Catarina Frazão Santos

Catarina Frazão Santos's picture
Email: 
cfsantos@fc.ul.pt
URI: 
MARE - ULisboa
Role: 
Researcher
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Environmental Risk
Governance and Literacy
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6988-253X
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55043187600
Researcher ID: 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/I-4420-2012
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catarina_Santos37
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=K1qq8Q8AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Personal page: 
https://www.plantproject.eu

Activity summary

Catarina Frazão Santos is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at CIÊNCIAS (Department of Biology, MARE/ARNET), Awardee of the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant, PLAnT “Planning for sustainable ocean use in Antarctica under global change”), and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Oxford (School of Geography and the Environment). Her research focuses primarily on the challenges of developing sustainable ocean planning under global environmental and social change.

Highlights

PAPER: Frazão Santos et al. Taking climate-smart governance to the high seas. Science 384: 734-737 (2024). PAPER: Frazão Santos et al. Integrating climate change in ocean planning. Nature Sustainability 3: 505-516 (2020). PAPER: Marine spatial planning and marine protected area planning are not the same and both are key for sustainability in a changing ocean. npj Ocean Sustainability 4: 23 (2025). PAPER: Frazão Santos et al. Key components of sustainable climate-smart ocean planning. npj Ocean Sustainability 3: 10 (2024). PROJECT: PLAnT "Planning for Sustainable Ocean Use in Antarctica under Global Environmental Change". European Research Council, ERC Starting Grant (2024-2029).