Nathalie Steins

Dr Nathalie Steins is a social scientist at Wageningen Marine Research (the Dutch marine institute) since 2013. Core part of her work is the research collaboration with the capture and culture fisheries towards sustainable management. Nathalie has been involved in fisheries in various roles the past 25 years. She studied multi-use conflicts in coastal fisheries as part of a research position at the University of Portsmouth (UK). She worked as a policy officer with a Dutch fishing industry organization. In this role was closely involved both in the establishment of the EU's North Sea Regional Advisory Council and the first steps towards research collaboration between the industry and science. She then worked 5 years for the Marine Stewardship Council. Nathalie is currently chair of the ICES Human Dimensions Steering Group, the central space for the social sciences and humanities within the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.