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Laura is an interdisciplinary marine social scientist with over thirteen years of experience in applied research on marine policy and management, area-based ocean governance, ecosystem services, and ocean and ecosystem accounting. Her main interest is in applying a systems perspective to ocean and coastal management that recognises the links between ecosystems and societal wellbeing. Much of her work is about integrating the value of ecosystems and biodiversity into marine decision making to support sustainable ocean development. Over the last eight years, her focus has increasingly been on applying ecosystem accounting to the ocean.
At NIVA, Laura is working on advancing the development and uptake of ocean ecosystem accounting in Norway and globally. She is leading the technical work on the Indo-Norwegian Collaboration Project on Ecosystem Services and Accounting (INECO). Laura is a member of the System for Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) Ocean Working Group and the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Panel of Technical Experts. Laura is also part of the ocean governance team at NIVA, where she is currently working on projects addressing policy coherence in ocean governance and effective marine protected areas in European Seas.
Laura holds a PhD in marine studies from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, where she investigated the potential of ecosystem service assessments as a stakeholder engagement tool. Laura further has an MSc in marine policy and planning from the University of Plymouth and an MSc in environmental sciences from the Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany. Before joining NIVA, Laura was a programme officer at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
At NIVA, Laura is working on advancing the development and uptake of ocean ecosystem accounting in Norway and globally. She is leading the technical work on the Indo-Norwegian Collaboration Project on Ecosystem Services and Accounting (INECO). Laura is a member of the System for Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) Ocean Working Group and the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Panel of Technical Experts. Laura is also part of the ocean governance team at NIVA, where she is currently working on projects addressing policy coherence in ocean governance and effective marine protected areas in European Seas.
Laura holds a PhD in marine studies from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, where she investigated the potential of ecosystem service assessments as a stakeholder engagement tool. Laura further has an MSc in marine policy and planning from the University of Plymouth and an MSc in environmental sciences from the Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany. Before joining NIVA, Laura was a programme officer at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).