Martin Gullström
Professor
My research concerns subtopics such as seascape ecology, coastal blue carbon, seagrass ecology/physiology, food-web ecology, fish/fisheries science and global change.
Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies
MD268
RESEARCH
My research interests span over a multitude of scientific subdisciplines, such as seascape ecology, blue carbon, seagrass ecology/physiology, food-web ecology, fish and fisheries, social-ecological systems, and global climate/environmental change. The research is typically aimed to facilitate nature conservation, resource management and/or spatial planning of the coastal marine environment. In addition, I have more than twenty years of experience from research capacity building in the Global South (focusing on Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, Madagascar, and Mauritius). Primarily, I have been working within the Sida-funded Bilateral Marine Science Program between Sweden and Tanzania and later also in a similar program between Sweden and Mozambique. These bilateral programs facilitate and encourage transformation of research, education, and conservation-related issues in the western Indian Ocean region.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=2u_JfawAAAAJ&hl=sv&oi=ao
External link.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Gullstroem/research External link.
RESEARCH GROUP WEBSITE (a new website is currently in preparation)
https://seagrassresearch.org/ External link.
SELECTED ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS/PROGRAMS
Title: Climate change mitigation capacity of the Baltic coastal seascape: identification of hotspot environments for coastal blue carbon sequestration and guidance for sustainable management of the Baltic coastal landscapes under global change (CLIM-SCAPE)
Time period: 2022-2027
Funded by: The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
PI: Martin Gullström
Co-PIs: Elinor Andrén, Sara Sjöling, Kari Lehtilä, Thomas Kjellqvist (Södertörn University), Dorte Krause-Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk (Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences), Andrius Garbaras (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania), Kaire Torn (University of Tartu, Estonia), Mats Björk (Stockholm University), Maria Asplund, Hans Linderholm (University of Gothenburg), Other team members: Martin Dahl, Sara Braun, Sara Forsberg, Madhavu Vidya Faizal, Karin Ebert, Ekaterina Tarasova (Södertörn University), Diana Deyanova (University of Gothenburg), Pere Masqué (Edith Cowan University, Australia), Christoffer Boström (Åbo Akademi, Finland), Juliana Porsani (Lindköping University)
Title: Climate change mitigation capacity of Swedish coastal seascapes (CLIM-COAST)
Time period: 2022-2025
Funded by: FORMAS: A Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development
PI: Martin Gullström
Co-PIs: Elinor Andrén (Södertörn University), Mats Björk (Stockholm University), Maria Asplund, Hans Linderholm (University of Gothenburg)
Title: Coastal fisheries in Sweden: from a changing sea to a robust science-policy environment (SEA2POL+)
Time period: 2021-2025
Funded by: Sea and Society Graduate School in Transdisciplinary Ocean Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden – Research and Technology Organisations
PI: Milena Arias Schreiber (University of Gothenburg)
Co-PI: Martin Gullström, Other co-PIs: Hans Linderholm, Ingemar Bohlin, Eva Maria Jernsand (University of Gothenburg), Other team member: Elena Tamarit Castro (University of Gothenburg)
Title: EuropeAid funds: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) as actors of governance and development – work in the field in the Republic of Mauritius
Time period: 2020-2025
Funded by: Nature-based solutions for protecting the coastal zone
PI: Kathy Young (Reef Conservation, Mauritius),
Co-PI: Martin Gullström, Other Co-PI: Johan Hollander (World Maritime University), Other team members: Olivier Pasnin, Treshan Chinta, Lisa Ah Shee Tee, Sabine Avrillon (Reef Conservation, Mauritius)
Title: Management of cumulative effects of climate change and pollution in coastal seas
Time period: 2020-2024
Funded by: The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
PI: Martin Gullström
Co-PIs: Maria Granberg, Kerstin Magnusson (IVL), Peter Thor, Diana Perry (SLU Aqua), Iréne Wåhlström (SMHI), Other team members: Martin Dahl (Södertörn University), Sanne Bergman (UiT Norges arktiske universitet)
Title: Sensitivity of Swedish cod populations to global climate change stressors
Time period: 2020-2024
Funded by: The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
https://www.slu.se/en/departments/aquatic-resources1/research/climate/climate-cod/ External link.
PI: Diana Perry (SLU Aqua)
Co-PI: Martin Gullström, Other Co-PIs: Håkan Wennhage, Filip Svensson (SLU Aqua), Albin Gräns (SLU), Michael Axelsson (University of Gothenburg)
Title: Climate mitigation services of coastal seascapes: providing guidance for sustainable management of hotspots for blue carbon sequestration in tropical developing countries
Time period: 2020-2024
Funded by: Vetenskapsrådet (VR): The Swedish Research Council
PI: Mats Björk (Stockholm University)
Co-PI: Martin Gullström, Other Co-PI: Maria Asplund (University of Gothenburg), Other team members: Thomas Lyimo (Dar es Salaam University, Tanzania), Mariam Hamisi, Liberatus Lyimo (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania), Jessica Silberman, Patti Oikawa (Cal State East Bay, USA)
Title: On the sustainability and management of marine and coastal resources in Mozambique
Research program: Bilateral Marine Science Programme between Sweden and Mozambique aimed to build and strengthen research capacity in Mozambique
Time periods: 2018-2024
Funded by: The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida),
Principal coordinator: Adriano Macia (Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique), Swedish coordinator: Mats Berggren (University of Gothenburg)
Senior adviser and supervisor: Martin Gullström
Title: Consolidating research and analytical capacity in fisheries and aquaculture technologies for food security, adapting to climate change, sustainable resource management and inclusive development
Research program: Bilateral Marine Science Programme between Sweden and Tanzania aimed to build and strengthen research capacity in Tanzania
Time periods: 2015-2023, 2024-
Funded by: The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Principal coordinator: Matern Mtolera (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Swedish coordinator: Mats Björk (Stockholm University)
Sub-coordinator, senior adviser, and supervisor: Martin Gullström