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Froukje Maria Platjouw is a lawyer with a background in EU and public law, specialised in environmental and marine law and governance, with a particular focus on policy coherence and coordination across levels of public administration. She has been employed at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) since 2015.
She has extensive experience in designing, applying for, managing, and leading international and national research projects. Her work spans academic research, teaching, and stakeholder engagement. She has published widely, including books, peer-reviewed journal articles, and scientific reports, and regularly teaches at bachelor’s and master’s level, supervises students, and organises workshops, conferences, and stakeholder dialogues.
Her recent books include The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans – Designing Legal Solutions (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and Environmental Law and the Ecosystem Approach – Maintaining Ecological Integrity through Consistency in Law (Routledge, 2016).
Her research focuses on environmental law and governance in Norway, Europe, and the Arctic. A central theme in her work is the legal analysis of policies and regulatory frameworks to identify gaps, overlaps, and inconsistencies, and to develop solutions that improve effectiveness, coherence, and alignment across international, EU, and national levels in support of environmental protection.
She currently serves as Research Manager for the Water and Society section at NIVA, a group of approximately 25 researchers working on social science dimensions of environmental challenges. In this role, she also coordinated the Horizon Europe project CrossGov, which examines the coherence of European legal and governance frameworks and their implementation across countries in support of the EU Green Deal for European seas. Current research activities include leading the Coastal Harmony project, that aims at enhancing policy coherence and institutional integration for nature conservation in Norway's coast, and leading Research Area 2 of the 8-year BlueNature Centre that explores the role of Policy & Governance for a nature-positive transformation within sustainable area and nature use in Norway.
She has extensive experience in designing, applying for, managing, and leading international and national research projects. Her work spans academic research, teaching, and stakeholder engagement. She has published widely, including books, peer-reviewed journal articles, and scientific reports, and regularly teaches at bachelor’s and master’s level, supervises students, and organises workshops, conferences, and stakeholder dialogues.
Her recent books include The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans – Designing Legal Solutions (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and Environmental Law and the Ecosystem Approach – Maintaining Ecological Integrity through Consistency in Law (Routledge, 2016).
Her research focuses on environmental law and governance in Norway, Europe, and the Arctic. A central theme in her work is the legal analysis of policies and regulatory frameworks to identify gaps, overlaps, and inconsistencies, and to develop solutions that improve effectiveness, coherence, and alignment across international, EU, and national levels in support of environmental protection.
She currently serves as Research Manager for the Water and Society section at NIVA, a group of approximately 25 researchers working on social science dimensions of environmental challenges. In this role, she also coordinated the Horizon Europe project CrossGov, which examines the coherence of European legal and governance frameworks and their implementation across countries in support of the EU Green Deal for European seas. Current research activities include leading the Coastal Harmony project, that aims at enhancing policy coherence and institutional integration for nature conservation in Norway's coast, and leading Research Area 2 of the 8-year BlueNature Centre that explores the role of Policy & Governance for a nature-positive transformation within sustainable area and nature use in Norway.