I am interested in the space where environmental and social sciences overlap. I believe that the solutions to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss can only be found by understanding how humans fit into complex socio-ecological systems. I am a PhD student in natural resources and sustainable development at the Department for Earth Sciences on Gotland, supervised by Dr Lina Mtwana Nordland and Associate Professor Johan Eklöf. My research is based in the Indo-Pacific assessing the effectiveness of marine protected area design for the protection of seagrass habitat alongside the socio-ecological assessment of threats to systems as well as their benefits to human health and wellbeing. The work is inherently transdisciplinary and draws on knowledge from a number of fields across a number of locations within the Indo-Pacific region.