About us

We are a European research alliance dedicated to studying how light shapes our oceans and how we can safeguard this vital natural rhythm.

Our international team brings together scientists and innovators to understand how light shapes life beneath the waves. By combining research, technology, and collaboration, we turn scientific knowledge into real-world actions that help protect and restore our oceans.

Our team

We are a multidisciplinary team united by one purpose to restore and protect the natural lightscapes of our oceans.

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)

University of Plymouth (UoP)

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)

University of Galway (UoG)

Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)

University of Bergen (UoB)

Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN)

University of Malta (UoM)

Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries (FVB-IGB)

Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences (THB)

University of Greifswald (UG)