Planning for citizen participation in the EU mission to restore our ocean and waters by 2030

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dc.check.date2025-09-26
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dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorDebaveye, Lineen
dc.contributor.authorBjørkan, Maikenen
dc.contributor.authorSteiro, Vida Maria Daaeen
dc.contributor.authorMaria Vittoria Marraen
dc.contributor.authorSeys, Janen
dc.contributor.authorDeane, Aoifeen
dc.contributor.authorNamisnik, Wendyen
dc.contributor.authorPelegri, Josep L.en
dc.contributor.authorSimon, Carineen
dc.contributor.authorFalcieri, Francescoen
dc.contributor.authorGiuffredi, Ritaen
dc.contributor.authorLaurenza, Luciaen
dc.contributor.authorApazoglou, Eirinien
dc.contributor.authorPetersen, H. Cecilieen
dc.contributor.authorCarbajal, María Elenaen
dc.contributor.authorGiannoukakou-Leontsini, Ifigeneiaen
dc.contributor.authorFuster, Noemíen
dc.contributor.authorNys, Cécileen
dc.contributor.funderHORIZON EUROPE Framework Programmeen
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-30T13:39:28Z
dc.date.available2024-09-30T13:39:28Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-26en
dc.description.abstractThe European Commission’s Mission to “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030” (Mission Ocean & Waters) is, at the most superficial level, an overarching policy framework with the primary aim of improving the health of European ocean, sea, and freshwater ecosystems. However, its use of the Mission framing and emphasis on fostering social, political, and economic transformations through its activities makes it a much more holistic and ambitious undertaking. This article explores challenges and opportunities that arise with the emphasis placed on increasing citizen participation in Mission Ocean & Waters, in the context of “Post-Normal Science” (Funtowicz & Ravetz Funtowicz and Ravetz, Krimsky and Golding (eds), Social Theories of Risk, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1992). We begin with a description of Mission Ocean & Waters, discussing its citizen engagement ambitions through the lens of Post-Normal Science, before describing the research methods used by the Horizon Europe project Preparing the Research and Innovation Core for Mission Oceans, Seas, & Waters (PREP4BLUE). We then present our results, highlighting four citizen engagement-based challenges that the Mission faces, and how PREP4BLUE has engaged with them. Finally, we discuss the future activities or structural changes that will be required if the Mission’s citizen engagement targets are to be achieved and for citizens to become core actors in protecting European aquatic ecosystems and developing a sustainable blue economy. These insights should prove useful to those developing and delivering Mission projects and those researching citizen participation in ocean and freshwater related challenges.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid44en
dc.identifier.citationWhyte, D., Debaveye, L., Bjørkan, M., Steiro, V.M.D., Marra, M.V., Seys, J., Deane, A., Namisnik, W., Pelegri, J.L., Simon, C., Falcieri, F., Giuffredi, R., Laurenza, L., Apazoglou, E., Petersen, H.C., Carbajal, M.E., Giannoukakou-Leontsini, I., Fuster, N. and Nys, C. (2024) ‘Planning for citizen participation in the EU mission to restore our ocean and waters by 2030’, Maritime Studies, 23(4), p. 44. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-024-00385-xen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-024-00385-xen
dc.identifier.endpage21en
dc.identifier.issn1872-7859en
dc.identifier.issn2212-9790en
dc.identifier.issued4en
dc.identifier.journaltitleMaritime Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16463
dc.identifier.volume23en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.ispartofMaritime Studiesen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE::HORIZON-CSA/101056957/EU/Preparing the Research & Innovation Core for Mission Ocean, Seas & Waters/PREP4BLUEen
dc.rights© The Author(s). This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-024-00385-x. Use of this Accepted Version is subject to the publisher’s Accepted Manuscript terms of use: https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/acceptedmanuscript- termsen
dc.subjectMission Oceanen
dc.subjectCitizen engagementen
dc.subjectParticipationen
dc.subjectPost-normal scienceen
dc.subjectEuropean Commissionen
dc.subjectMissionen
dc.subjectOcean & Waters Missionen
dc.titlePlanning for citizen participation in the EU mission to restore our ocean and waters by 2030en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
oaire.citation.issue4en
oaire.citation.volume23en
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