MSP Research Network

Welcome to the second MSPRN E-Newsletter!

August 2022

About MSPRN

The Marine Spatial Planning Research Network is a diverse group of scientists, policy-makers and practitioners engaged in the constructive development of MSP through critical thinking, teaching, research, consultancy and implementation. We bring together academic expertise from across the social and natural sciences, such as marine ecology, terrestrial planning, geography, and political science, working alongside practitioners, consultancies and policy-makers. We are an informal network open to new participants who share our overall aims and encourage early-career researchers to join us. For more information please visit our website.

1. New MSP projects

• REGINA-MSP: Regions to boost National Maritime Spatial Planning - European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), start date November 2022. REGINA-MSP aims at improving the participation of Regions (level 2 units in the NUTS classification) as well as local authorities and stakeholders in the development and implementation of National maritime spatial planning.

2. Upcoming and recent MSP events

Upcoming

• YOUMARES conference for young marine researchers, Berlin, 11-14th October 2022, https://youmares.org/youmares-13-2/

Recent

• MUD: Marine | Urban | Development: Planning traditions and transitions on land and at sea, conference, Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands, 2-3 June 2022, presentations available here
• Where Land Meets Sea: Planning Challenges and Opportunities at the Coast, International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) webinar, 18th May 2022 (Ireland), video available here

3. New MSP publications (from MSPRN members)

• Kathryn Collins (2022). Shifting Sands, Layering Meanings: A tale of the Goodwin Sands, told through its social production. Shima,16(1), 199–225. 10.21463/shima.158
• Benedict McAteer, Liam Fullbrook, Wen-Hong Liu, Jodie Reed, Nina Rivers, Natașa Vaidianu, Aron Westholm, Hilde Toonen, Jan van Tatenhove, Jane Clarke, Joseph Onwona Ansong, Brice Trouillet, Catarina Frazão Santos, Sondra Eger, Talya ten Brink, Eric Wade, and Wesley Flannery (2022) Marine Spatial Planning in Regional Ocean Areas: Trends and Lessons Learned, Ocean Yearbook Online, https://brill.com/view/journals/ocyo/36/1/article-p346_12.xml.
• Miriam von Thenen, Aurelija Armoškaite, Vìctor Cordero-Penìn, Sara Garcìa-Morales, Josefine B. Gottschalk, Débora Gutierrez, Malena Ripken, Pascal Thoya and Kerstin S. Schiele (2021) The Future of Marine Spatial Planning - Perspectives from Early Career Researchers in Sustainability 13(24):13879. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413879

The second of two special issues with Planning Practice and Research: Planning for Sea Spaces II is now published (edited by Sielker, F., Smith, G., Walsh, C. & Crawford, J.), https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cppr20/37/3. The special issue includes the following papers:

• Crawford, J., Walsh, C., Sielker, F. & Smith, G. Planning for Sea Spaces II: An Agenda for Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2071190
• Nancy Couling: Imagining the Invisible: Spatial Design for the North Sea, https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2026679
• Juliette Kon Kam King & Lea Riera: The ‘Right Place’ for Sharks in the South Pacific: Marine Spatial Planning in a More-Than-Human Ocean, https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2035918
• John Moodie & Franziska Sielker: Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning in European Sea Basins: Experimenting with Collaborative Planning and Governance, https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2021.2015855
• Andrea Morf, John Moodie, Elin Cedergren, Søren Qvist Eliasen, Kira Gee, Michael Kull, Sarah Mahadeo, Stefan Husa & Margarita Vološina, Challenges and Enablers to Integrate Land-Sea-Interactions in Cross-Border Marine and Coastal Planning: Experiences from the Pan Baltic Scope Collaboration, https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2074112
• Tissière, L., & Trouillet, B. What participation means in marine spatial planning systems? Lessons from the French case. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2027638

4. Training, Capacity Building, Policy Outreach

• Are EU Member State’s Maritime Spatial Plans Fit for Nature and Climate? Assessment of the Alignment of the Maritime Spatial Plans of Belgium, Germany, Latvia and Sweden with EU Environmental Legislation, BirdLife International, June 2022, prepared by C. Walsh & M. Loch, technical report and assessments available here
• An Evaluation of Ireland’s Marine Spatial Plan – The National Marine Planning Framework, Sustainable Water Network, May 2022, prepared by C. Walsh.

5. Successfully completed PhD and Master theses

• Josefine B. Gottschalk (2021) Scratching Below the Surface: Is the Maritime Spatial Planning of the European Union Ready for Adequate Marine Conservation? Master Thesis, Technische Universität Berlin, available at: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13234.12488. The Master Thesis was awarded with the Science Award for Sustainability Research of Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND): https://www.bund.net/ueber-uns/forschungspreis/

6. New appointments / change of positions

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Note: the items in this newsletter are based on the information provided by members of the MSPRN network. As such, it will it is inevitably selective and partial in its coverage.

Newsletter prepared by Cormac Walsh on behalf of the MSPRN Steering Group, 05.08.2022.