Froukje Maria Platjouw is a Researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo and at the Scandinavian Institute for Maritime Law, University of Oslo. She is an expert in EU and international law, specialized in environmental law, ocean law and ecosystem-based governance. Alla Pozdnakova is Professor of Law at the Scandinavian Institute for Maritime Law, University of Oslo. Her areas of research and teaching are public international law, law of the sea, outer space law, environmental law, Arctic, and EU/EEA law. She is a board member of the International Law Association, Norway, a member of the International Institute for Space Law and the expert committee for Norwegian space law.