Lunch seminar: Rethinking Value in the Blue Economy

As the pressure on marine ecosystems continues to grow, the possibility to connect ocean restoration with viable economic models is becoming an interesting research field. Around the world, initiatives focused on seaweed cultivation, shellfish farming, coastal restoration and circular aquaculture are demonstrating how environmental recovery and economic value creation can reinforce one another. Yet major challenges remain in scaling these solutions beyond pilot projects and turning them into financially sustainable systems.

This seminar explores the emerging blue economy through the lens of restoration, innovation and long-term economic resilience. Drawing on examples from research, entrepreneurship, and coastal development, the talk examines how marine industries can generate ecological, social, and economic value simultaneously, and what kinds of financing models, incentives, and collaborations may be required to make this transition possible.

The first 15 to arrive will get at vegeterian wrap and a soft drink!

Linus Hasselström Langer is a researcher at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He has a PhD in Environmental Strategic Analysis with emphasis on the economics of marine environmental change. His work focuses on the intersection of marine ecosystems, sustainability, innovation, and future ocean economies, with a particular interest in how science, technology and entrepreneurship can support large-scale marine restoration and resilient coastal societies.

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