Michael Gilek Author

Michael Gilek is Associate Professor in Ecology/Ecotoxicology at Södertörn University and has extensive research experience on chemical pollution and other ecological risks in the aquatic environment, as well as on associated science-policy interactions. In his current research he leads international interdisciplinary studies analysing marine spatial planning and environmental governance in the Baltic Sea. Kristine Kern is Professor in Governance of Urban Infrastructure and Global Change, University of Potsdam and Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS). Her current research interests are in the areas of local and regional climate and energy policy, sustainable development of cities and regions, transnational networks of cities, European regional seas (Baltic Sea in particular) and the EU macro-regional strategies.