how has local and indigenous knowledge being used in defining the CBD’s agenda to 2050, in particular regarding coastal or marine issues

Other topics are also possible, based on students’ own interests.

About

Eira has a background in the natural sciences (marine biology, fisheries and aquaculture) and a passion for marine governance issues. She is interested in a wide range of research methods and is keen to learn new theories to expand her understanding of human-nature interactions, with a focus on knowledge co-production in the context of marine governance.