The main focus of Jörn Schmidt work is in fisheries and currently also expanding to general sustainability questions in the oceans.
Specific questions are:

• How can fisheries assessment and management move from a single species to multispecies and finally ecosystem approach?
• How can science be communicated to stakeholders and research questions developed together with stakeholders?
• How can innovative tools, e.g. games be used for education and communication purpose?
• What are the main characteristics of coupled models and the framework they are applied in if they should be used for practical advice?