Nadège Legroux

Human Geographer
Profile Nadège Legroux

Contact

ed.bmfih@xuorgel.egedan

Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB)
Im Technologiepark 5
26129 Oldenburg

Team

Marine Governance

Status group

Postdoc

Research Area

Conservation and Management

Vita

2025 – today

Postdoctoral Researcher, HIFMB, Oldenburg

2019 – 2024

PhD Geography, University of Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France

2019 – 2022

Research Officer, French Development Agency, Paris, France

2015 – 2018

MSc International Development, Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs, France

2012 – 2015

BSc Life Science, Sorbonne University Paris VI, France

2012 – 2015

BA Humanities and Social Science, Sciences Po, France

Research Interests

At the crossroad of human geography and other social sciences, I am interested in understanding the social processes through which humans relate to oceans as environments and ‘produce’ them as spaces. I investigate this with special attention to how human-induced and framed environmental problems – in particular questions relating to the conservation of marine biodiversity – impact the ways in which oceans are known, used and governed. My work has looked at this in the offshore realm, in the context of debates around the protection of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. A key objective in my current research is to explore ‘ecologization’ processes that are making specific oceanic spaces known and subject to policy (change), as well as question any ‘tipping’ dynamics documented in such spaces, and their transfer into policy-making.

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