Survey on impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on stakeholder engagement in EU marine resources projects online!The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives and ways of doing research. Also the different stakeholders involved in EU H2020 projects are affected by the large societal and economic impacts.

17 June 2020

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For this reason, PANDORA set up an online survey to find out how the crisis impacts the stakeholder engagement activities of current marine resources research projects.

The survey targets researchers responsible for stakeholder engagement - be it project coordinators or other partners who perform stakeholder engagement in research projects. The survey will enable us to understand

• how much of a problem the COVID-19 pandemic is for different projects,
• how researchers cope with the situation,
• and how they evaluate alternative formats of stakeholder engagement that have already been implemented.

It will thus help to tackle this challenge within existing and future research projects, and support the European Commission in taking steps towards handling this new situation. The survey is conducted by the University of Hamburg’s Institute for Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries Science and in collaboration with the EU SENTINEL project (energy science).

Our question to you is:  
How is the stakeholder engagement of your marine resources research project affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? 

Your answers are highly appreciated! The survey will be online until 3rd July, 2020. 

Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions regarding this survey or our study: 

Vera Köpsel
PANDORA Communications & Stakeholder Engagement
University of Hamburg
Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Science
Große Elbstr. 133 - 22767 Hamburg, Germany
vera.koepsel(at)uni-hamburg.de

If you find our survey interesting, please help us by spreading the word! Thank you for your support. 

Best wishes from the PANDORA project