The qualitative component of work package 2 (WP2) involves the study of environmental monitoring and the use of DTOs through laboratory ethnography in three marine laboratories in China, the EU, and the USA. This ethnographic research, which is planned for 2026-2029, compares the data collected with a particular emphasis on the norms, values, and rules of actors using DTOs.
Work package 3 (WP3) examines DTO policies through the three case studies of WP2. First, the methodology (critical policy ethnography) will be fine-tuned and described in guidelines for researchers doing fieldwork at specific events where DTOs are presented or discussed by policy-makers. Desk research on the US, the EU, and China will be done and the data collected will be analysed. The data collected in WP3 will be linked to WP2 and inform the development of a survey in WP4.