Underpinning research on Keystone Actors

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Several academic papers come together that provide insight into the science behind the design of the SeaBOS initiative. This page provides a ‘curation’ of these papers highlighting their relevance to the idea of keystone actors and keystone dialogues.

This page will be updated as new papers emerge.

What companies are keystone actors, and how can you identify them?

This paper introduces the method by which the SeaBOS cohort was identified as keystone actors

This paper builds on the keystone actor idea to identify the 100 companies who operate in the ocean space and who could be seen as keystone actors in the ocean

This paper characterises what kind of co-design process underpins the SeaBOS (and other) engagements

What is a keystone dialogue, how does it work and what outcomes might emerge?

This paper describes the process by which the SeaBOS cohort of companies came together

This paper provides insights into the first six years of the SeaBOS initiative

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