

Mel Austen is Professor of Ocean and Society and Director of the Centre for Systems Thinking: Ocean, Land and Society. For more than 20 years, she has been leading and delivering a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary research projects to support the blue economy and protect our oceans. She is member of the UK Government’s Natural Capital Committee (NCC) and its Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
Co-creating solutions and advising on policy to protect our oceans
Thought leadership
Taking the systems thinking approach
The person behind the pioneer
To enquire about future collaborations, please contact Professor Mel Austen
We urgently need interdisciplinary research to understand and explain the impacts on natural capital, ecosystem services and the functioning of the ocean. And identify solutions that create equitable and sustainable outcomes globally from our use of the ocean and its natural resources.
Professor Mel Austen

Plymouth Pioneers: marine researchers
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 Professor Jason Hall-Spencer
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 Professor Awadhesh Jha
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 Dr Sanjay Sharma
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 Professor Kerry Howell
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 Professor Deborah Greaves, OBE FREng
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 Professor Kevin Jones
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 Professor Gerd Masselink
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 Professor Alison Raby
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 Professor Richard Thompson, OBE FRS
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 Professor Mat Upton
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 Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
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Professor Mel Austen
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