Prof. Michael Briguglio has been elected Science Communications Coordinator (CoLeader) and Core Group member of the EU COST Action CA22122 Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-Ecological Impacts and Opportunities – (RethinkBlue).
Prof. Briguglio, who is an Associate Professor Sociology, Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta, is also representing Malta in its management committee.
The COST Action [1] “Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-ecological impacts and opportunities” (RethinkBlue) centres around the Blue Economy and related policies affecting European societies.
After the term was introduced at the UN Rio+20 conference, the paradigm was adopted by various actors across Europe and beyond.
In the EU, the Blue Economy paradigm involves regional and national political-economic priorities, new legislative and governance frameworks, and EU and national financial support for sectors of the marine economy.
However, the impact of these policies on coastal populations are not yet well-understood. Accelerating globalisation, technological developments and the impact of climate change pose additional challenges.