Inaugural Lecture Dr. Maraja Riechers

• The inaugural lecture by Dr. Maraja Riechers (honorary professorship)
• 04.06.2025 at 14:15-15:00
• Lecture hall 5 at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• Participation is possible without registration
• The event will be broadcast via Zoom (Meeting-ID: 932 0673 2182, Password: 031305)

What is marine social science, and how can we even aim to impact policymaking with our research? In my talk, I will give examples from our current research in the South Pacific and at the Baltic Sea in which we analyse human-nature relations in the context of sustainability transformations. I will highlight some of the difficulties of working in marine and coastal social-ecological systems, and give some hopeful examples, of how our research may have more impact than we think.

Dr.in Maraja Riechers is an honorary professor and head of the working group “Fisheries and Society”. She is active in committees of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and contributes her expertise as a contributing author to the IPBES progress report on transformative change. Among other things, she leads the working group “Ocean Equity for Sustainable Futures” and is involved in the “Pacific Ocean Pathways” project. Her research focuses on sustainability transformation, social justice, human-environment interactions, human-wildlife coexistence and the co-production of knowledge.