Dr. Heike Schwermer
Vita
Heike Schwermer has been a research associate at the Center for Ocean and Society since November 2020. She studied geography and fisheries science at the University of Hamburg and completed her PhD in socio-ecological research, using the cod fishery in the western Baltic Sea as a case study. She received a scholarship from the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) to carry out her doctoral thesis.
Additionally, she was able to gain a lot of experience outside of science, for example, the assessment of fish stocks in the context of the WWF Fish Guide. She also coordinated a project of NABU Greifswald (Change of Perspective - Protection and Sustainable Use of the Greifswald Bay), which dealt with conflicts and future perspectives of the herring fisheries in the Greifswald Bay.
Heike Schwermer is currently conducting her research as part of the SALTGARDEN project and is coordinating the project Dialog Küstenfischerei.
Current research questions
How are systems, system components and their interactions perceived and described by different stakeholder groups?
What value do marine and coastal socio-ecological systems hold, for example for the quality of life of the local population, and how can this knowledge contribute to inclusive ecosystem management?
How can society, politics and science work together to contribute to the sustainable development of marine and coastal socio-ecological systems?