1. senior social scientist Trondheim, Norway
FP 7 Environmental research Brokerage event 17 June 2011 – Brussels, Belgium
Oddmund Otterstad
senior social scientist
Trondheim, Norway
NTNU Focus Area: Marine Coastal Development
Academic Institution: NTNU
Research institute: NTNU Social Research
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2. Former project involvement:
Background: political sociology, regional (coastal) development, human settlements and eco-systems, fishery and fishing communities, socio-economic analysis, cross-disciplinary research Practice from Norway, EU, Eastern Europe, China
Specialties: Societal innovations, case studies, pilot action research, identifying best practices, sustainability indicators, stakeholder involvement (participatory governance), statistics and GIS, strategic foresights and policy road-mapping
Former project involvement:
Database responsible of ESSFIN (FP4), coordinator of INDICCO (FP5-FP6): European Database of Indicator coastal communities, initiator of BEST COMBAT (Norway grants), several FP7-proposals (IMPACT MS/BS, CONSINTEG)

3. Flagging interests of involvement in new ENV 2012 topics:
6.2-1 Exploration of the operational potential of the concepts of ecosystem services and natural capital to systematically inform sustainable land, water and urban management
6.2-3 Innovative tools for understanding and integrated assessment of Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine waters ('The Ocean for Tomorrow')
6.2-5 Improve scientific knowledge base to support the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive ('The Ocean for Tomorrow')
6.5-1 Developing community-based environmental monitoring and information systems using innovative and novel earth observation applications
6.5-2 Demonstration and exploitation of most promising prototypes and tools derived from European research activities
6.5-3 Exploring opportunities for open access to primary environmental data