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Human capital is crucial for the successful development of a sustainable blue economy. Currently, though, there is a lack of education programs in economics devoted to that topic. The OceanSchool fulfils that gap by developing an innovative course stream in blue growth for master’s students at NovaSBE and NHH. To that end, OceanSchool put together a multidisciplinary team of Environmental and Resource economists from those Schools, and experienced natural scientists and practitioners from recognized non-academic institutions, such as IPMA. By explicitly integrating knowledge from complementary fields, the OceanSchool will provide students from both Schools with an innovative experience where research on timely real-world challenges and more traditional learning goals are integrated.
Building upon the extant master''s programs offered by the two Schools, mandatory course units will be revised to provide students with the adequate background in Blue Growth from an economics perspective. Besides the mandatory course work, OceanSchool is founded on two central pillars. The first is a Field Lab, which serves as an integrative platform of applied research projects to be developed by students under the co-supervision of experienced researchers and practitioners of the consortium institutions. This is particularly relevant, as it will allow students to consolidate knowledge on specific topics of Blue Growth while also producing new studies on relevant policy questions for both Portugal and Norway. The second pillar is a summer intensive course taking place at Nova SBE and NHH. By benefiting from the participation of natural scientists and practitioners, the summer course curricula will focus on applied blue growth challenges.
It was thus designed to endow students with the necessary competence and skills to develop economic and public policy analysis on maritime themes, delivering the first specialized breed of economists and practitioners on Blue Growth in Portugal.