Franziska Stuke has been a Researcher at Ecologic Institute since 2010, with her work focusing on marine policy and climate change adaptation in coastal regions. She also conducts research on the management of natural marine resources and environmental developments in the Arctic and Antarctic region. She works in German and English and is also fluent in Dutch.

At Ecologic Institute Franziska Stuke performs research on topics of European maritime policy. For the Baltic Sea Region Programme of the European Union (EU), she is working on the project Baltadapt that forsees the development of an action plan for the climate change adaptation strategy for the entire Baltic Sea region. She is also a member of the project team Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Baltic Coast (RADOST), which is coordinated by Ecologic Institute.

Previously, she contributed to a report on international approaches to the integrated assessment of aquatic ecosystems under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) for the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and was involved in the development of a concept for sustainable (individual) tourism in Antarctica. As part of the project CALAMAR (Cooperation Across the Atlantic for Marine Governance Integration), she supported the working group on marine spatial planning. She also was involved in the study Arctic Footprint and Policy Assessment.

Before starting as a Researcher, Franziska Stuke completed an internship at Ecologic Institute as part of her master’s program, focusing on the Water Framework Directive, the MSFD, and the issue of eutrophication of the Baltic Sea.