The Sea

Providing knowledge on marine and maritime life for a sustainable future

Our mission is to find science-based solutions to our wicked problems in order to enable coexistence between marine and maritime life and the modern society that promotes sustainable growth in the Baltic Sea and Nordic maritime areas, including the Arctic.

We do this by working across the research areas environmental and marine biology, public administration and industrial management, and in close collaboration with government institutions, policy makers, maritime industry, research institutes, NGOs, private companies and donors, in a Living Lab –framework.

Our research has a particular focus on marine biology, regulation and other steering mechanisms as well as maritime logistics and trade, with the Baltic Sea serving as a global model. The profiling area is a collaborative effort with the University of Turku.

The Sea works closely with the ÅAU Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Ocean Science (SOS), which was established in January 2024. SOS is built upon the longstanding work within The Sea and shares many of the profiling area’s theoretical and methodological apporaches, but focuses more tightly on biodiversity-reated wicked problems in the Archipelago Sea region.

Watch the video below where some of our experts explain the importance of, and the diversity of research within The Sea.