Devey, Colin

Dullo, Christian

Kienast, M.

van den Bogaard, Christel

Wallace, Douglas W. R.

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Geophysical Research AbstractsVol. 18, EGU2016-1540, 2016EGU General Assembly 2016© Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License.Adjuncts for the Ocean - Graduate Training in the TransatlanticHelmholtz Research School for Ocean System Science and Technology(HOSST/TOSST)Christel van den Bogaard (1), Christian Dullo (1), Colin Devey (1), Markus Kienast (2), and Doug Wallace (2)(1) GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany (cbogaard@geomar.de), (2) Dalhousie University,Halifax, CanadaThe worldwide growth in population and standards of living is leading to ever increasing human pressure on theoceans: as a source of resources, a transportation/trade pathway, and a sink for pollutants. The use of the worldocean is not presently guided by any over-arching management plan at either national or international level. Marinescience and technology provide the necessary foundation, both in terms of system understanding and observationaland modeling tools, to address these issues and ensure that management of ocean activities can be placed on thebest-possible scientific footing.The transatlantic Helmholtz Research School Ocean Science and Technology pools the complementary expertiseof the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel andthe Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (IORE), in order to train the next generation of researchers in the keyscientific areas critical for responsible resource utilization and management of the ocean with special emphasis ontheir "local ocean" - the North Atlantic.The Research School is organized around three themes which encompass key sensitivities of the North Atlanticto external forcing and resource exploitation: 4D Ocean Dynamics, Ecosystem Hotspots, and Seafloor Structures.Interactions within and between these themes regulate how the ocean system responds to both anthropogenic andnatural change. The HOSST/TOSST fellows gain an in-depth understanding of how these ocean systems interact.This will provide a solid understanding for the formulation of scientifically-sound management practices.Given the wide scope presented by the School, the school takes an approach to education that is two-pronged:it provides excellent institutional support where needed, including scientific input, personal support and financialincentives, while simultaneously generating an open “intellectual space” in which ingenious, often unpredictable,ideas can take root, overcoming ideological and institutional borders. The combination of both will define the spiritof cross-disciplinary research that HOSST and TOSST fellows are expected to imbibe.The German program started in 2012. Currently enrolled are 38 PhD Students on both sides of the Atlantic.The students receive joint supervision from Canadian and German PI’s, mandatory research stays at the partnerinstitutes, weekly seminars, annual summer schools and meetings as well as a structured training in expert andtransferable skills. An early contact with the job market outside academia and applied sciences is fostered.Further details about HOSST/TOSST are available at: www.HOSST.org; www.TOSST.org

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