Linking Geospatial Science to Ocean Governance Solutions

Increasingly, our research has been focused at the interface between ocean science and policy. We often work with a highly interdisciplinary team of lawyers, social scientists and practitioners where we link place-based scientific research findings to inform ocean governance. The application of geospatial data science, including machine learning, enables the identification of patterns influencing key ecosystem processes and helps us answer the “where” or place-based management questions in order to address complex socio-ecological challenges