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The Water and Society section engages in research on the interactions between people and nature, and how different values and knowledge can be better integrated in environmental policy, regulation and management. Understanding these interactions is essential for relevant, inclusive and holistic water and environmental governance. 

Advice for Policy Development to Implement, Mainstream and Upscale Nature-based Solutions in the Nordics

Reviving reservoirs: creating biodiversity hotspots in aquatic deserts (REBIRTH)

COMPASS (Comprehensive Offshore Management Platform for Assessing Sustainability) is an EU-funded project that delivers an innovative and holistic assessment of both global and local cumulative impacts of offshore wind farms, integrating environmental, economic, and social tools with an offshore wind farm digital twin.

The section covers all aspects of environmental hazards and risk assessments of chemicals. We are continuously developing new systems and improving existing methods, to better assess the effects of chemical substances in both freshwater and marine environments. 

The Arctic environment is facing evident changes such as temperature increase and consequent rapid decline in the sea ice. These conditions will favour the development of industrial activities, e.g., oil & gas exploration and aquaculture. We need to assess the potential environmental risks from the anticipated industrial development in the Arctic, and to do that, we need to develop robust methods and approaches that characterise the pollution pathway from the emission to the environment to the display of adverse outcomes in the biota.