Work Packages
DiverSea Work Packages
DiverSea brings together a diverse team of specialists to develop ground-breaking technologies for
marine biodiversity research, to integrate and apply novel data types in state-of-the-art modelling, and to fully
integrate the outcomes of this research into policy, planning, and public communication.
WP1 – Developing nucleic acid methods and field technologies through case studies
Work Package Leaders
João Sousa (UPORTO), Renato Mendes (UPORTO), Lucrezia Bernacchi (UPORTO)
Tasks
- Task 1.1: DNAmarks refinement (lead UCPH) & eDNA/eRNA methods development (lead NTNU)
- Task 1.2: Building and testing Versatile Integrative Observation and Monitoring Framework in case study coastal ecosystems (lead NTNU)
Case studies
- Norwegian coastal system (lead NTNU)
- Atlantic coast of Portugal (lead UPORTO)
- Western Mediterranean & Adriatic (lead UNIVPM)
- Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean Sea & Strait of Dardanelles (lead DEU)
- Shallow shelf regions of Northwestern Black Sea (lead IMB)
Contact
João Sousa | jtasso@fe.up.pt
Renato Mendes | rpsm@lsts.pt
WP2 – Data integration, harmonization, cataloguing, and compatibility with standards
Work Package Leaders
Irena Pavlova (GATE-SU)
Tasks
- Task 2.1: Gathering private and public data into the DiverSEA Data Space (lead: GATE-SU)
- Task 2.2: Data integration, harmonization and structuring (lead GATE-SU)
- Task 2.3: Data publication services (lead UCPH)
- Task 2.4: Data catalogue services (lead GATE-SU)
- Task 2.5: Integration with EU data platforms and systems (lead NTNU)
Contact
Irena Pavlova | irena.pavlova@gate-ai.eu
WP3 – AI, machine learning, and statistical methods for predictive scenario building
Work Package Leaders
Bob O'Hara (NTNU)
Tasks
- Task 3.1: Data-level modelling through development of automatic tools (lead VNNOR)
- Task 3.2: Process-level modelling to automate modelling of ecosystem dynamics and derive key indicator variables for marine biodiversity (lead NTNU)
- Task 3.3: Incorporating expert knowledge feedback and support in scenario development (lead NTNU)
Contact
Bob O'Hara | bob.ohara@ntnu.no
WP4 – MARBIOSE dashboard for biodiversity and ecosystem goods and services
Work Package Leaders
Jean-Luc De Kok (VITO)
Tasks
- Task 4.1: Stakeholder mapping and participatory forum (lead NTNU)
- Task 4.2: Co-identification of key marine ecosystem goods and services (lead AUEB)
- Task 4.3: Developing systemic knowledge base for transdisciplinary systems modelling (lead VITO)
- Task 4.4: Dashboard design, implementation and roll out (lead VITO)
Contact
Jean-Luc De Kok | jeanluc.dekok@vito.be
WP5 – Consilience, public interface, communication, dissemination & exploitation
Work Package Leaders
Gonçalo Prista (LPN)
Tasks
- Task 5.1: Communication, Exploitation, Dissemination & Outreach Plan (DEOP) (lead LPN)
- Task 5.2: Project website and social media platforms (lead NTNU)
- Task 5.3: Communicate state-of-the-art information on coastal environments (lead LPN)
- Task 5.4: Capacity building through citizen science (lead LPN and AKD)
- Task 5.5: Knowledge transfer between science and industry (lead AUEB)
- Task 5.6: Project legacy: planning for impacts beyond DiverSEA (lead LPN/AKD)
- Task 5.7: Building clustering activities between sister projects and other relevant projects (lead NTNU)
Contact
Gonçalo Prista | goncalo.prista@lpn.pt
WP6 – Project coordination
Work Package Leaders
María Azucena Gutíerrez Gonzalez (NTNU)
Tasks
- Task 6.1: General Assembly for legal, ethical and administrative project management (lead NTNU)
- Task 6.2: Project coordination tasks (lead NTNU)
- Task 6.3: Tasks of Project Management Office and Project Manager
Contact
María Azucena Gutíerrez Gonzalez | maria.gonzalez@trondheim.kommune.no
WP7 – Ethics
Work Package Leaders
Can Bizsel (DEU)
Tasks
The objective of WP7 is to ensure compliance with the ethics requirements set out in this work package.
Contact
Can Bizsel | can.bizsel@deu.edu.tr
The seven DiverSea work packages work closely together to achieve the collective project objectives.