The Baltic Sea Centre focuses on scientific issues that are important for understanding and managing the Baltic Sea and its catchment area. Our researchers form an interdisciplinary team whose projects have a strong focus on being applied and able to support decision-making and administrative processes. The environmental challenges we study are eutrophication, environmental pollutants, fisheries, coastal exploitation and climate change. We apply a source-to-sea approach since many environmental problems in the Baltic Sea are caused by human activities in the catchment area.
Our research support a better management of the Baltic Sea environment, as experts in management processes, with prioritized analyses and syntheses, and technical support.
Multidisciplinary strategic partnership and research infrastructure project
The strategic partnership and research infrastructure project CoastClim, between Stockholm University and the University of Helsinki, evaluates links between coastal biodiversity, carbon cycling, and climate feedbacks.
Decision support tools
The Baltic Nest Institute 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 BSAP.
The strategic partnership decided by the universities in March 2014 facilitates the forming of new links between researchers, development of joint course activities and potentially also development of infrastructure.
Strategic funding for Baltic Sea research
Baltic Sea Fellows gathers young researchers at various departments of the University, in a joint marine interdisciplinary research team at the Baltic Sea Centre.