Murray A. Rudd
Scientists' perspectives on global ocean research priorities
University of York
diverse natural social science research needed support policies recover sustain healthy oceans wide variety expertled prioritization initiatives identified research themes priorities national regional scale past several years also surge number scanning exercises identified important environmental research questions issues bottomup questions winnowed thousands contributions scientists policymakers around world participated terrestrial aquatic domainspecific horizon scanning big question exercises identified 657 research questions potentially important informing decisions regarding ocean governance sustainability distilled short list 67 distinctive research questions internet survey ranked 2179 scientists 94 countries five top 10 research priorities shared respondents globally despite significant differences physical ecological scientists priorities regarding specific research questions shared seven common priorities among top 10 social scientists priorities however much different highlighting research focus managerial solutions ocean challenges questions regarding role human behavior values attaining ocean sustainability results survey provide comprehensive timely assessment current ocean research priorities among researchactive scientists highlight potential challenges stimulating crossdisciplinary research ocean coastal research necessarily becomes transdisciplinary address complex ocean challenges critical scientists research funders understand scientists different disciplines regions might collaborate strengthen overall evidence base ocean governance