Scientific Publications

2026

Kokorsch, M. (2026). Balancing safety and mobility: Experience with Iceland’s SMS avalanche warning system. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-026-00722-0

Weiss, P., Chambers, C. & Kokorsch, M. (2026). Higher Education as Coastal Community Development: Lessons Learned From the University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland. Ocean and Society (3).https://doi.org/10.17645/oas.11852 INFORMATION FOR POLICY MAKERS HERE

2025

Finnsson, H., Chambers, C., & Guðbergsson, G. (2025). Invasive species management: The case of pink salmon in Iceland. Marine Policy, 173, 106539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106539

Guillou, E., Buschini, F., Depeau, S., Farge, A., Page-Jones, K., Árnadóttir, F.-R., & Weiss, P. (2025). Living by the sea: International and intergroup comparisons of socio-spatial representations of this “life territory.” Papers on Social Representations, 34(1), 2.1–2.30.

Hofmann, E. D., & Hofmann, B. (2025). Science in the Anthropocene: A transdisciplinary visual exploration in the Icelandic Westfjords. Research Catalogue. https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3404500/3404501

Jones, M., Chambers, C., & Krost, P. (2025). Seaweed kombucha: Exploring innovation in marine resources in Iceland. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 40, 101145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgfs.2025.101145

Kokorsch, M., Kongsager, R., Bakke Lie, L., Baron, N., & Eriksson, K. (2025). Years matter: The role of memory and place attachment in remote Nordic areas facing natural hazards. Regional Environmental Change, 25(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02343-z

Kühn, S., van Franeker, J. A., Jensen, J.-K., Olsen, B., Danielsen, J., & Simonsen, P.-J. (2025). Increased longline bait predation by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) around the Faroe Islands during the breeding season. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(5), fsae175. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae175

Küpper, P., Seel, M., & Kokorsch, M. (2025). A model for predicting consumer choice to shop in a new grocery store using the Theory of Planned Behaviour. International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 53(13), 21–40. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJRDM-11-2023-0670

Singh, W., Trochta, J. T., Murphy, H. M., McGowan, D. W., Adamack, A. T., Arimitsu, M. L., Barðarson, B., Björnsson, H., Bogstad, B., Boudreau, M., Chambers, C., Gjøsæter, H., Jansen, T., Jónsson, S. Þ., Kvamsdal, S., Lewis, R. S., Mikkelsen, N., Pedersen, T., Olafsdottir, A. H., … Subbey, S. (2025). Small fish, big implications: Considerations for an ecosystem approach to capelin fisheries management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 35, 1899–1934. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-025-09986-z

Vatcher, H., Mayette, A., & Rasmussen, M. (2025). Impacts of whale watching vessels on humpback whales and compliance with voluntary guidelines in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 26. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v26i1.1059

2024

Baron, N., Heidenreich, S., & Kokorsch, M. (2024). To relocate, or not? The future of small and remote communities in the Nordic Countries facing natural hazards. Fennia-International Journal of Geography, 202(1), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.11143/fennia.145701

Burroughs, C., & Rodríguez-Troncoso, A. P. (2024). Contrasts in ecological assessment and tourism sector perceptions of coral reefs: A case study at Islas Marietas National Park. Discover Oceans, 1, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-024-00014-9

Gómez, S., Patraca, B., Zoghbi, J., Ariza, E., Wilke, M., Einarsson, N., Smáradóttir, S., Huijbens, E., & Chambers, C. (2024). Exploring social media as a tool for disentangling cultural ecosystem service values of whale-watching to inform environmental judgements and ethics: The case of Húsavík, Iceland. Journal of Ecotourism, 23(3), 480–494. https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2024.2308367

Kokorsch, M., & Gísladóttir, J. (2024). How to improve climate change adaptation in small and remote communities in Iceland. CliCNord – Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries. Á íslensku hér.

Lyons, A., Gísladóttir, J., & Kokorsch, M. (2024). Using photovoice to investigate the impact of place attachment on community resilience in Iceland. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-01-2024-0030

Matthews, C. S., Kennedy, J., Ólafsdóttir, A. H., & Pampoulie, C. (2024). Biological characteristics of the glacier lantern fish Benthosema glaciale (Myctophidae) in Icelandic waters and the Irminger Sea during summer. Ecology and Evolution, 14(10), e70386. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70386

Simmons, F., Hennig, B. D., & Kokorsch, M. (2024). Digital Walking Tours as a Tool for Assessing Place Attachment and Community Responses to Regional Environmental Change. Land, 13(8), 1326. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081326

Solloway, H. A. I., Micael, J., & Gíslason, S. (2024). Marine litter as a vector for fouling species in Iceland. Ocean and Coastal Research, 72, e24076. https://doi.org/10.1590/2675-2824072.23185

2023

Brawn, C., Hamilton, B. M., Savoca, M. S., Bardarson, B., Vermaire, J. C., & Provencher, J. (2023). Suspected anthropogenic microparticle ingestion by Icelandic capelin. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196, 115551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115551

Carroll, J. N., Þórisson, B., Gallo, C., & Méndez, V. (2023). Effect of habitat and resource use on reproductive success of Eurasian Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus breeding in Iceland. Wader Study, 130(1), 6–17. https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00299

Davidson, E. R., Ferguson, S. H., Higdon, J. W., & Treble, M. A. (2023). Opportunistic sightings from fisheries surveys inform habitat suitability for northern bottlenose whales Hyperoodon ampullatus and sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, Canadian Arctic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 723, 57–71. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14444

Haarr, M. L., Bach, L., Chambers, C. P., Falk-Andersson, J., Juul-Pedersen, T., Metcalfe, R. d’A., Sinisalo, A., Strand, J., Svendsen, H., Baak, J. E., Bjornsdóttir, H. H., Brenner, E. M. K., Christiansen, S., Delattre, C., Gauthier, M., Georgiou, R. H., Günther, L., Hagg, F., Markussen, U., … Wittwer, L. (2023). Beach litter sources around Nuuk, Greenland: An analysis by UArctic summer school graduate course students. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 191, 114914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114914

Jóhannsdóttir, L., Cook, D., Kendall, S., Latapí, M., & Chambers, C. (2022). Human resource management and institutional resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic—A case study from the Westfjords of Iceland. Sustainability, 14(24), 16988. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416988

Kebir, Z., Chambers, C., Frainier, A., Hausner, V., Lennert, A. E., Lento, J., Poste, A., Ravolainen, V., Renner, A. H. H., Thomas, D. N., & Waylen, K. (2023). Fifteen research needs for understanding climate change impacts on ecosystems and society in the Norwegian High North. Ambio, 52, 1575–1591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01882-9

Kokorsch, M. & Gísladóttir, J. (2023). ‘You talk of threat, but we think of comfort’: The role of place attachment in small remote communities in Iceland that experience avalanche threat. Regional Environmental Change.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02144-w

Kristjánsson, Ó. G. (2023). Gefum íslensku séns: Tilraun til samfélagslegrar vitundarvakningar í enskuvæddum heimi. Málfregnir, 21(1), 11–14.

Robinson, D., Cook, D., & Malinauskaite, L. (2023). Connecting remote coastal communities—An evaluation of the economic feasibility of a RoRo ferry between Reykjavík and Ísafjörður in Iceland. Ocean & Coastal Management, 235, 106489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106489

Kokorsch, M. (2023). Community resilience: a useful concept for declining Icelandic communities? Fennia-International Journal of Geography. Special issue ‘Depopulation and shrinkage in a northern context: Perspectives, processes, and policies.’

Lebedef, E. A., & Chambers, C. (2023). Youth and newcomers in Icelandic fisheries: Opportunities and obstacles. Maritime Studies, 22, 34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-023-00326-0

Sühring, N., Chambers, C., Koenigk, T., Kruschke, T., Einarsson, N., & Ogilvie, A. E. J. (2023). Effects of storms on fisheries and aquaculture: An Icelandic case study on climate change adaptation. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 55(1), 2269689. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2023.2269689

Wang, S. I., & Chambers, C. (2023). Environmental compliance and practices of cruise ships in Ísafjörður, Iceland. Tourism in Marine Environments, 17(4), 231–248. https://doi.org/10.3727/154427322X16686727533114

2022

Bannan, D., Ólafsdóttir, R., & Hennig, B. D. (2022). Local perspectives on climate change, its impact and adaptation: A case study from the Westfjords region of Iceland. Climate, 10(11), 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10110169

Cook, D., Jóhannsdóttir, L., Kendall, S., Chambers, C., & Latapí, M. (2023). COVID-19 and well-being in remote coastal communities—A case study from Iceland. Sustainability, 15(1), 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010332

Kokorsch, M. & Stein, J. (2022). Of fragile communities and big dreams: the Finnafjörðurur harbour project in Northeast Iceland. In: Blue Economy: Place Space and Regional Transitions. Routledge.

Heidkamp, C. P., Garland, M., Morrissey, J., Germond‐Duret, C., & Kokorsch, M. (2022). Situating just transitions: Sustainability, innovation, and inclusion in the blue economy?. In: Blue economy: People and regions in transitions. Routledge.

Méndez, V., Alves, J. A., Gill, J. A., Þórisson, B., Carneiro, C., Pálsdóttir, A. E., Vignisson, S. R., & Gunnarsson, T. G. (2022). Effects of pair migratory behavior on breeding phenology and success in a partially migratory shorebird population. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9184. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9184

Pálsdóttir, A. E., Gill, J. A., Pálsson, S., Alves, J. A., Méndez, V., Þórisson, B., & Gunnarsson, T. G. (2022). Effects of overhead power-lines on the density of ground-nesting birds in open sub-arctic habitats. Ibis, 164, 1257–1264. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13089

Pálsdóttir, A. E., Gill, J. A., Alves, J. A., Pálsson, S., Méndez, V., Ewing, H., & Gunnarsson, T. G. (2022). Subarctic afforestation: Effects of forest plantations on ground-nesting birds in lowland Iceland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 2456–2467. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14238

Technau, B., Unnsteinsdóttir, E. R., Schaafsma, F. L., & Kühn, S. (2022). Plastic and other anthropogenic debris in Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) faeces from Iceland. Polar Biology, 45, 1403–1413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03075-8

2021

Arctic Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Chambers, C. Henke, T., Cook, D., Barr, B., Costa-Pierce, B., Einarsson, N., Kaiser, B., Knutsson, Ö., Kokorsch., M., & Sutton, T. (2021) Arctic Fisheries and Aquaculture. In Renewable Economies in the Arctic: A State of Knowledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172406.

Brislingur, Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758), ný fisktegund við Íslandsstrendur
Jónbjörn Pálsson, Guðjón Már Sigurðsson, Ingibjörg G. Jónsdóttir, Klara B. Jakobsdóttir, Hoad, N., Valur Bogason og Jón Sólmundsson. (2021). Brislingur, Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758), ný fisktegund við Íslandsstrendur. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 91(3-4), pp. 122-131. https://www.hafogvatn.is/static/files/2022/nfr_2021_91_3-4_brislingur.pdf

HYPMO Project Photo Identification Guide
Neubarth, B.K. and Wensveen, P.J. (2021). HYPMO Project Photo Identification Guide. https://hypmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HYPMO-Photo-ID-Guide-V1.2.pdf

Narratives, Policies and Governance Influence Development of Sustainable Human-Nature Relationship Systems in Central but Subtle Ways
Stanley, J. L. (2021). Narratives, policies and governance influence development of sustainable human-nature relationship systems in central but subtle ways. International Journal of Law and Society, 4(1), 28–38. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijls.20210401.14

Understanding barriers, access, and management of marine mixedstock fisheries in an era of reconciliation: Indigenous-led salmon monitoring in British Columbia.
Steel, J.R., Atlas, W.I., Ban, N.C., Wilson, K., Wilson, J., Housty, W.G., & Moore, JW. (2021) Understanding barriers, access, and management of marine mixedstock fisheries in an era of reconciliation: Indigenous-led salmon monitoring in British Columbia. FACETS 6: 592–613. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0080

Visitors' values and perceptions of seal watching management in Northwestern Iceland
Chauvat, C.M., Aquino, J. & Granquist, S.M., (2021) Visitors’ values and perceptions of seal watching management in Northwestern Iceland, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2021.1995395

2020

Absence of recovery in a degraded eelgrass (Zostera Marina) bed in Nova Scotia, Canada: Results from a transplant study
Wilson, E., & Garbary, D. J. (2020). Absence of recovery in a degraded eelgrass (Zostera marina) bed in Nova Scotia, Canada: Results from a transplant study. Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 50(2), 251–260. https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v50i2.10001

Impacts of shellfish reef management on the provision of ecosystem services resulting from climate change in the Dutch Wadden Sea.
Cobacho, S.P., Wanke, S., Konstantinou, Z., & El Serafy, G. (2020) Impacts of shellfish reef management on the provision of ecosystem services resulting from climate change in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Marine Policy 119, 104058 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104058.

Microplastic ingestion by fish: Body size, condition factor and gut fullness are not related to the amount of plastics consumed.
de Vries, A.N., Govoni, D., Árnason, S.H., & Carlsson, P. (2020). Microplastic ingestion by fish: Body size, condition factor and gut fullness are not related to the amount of plastics consumed. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Volume 151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110827

Recreational scuba diving in a groundwater ecosystem: Disturbance mechanisms, ecological impacts and stakeholder perceptions
Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson, Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir, Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson, Chambers, C., and Burns, G. L. (2020). Recreational scuba diving in a groundwater ecosystem: Disturbance mechanisms, ecological impacts and stakeholder perceptions. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3305

Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019.
Stocker, A.N., Renner, A.H.H. & Knol-Kauffman, M. Sea ice variability and maritime activity around Svalbard in the period 2012–2019. (2020) Sci Rep 10, 17043. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74064-2.

Small-Scale Fisheries in Iceland: Local Voices and Global Complexities.
Chambers, C., Níels Einarsson og Anna Karlsdóttir. (2020). Small-Scale Fisheries in Iceland: Local Voices and Global Complexities. In José J. Pascual-Fernández, Cristina Pita, Maarten Bavinck (series editors), Mare Publicatio Series: 23. Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe: Status, Resilience and Governance (pp. 329-349). Springer