Soli Levi

Interdisciplinary Geographer
Portrait Soli Levi
Photo: private

Contact

ed.bmfih@ivel.ilos

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

Team

Marine Governance

Status group

PhD

Research Area

Conservation and Management

Vita

2021 – today

PhD Candidate in Marine Governance at HIFMB: “Emotional governance: The place of feelings in marine management”

2020 – 2021

Knowledge Gatherer at LIVE EcoMuseum: “Mapping community environmental knowledge and values in the Iveragh peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland”

2018 – 2020

Applied Coastal & Marine Management, M.Sc. at University College Cork (Ireland)

2015 – 2018

European Public Health, B.Sc. at Universiteit Maastricht (Netherlands)

2017

Public Awareness Field Leader at ARCHELON (The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece)

Research Interests

My doctoral work at the HIFMB aims to explore the relationship between marine governance and emotion. I am currently focused on a case of wild seaweed extraction in Ireland and the emotional tensions surrounding the history and governance of Irish waters. I work at the intersection of multiple disciplines – geography, ecology, social sciences, policy – and this interdisciplinarity is reflected in my work. I enjoy the challenge of weaving together academic and artistic practice, particularly through poetry and creative writing. I am particularly interested in finding creative ways to map ‘the unmappable’ – emotion, perception, experience, story – and pushing the boundaries of what geography means and does. My research here will challenge marine governance to take emotions seriously – for how can we meaningfully engage with the ‘human dimension’ of the oceans otherwise?

Highlighted Pubilcations

Levi, S.F., Ray, K. and Holloway, P., 2021. Mapping Community Perceptions in Ports through Public Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS): A Case Study in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Irish Geography54(1), pp.1-30.

Levi, S.F. and Peters, K., 2024. Making emotion matter: feminist contributions to reflexive marine governance. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (forthcoming).

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