Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 A Model for Co-designing and Co-delivering Ocean Science Knowledge and Solution.- Chapter 3 Ontological Security and Ocean Science Collaboration.- Chapter 4 Strategic Narratives and International Collaboration in Ocean Science.- Chapter 5 The Ocean Decade and Human Well-being.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.

This book introduces a novel model to explain how the co-design and co-delivery of ocean science knowledge and solutions is influenced by ocean stakeholders with asymmetric power and resources, policy incentives and ocean conflict, ocean narratives, different knowledge systems, security concerns, principles, formal and informal rules, and communication competences. Using the International Collaboration in Ocean Science model as a basis, the book advances with three lines of inquiry: ontological security of ocean science participants, the Ocean Decade and human well-being, and strategic narratives about international collaboration in ocean science. Through these, Carolijn van Noort shows the enabling and constraining conditions of co-creating ocean knowledge and solutions. Theoretically novel, the book provides a compelling framework for scholars to study ocean science collaboration

Carolijn van Noort is Associate Professor in Blue Governance at Aalborg University in Denmark. She works at the Centre for Blue Governance, which is a multidisciplinary group of researchers focusing on the interactions between people and the sea. Her research focuses on the governance and management of marine and ocean spaces, particularly in relation to multi-level and multi-actor collaboration, digitalization, and strategic communication. Van Noort is strongly committed to producing interdisciplinary knowledge, as evidenced by her studies in Global Information, Politics and Society, Area Studies, AI and Society, and International Relations

“Protecting and securing the oceans and its resources requires a strong evidence base which can only be developed through international collaboration. In this timely and innovative book, van Noort introduces a groundbreaking model for understanding how power dynamics, policy frameworks, and communication practices shape the co-creation of ocean science knowledge and solutions. Building important bridges between theory and practice, this book offers an essential framework for both ocean scholars and practitioners working to advance sustainable ocean management through international collaboration.” (Professor Christian Bueger, Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

“This excellent book explains how cooperation depends on how actors — all with intense ontological insecurities and interests — can use narrative to finds points of shared perspective and joint commitments. This is precisely the recipe for how humanity addresses climate change and every existential issue in the Twenty-First Century. Readers can use this book to think how cooperation and a stable future might be reached.” (Professor Ben O'Loughlin, Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway, the United Kingdom)

“This book provides a fascinating insight into the broader political dynamics that shape science cooperation around one of humanity’s greatest challenges – protecting and managing our oceans. The cases and studies are contextualized in a thorough introduction to the politics of ocean science cooperation and of International Relation’s evolving approach to ocean politics. As such, the volume is of certain interest to students, scholars and policymakers.” (Professor Elana Wilson Rowe, Professor of Global Governance, Norwegian University of the Life Sciences, Norway)

“In this pivot, Carolijn van Noort studies “International Collaboration in Ocean Science and Governance”. The book focuses especially on the impact of power, politics, and communication on international collaboration in ocean science. Van Noort develops a new theoretical model to analyze and evaluate the enabling and constraining conditions to co-design ocean knowledge. The model brings together theoretical insights, such as collaborative governance, strategic narratives, ontological security, well-being, etc. from several social-scientific disciplines, but also contributes to these debates. By using insights from International Relations (IR) and marine social sciences this book is theoretically rich and innovative and provides a compelling, timely and interesting theoretical contribution to the Blue Turn in IR, ocean governance and co-creation and co-design of ocean knowledge. This pivot will be appealing to both scholars and students interested in ocean governance and transformative ocean science processes.” (Professor Jan van Tatenhove, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands and the Delta Climate Center, Vlissingen, the Netherlands)

“Reading the book International Collaboration in Ocean Science and Governance by Carolijn Noort from the perspective of an IR scholar interested in narratives was a great pleasure! Van Noort shows how the perspective of strategic narratives can be meaningfully applied to an as yet under-explored field of IR, namely blue governance, where the collision of security, environmental and economic interests creates demand for scientific knowledge and collaboration. In showing how strategic narratives can play an instrumental role in garnering support for science-based collaboration, van Noort thus adapts and substantially enriches our understanding of narratives as fundamental human practices that create grounds for cooperation. This perspective can be applied to many other fields where science diplomacy is key, not least against ongoing attacks from far-right actors, which makes the book a very valuable resource for further research.”  (Dr. Katja Freistein, Academy of International Affairs NRW, Bonn, Germany)