A series of seminars organised by the Center for Ocean and Society (CeOS) of the KMS research focus and the Interdisciplinary Master School of Marine Sciences (iMSMS) at Kiel University.

Faktencheck Artenvielfalt zeigt erstmals, wie es um die biologische Vielfalt in Deutschland steht

A new educational coastal trail, officially inaugurated today in Wendtorf on Schleswig-Holstein's Baltic Sea coast, now offers insights into life on the coast and the Baltic Sea habitat

Early-career scientists are invited to join our free workshop from October 7-12, 2024, both online and in person.

Nachhaltige Seeigelfischerei: Wissenschaft trifft Praxis

CeOS researchers develop immersive teaching content together with UiT "The Arctic University of Norway"

We are looking for a researcher in the field of resource economics starting 01.11.2024

Kieler Meeresforschende von CAU und GEOMAR trafen sich am Ostufer zum disziplinenübergreifenden Ostsee-Workshop

Schwedische Delegation der Universität Göteborg zu Gast bei Kiel Marine Science an der CAU

Sea urchin food web goes to the classroom

New ICES Expert Group, chaired by the Universities of Kiel and Hamburg and the Danish DTU Aqua, begins Work

A hands-on experience of the ocean and the world of marine research developed by the Center for Ocean and Society

Thematic session at conference in Dresden

CeOS involved in MULTI-MAREX

Prof. Dr. Marie-Catherine Riekhof and Prof. Dr. Frederik Noack present an explanation based on regulatory costs and technological progress

At the 9th World Fisheries Congress, Rudi Voss presented on “Optimal Management Of Western Baltic Cod and Herring Fisheries Under Climate Change” in an unusual, outreaching way.

The Special Issue is part of the UN decade project’s activity B1OH.

Forschende der Uni Kiel, des GEOMAR und der Universität Hamburg bilden auf der FS ALKOR Fischer in meereswissenschaftlichen Methoden aus.

Brochure of the reSEArch-EU project with recommendations for researchers on the involvement of practice partners

We are looking for a XR/VR Scientist/Developer for creating immersive virtual environments which will be used in stakeholder dialogue formats and the establishment of a living lab

Adaptation of coastal fisheries in the Western Baltic Sea to climate change

BMEL-Leitbildkommission zur Zukunft der deutschen Ostseefischerei legt Empfehlungen vor

Researchers in Kiel and Lima discuss ways to adapt to changing environmental conditions

Through their daily work on the water, fishers have a different perception of the ecosystem than scientists, for example. How can this knowledge be integrated into scientific assessments?

The paper “To tip or not to tip: The Window of Tipping Point Analysis for social‐ecological systems” led by Prof. Dr. Marie-Catherine Riekhof and published in the journal of Natural Resource Modeling, has won the Lamberson Award 2023

CAU-Professorin Marie-Catherine Riekhof nimmt am parlamentarisches Frühstück der DAM-Forschungsmission sustainMare in Berlin teil

CeOS ist Mitglied im „Netzwerk Reallabore der Nachhaltigkeit“ und hat in den letzten Jahren die Entwicklung mariner Reallabore wesentlich geprägt.

At the Baltic Sea Festival Science Lab (in Stockholm), young researchers were able to translate their findings into audio experiences together with composers.

CeOS will participate in this year's ICES Annual Science Conference 2023 and will travel to Bilbao (Spain) from September 11-14. The focus is on the future of fisheries. To this end, the CeOS team is organizing several event formats.

From August 30 to September 1, 2023, the midterm conference of the research mission "Protection and Sustainable Use of Marine Areas - sustainMare" of the German Alliance for Marine Research (DAM) will take place at Kiel University.

From August 22nd to 24th, 2023, the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Cape Town became the epicentre of a transformative event - a Science to Policy Workshop for Ecosystem Based Management.

CeOS shows transdisciplinary research and virtual tour of the research vessel METEOR

Researchers from Germany and Peru jointly develop new adaptation strategies to the impacts of climate change on the Humboldt upwelling area off the Peruvian coast

Ausstellung im Pop-Up Pavillon zu Umwelt und Gesellschaft aus der Perspektive von Wissenschaft und Kunst

Tree-based solutions to ensure drinking water quality in Portugal

Researchers will develop management options for better balance of sea urchins and fish in marine forests

On 21.02.2023 Anna Kassautzki (MdB, SPD) and Delara Burchardt (MEP, SPD), met with CeOS staff.

Book chapter published in "Transdisciplinary Marine Research"

Struktur der submarinen Westflanke des Vulkans Tajogaite steht im Zentrum der meereswissenschaftlichen Expedition

Cross-sectoral cooperation for restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems and increased climate resilience through transformative innovation.

Konstituierende Sitzung der Kommission des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) zur Zukunft der Ostseefischerei in der Kieler Seeburg

A total of 65 representatives from different sectors participated.

(28.09.2022) Visit CeOS during the Science Day on 30.09.2022. From the bridge to the lab - join marine scientists on their ocean expedition.

(14.09.2022) We are looking for a research assistant for the technical support of a seminar series in WS 22/23.

New Commentary on the governance of blue carbon ecosystems in the journal of "Ecological Economics".

More than 100 international experts discuss ocean health with focus on impact of marine pathogens on ecosystem and society

New KMS paper on the deposition of beach wrack in coastal wetlands during storms. For the first time, a section of the Baltic Sea coast was accurately surveyed after several winter storms.

(16.06.2022) In the short film CoastScapes, scientists* from the Center for Ocean and Society at Kiel University look at different coastal zones, such as beach grass in the dune to brackish water reeds - a nursery for young fish.

(30.05.2022) Dr. Frederike Tirre on Outreach & Science Communication as guest on Ocean Summit and Geomar panel during Science Communication Focus Weeks .

Dr. Florian Petersen was honored with the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation award 2021 for his outstanding PhD thesis.

(17.05.2022) Early registration, abstract submission & financial support application deadline on May 22, for international symposium on “Small Pelagic Fish: New Frontiers in Science for Sustainable Management”, Nov 7-11, 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal.

(11.05.2022) Heike Schwermer and Vanessa Steinweg will participate in the 31. Marine Environmental Symposium and present their poster on "Fish, Fisheries & Culture - A Transdisciplinary Look at Western Baltic Fisheries"

(05.05.2022) New study published in the "Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning" looks at the institutional emergence, particularly space rights, within the culture of the Peruvian bay scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) in Sechura Bay, Peru.

Research project Living Lab Eckernförde takes initial stock after one year of dialogue with stakeholders from the region

(29.03.2022) For a master thesis about the German Baltic Sea we are looking for participants for a survey. Interested? Then please fill out the following survey: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/CEOS/9e3a/?a=1031

(25.03.2022) Erster Parlamentarischer Abend der Deutschen Allianz Meeresforschung in Kiel

(25.03.2022) ITD Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinarity

(21.02.2022) Project SpaCeParti relies on living labs to resolve conflicts of use

(Jan. 28, 2022) New study published in ICES Journal of Marine Science: robust multispecies ecological-economic management of fishery resources in the central Baltic Sea.

(26.01.2022) Lecture on "Some Economic Considerations on Baltic Sea Fisheries" at this year's University Conference of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.

(25.1.2022) CeOS scientist Dr Florian Petersen is investigating earthquake hazards off the Sicilian coast during an expedition on the French research vessel NO Pourquoi Pas?

(13.01.2022) Latest project clip now available on Youtube

(7.1.2022) Researchers reconstruct link between ocean warming and shift to smaller fish species using sediment samples from the Humboldt Current System

(9.12.2021) Expedition M178 HazELNUT with the German research vessel METEOR successfully completed work off Etna and is now on its way to the third active volcano on its journey from Emden, through the Mediterranean to the Canary Islands.

(2.12.2021) Exchange for networking science and society is strengthened

Historical sources indicate that overfishing of the Baltic herring began over 500 years ago and continues to have an impact today

(4.11.2021) A thought experiment examines opportunities and prerequisites

(27.9.2021) Games- Bringing science to the public