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Our team

Chris Zuidema

  • Project lead
  • University of Groningen

  • Active in Work Packages 3 and 5 on spatial analysis of conflicting space uses, future scenarios for space use and analysing trade-offs for various future space uses. I also contribute to Work Package 9 on pursuing institutional innovations, notably to assist in developing more integrated and strategic marine spatial planning approaches.

Laura Gusatu

  • WP2 leader (PostDoc researcher)
  • University of Groningen

  • Active in work package 3: conflicts, synergies and conflict resolution strategies. 

    And work package 5: Trade-offs and scenarios (scenarios for the development of the Dutch offshore space; trade-offs between different alternative management options)

Juul Kuster

  • Postdoctoral researcher

  • University of Groningen

  • Active in work package 7 and 9: the role of knowledge in OWF tenders and institutional innovation for North Sea (spatial) planning processes

David Geurts

  • WP4 co-lead

  • Deltares

  • Active in work package 4:  developing dynamic decision pathways for the North Sea. That means we want to explore how certain actions lead to certain long-term (spatial) outcomes for the North Sea

Lisa Schneider

  • WP4 co-lead and Task 2.2 lead

  • Deltares

  • Active in work package 4: developing dynamic decision pathways for the North Sea. That means we want to explore how certain actions lead to certain long-term (spatial) outcomes for the North Sea.

    And task 2.2: we work closely with WMR to establish, analyse and visualize the abiotic conditions to inform cumulative impact assessments

Nathalie Dees

  • WP6 Leader
  • Deltares

  • Active in work package 6: the development of the web-based interface. The aim is to improving existing tools based on stakeholder inputs on the border of the science-policy interface

Gerjan Piet

  • PhD Supervisor

  • Wageningen Marine Research (WMR)

  • Active in work package 2: Science-policy interface on the transfer of ecological knowledge.

Josien Steenbergen

  • WP2 leader

  • Wageningen Marine Research (WMR)

  • Active in work package 2: Science-policy interface on the transfer of ecological knowledge.

Charlotte Scholten

  • PhD
  • NIOZ/WMR

  • Active in work package 2: Science-policy interface on the transfer of ecological knowledge.

Myron Peck

  • PhD Supervisor
  • NIOZ
  • Active in work package 2: Science-policy interface on the transfer of ecological knowledge.

Annet Pauwelussen

  • WP 1 leader, PhD supervisor

  • WUR

  • Active in work package 1: Science-policy-society interface. And 7.1: nature-inclusive design offshore windfarms.

Veerle Boekestijn

  • PhD researcher
  • WUR

  • Active in work package 1.3 and 7.1:  on the conditions that enable an inclusive science-policy-society interface in the context of nature-inclusive design offshore wind farms

Simon Bush

  • PhD supervisor (promotor) WP 1 and 7.1

  • WUR

  • Active in work package 1: Science-policy-society interface. And 7.1: nature-inclusive design offshore windfarms.

Lieselot Vandenbussche

  • WP 1 co-lead WP 1 and PhD supervisor WP 1 and 7.1

  • VU (Vrije Universiteit)

  • Active in work package 1: Science-policy-society interface. And 7.1: nature-inclusive design offshore windfarms.

Marco Turrini

  • WP6 Leader

  • TNO

  • Active in work package 7: case studies that zoom in on the practical process of developing wind farms and innovative pilots in the North Sea.

Joep Breuer

  •  Technical Expert

  • TNO

  • Active in work package 7: case studies that zoom in on the practical process of developing wind farms and innovative pilots in the North Sea.

Alessio Devis

  • PhD

  • Utrecht University

  • Active in work package 8 and 9: legal and institutional boundaries of offshore wind energy developments

Alex Oude Elferink

  • PhD Supervisor

  • Utrecht University

  • Active in work package 8 and 9: legal and institutional boundaries of offshore wind energy developments

Nikolaos Giannopoulos

  • WP8 and 9 leader & PhD Supervisor

  • Utrecht University

  • Active in work package 8 and 9: legal and institutional boundaries of offshore wind energy developments

Anne Lansink

  • Postdoc

  • Utrecht University

  • Active in work package 8 and 9: legal and institutional boundaries of offshore wind energy developments

Chris Backes

  • PhD Supervisor

  • Utrecht University

  • Active in work package 8 and 9: legal and institutional boundaries of offshore wind energy developments

Meike Vedder

  • North Sea Foundation
  • Communication advisor, active in work package 10

Sophie de Reus

  • WP10 leader

  • North Sea Foundation

  • Active in work package 10: communication and stakeholder management.