- UiB LOCUS: Mesocosm studies of climate change on marine ecosystems (PI)
- NFR Antarctic research NARE, Southern Ocean Variability - Contemporary to Paleo Trends (PI)
- Norwegian Research Council: IPY Bi-Polar Atlantic Circulation (BIAC) (PI and Work Group leader)
- Norwegian Research Council: Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry and Research (SOBER) (PI)
- EU Framework VI: CARBOOCEAN. Global biogeochemical cycles (PI)
- EU Framework VII: EPOCA, European Study of Ocean Acidification (PI)
- EU Framework VII: ECO2. Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems (WP leader, Lead PI and SSC member)
- EU Framework VII: EUROBASIN. North Atlantic Biological Pump Carbon Cycle (Lead PI)
- EU Framework VII: MEECE. Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment (PI)
- Cross-shelf penetrating fronts: a response of buoyant coastal water to ambient pycnocline undulation