WP7: Stakeholder engagement and governance for sustainability transformations

PI: Prof. Dr. Michael Flitner (University of Bremen, artec Sustainability Research Centre)

Welcome to the second phase of WP7! We are diving into the social-ecological transformations amidst ongoing crises, focussing on small-scale fishers and scallop aquaculture in Sechura and Independencia bays. We want to address the questions:

  • How could the needed transformations and governance options look like, for different actors?

  • What experiences in this sense exist in particular among the small-scale fishers and scallop producers, and how can they be further developed?

  • How can we situate these options in globally consistent and regionally anchored HUS-SSPs scenarios?

We're exploring crisis development's transformative potential through ethnographic fieldwork methods. By examining how future HUS-SSPs scenarios intersect with cataloged crises and how they affect the development of small-scale fishers and scallop aquaculture, we aim to integrate local drivers into broader scales. This task will be carried out in collaboration with WP5 and will help us consider the local settings when evaluating alternative future pathways.

After exploring these alternative future pathways, we will search for the possibilities of change, asking what should be done to achieve sustainable transformations. We will focus on how small-scale fishers and scallop producers' adaptive capacities can drive positive change change during crises. We will explore governance changes and regional initiatives at different levels.

Our approach is participatory, involving stakeholders to grasp the importance of local knowledge and agency in the transformative process.

Stay tuned for updates!

Prof. Dr. Michael Flitner

Senior scientist

Work package 7

Universität Bremen
Forschungszentrum Nachhaltigkeit (SFG)
Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 7
28359 Bremen

Germany

flitner@uni-bremen.de
Tel. +49 (0) 421 / 218-61844

Working field within Humboldt Tipping:

- Stakeholder engagement
- Governance for sustainability transformations

Prof. Dr. Gerardo Damonte Valencia

Senior Scientist

Work package 5 & WP 7

PUCP (La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Campus principal
Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel
Lima 32
Perú

gdamonte@pucp.pe
Tel. +51 1 6262000

Working field within Humboldt Tipping:

- Natural resources governance

Sara Doolittle Llanos

PhD Candidate

Work package 7

artec Sustainability Research Center
University of Bremen
Enrique Schmidt-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Germany

doolittl@uni-bremen.de
Tel. Tel. +49 421 218 61814

Working field within Humboldt Tipping:

- Marine and coastal governance
- Political ecology
- Gender and fisheries
- Socio-environmental Justice and everyday resistance

Nicola Espinosa

PhD Student

Work package 7

PUCP (La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Campus principal
Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel
Lima 32
Perú

nicola.espinosa@pucp.edu.pe
Tel.

Working field within Humboldt Tipping:

- Stakeholder engagement and governance for sustainability transformations

María Garteizgogeascoa

PhD Candidate

Work package 7

Artec Sustainability Research Center
University of Bremen
Enrique Schmidt-Str. 7
28359 Bremen
Germany

garteizg@uni-bremen.de
Tel. +49 421 218 61814

Working field within Humboldt Tipping:

- Feminist Political Ecology in Fisheries
- Working in Bahía de Sechura & Bahía de Independencia- Paracas.

Isabel E. Gonzales

PhD Candidate

Work package 7

PUCP (La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Campus principal
Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel
Lima 32 
Perú

iegonzales@pucp.edu.pe
Tel. + (511) 247 9988

Working field within Humboldt Tipping:

- Marine resource governance
- Rules compliance and accountability in artisanal fisheries
- Power and inequality in fishing industry value chain
- Currently working in Bahía de Paracas – Pisco and Bahía de Sechura