Collaboration

The Baltic Sea Centre's activities are largely based on collaboration with other experts and organisations. We are working together to improve environmental conditions or interactions with the society. Welcome to contact us with ideas for collaboration!

Two principals signing the formal agreement of cooperation between Stockholm and Helsinki Universites.

Our activities include a number of collaborative assignments, both together with other universities and experts or with organisations and partners from other parts of society. The main target of all projects are that they lead to more knowledge, the smarter decision-making and a better marine environment.

Special assignments by Stockholm University

The Baltic Sea Centre performs several special cooperation assignments for Stockholm University and works to promote cooperation between researchers, institutions and the surrounding society.

Baltic Bridge - a strategic SWE-FIN partnership

Collaboration between researchers at the University of Helsinki and Stockholm University has historical roots and since 2014 there has also been a strategic partnership between the two University boards.

The Baltic Sea Centre has an important and growing research collaboration with the researchers at Tvärminne Zoological Field Station, University of Helsinki.

Strategic funding for Baltic Sea research

On behalf of the scientific field, the Baltic Sea Centre manages the strategic funds for Baltic Sea research. These fund a number of assistant professors and postdoctoral fellows at several departments at Stockholm University. Together, they form the Baltic Sea Fellows network, with the ambition to promote interdisciplinary collaborations in various ways between the participating researchers and also between the departments.

Baltic Sea Science Center at Skansen

At the popular tourist venue Skansen, a Science Center was built in 2019 with the Baltic Sea in focus. The goal of this Baltic Sea Science Center is to create a world-class educational centre, give visitors an insight into what the Baltic Sea looks like below the surface - and how we can tackle the challenges that exist.

This is an important arena for reaching out widely with research results.
said Stockholm University's vice chancellor Astrid Söderbergh Widding at the inauguration.

The Baltic Sea Centre is responsible for the University's representation in the expert council that decides on updates and changes in the content of the exhibitions, aquaria halls and special educational activities.

Long-term collaborations

The Baltic Sea Centre is involved in several long-term collaborations and partnerships, at both regional, national and international levels.

Support to Helcom – the environmental convention for the Baltic Sea

The international work within the Baltic Sea countries' intergovernmental organisation Helsinki Commission (Helcom) is supported by scientific data through results from the Baltic Sea Centre's group for marine modeling, the Baltic Nest Institute.

Their models and databases form the basis for the guideline values on how large reductions in nutrient outputs all Baltic Sea countries need to achieve in order to meet the Baltic Sea Action Plan targets.

Editorial office for marine news and knowledge

For many years, The Baltic Sea Centre have served environmental managers and governers, schools and the general public with easily accessible knowledge and the latest news from Swedish marine research through the Swedish products:

the magazine Havsutsikt,
the website havet.nu
and the digital field guide Livet i havet.

Now this extensive communication collaboration are run by Sweden's two largest marine universities; Stockholm University and University of Gothenburg.

Research collaborations

The Baltic Sea Centre and Stockholm University are involved in several collaborations with other key research institutions where expertise from different disciplines is used to develop a broad knowledge base on how the Baltic Sea environment is changing and how management can best be supported. Examples of these collaborations are:

CoastClim

The Centre for Coastal Ecosystem and Climate Change Research (CoastClim) is based on the strategic cooperation with University of Helsinki – the Baltic Bridge. Through the collaboration within CoastClim, marine ecosystem and climate change research is strenghtened between universities. The multidisciplinary research team of CoastClim brings together a cutting-edge of expertise in marine ecology, biogeochemistry, atmospheric sciences, and ecosystem modelling.