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Neil ANDREW
Senior Professor

Frances ANGGADI
Senior Lecturer

Kamal AZMI
Senior Research Fellow

Lowell BAUTISTA
Associate Professor; Affiliated Staff Member, School of Law

Leonardo BERNARD (He/him)
Senior Lecturer

Tom BREWER (He/him)
Research Fellow

Brooke CAMPBELL
Research Fellow

Freya CROFT
Research Fellow

Kristine DALAKER
Lecturer

Ruth DAVIS
Lecturer; Masters Programs Coordinator

Aurélie DELISLE
Senior Research Fellow

Erik van DOORN
Lecturer

Jodi EDWARDS
Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Research Fellow

Hampus ERIKSSON
Associate Professor

Anna FARMERY (She/her)
Senior Research Fellow

Camille GOODMAN (She/her)
Senior Lecturer

Prakash GOPAL
Lecturer 

Warwick GULLETT
Professor; Affiliated Staff Member, School of Law

Quentin HANICH
Professor; Fisheries Governance Program Leader

Bianca HAAS (She/her)
Lecturer

Aline JAECKEL (She/her)
Associate Professor

Constance JOHNSON
Lecturer

Dawoon JUNG
Lecturer

Stuart KAYE
Distinguished Professor; ANCORS Director

Helani KOTTAGE
Research Fellow

Clara OBREGÓN LAFUENTE
Research Fellow

David LETTS
Associate Professor

Sarah LOTHIAN
Senior Lecturer

Alistair MCILGORM
Professor and Capacity Development Leader

Rob MCLAUGHLIN
Professor

Rachel NICHOLS (She/her)
Senior Lecturer

Chris RAHMAN
Principal Research Fellow 

Karen RAUBENHEIMER
Senior Lecturer

Gregory ROSE (He/him)
Professor

Makrita SOLITEI
Research Fellow

Randa SACEDON
Research Fellow

Clive SCHOFIELD
Professor

Sudarshan SHRIKHANDE
Maitri Fellow

Dirk STEENBERGEN
Associate Professor

Martin TSAMENYI, AM
Emeritus Professor

Michelle VOYER
Associate Professor

Ina TESSNOW-VON WYSOCKI
Ocean Nexus Research Fellow

Professor Johann BELL
Honorary Professorial Fellow

Dr Carole DURUSSEL
Honorary Fellow

Harriet HARDEN-DAVIES
Honorary Fellow

Caroline HOISINGTON
Honorary Fellow

Kimberley HUNNAM
Honorary Research Fellow 

Professor Glenn HURRY
Honorary Professorial Fellow 

Christopher KUSTER
Honorary Fellow 

Duncan LEADBITTER
Honorary Fellow

Professor Don MACKAY
Honorary Professorial Fellow

Commodore (Dr) Jack McCAFFRIE (RAN Retd)
Honorary Principal Fellow

Anthony MORRISON
Honorary Fellow

Thomas MUSGRAVE
Honorary Senior Fellow 

Dr Julian ROBERTS
Honorary Fellow

Glenn SANT
Honorary Senior Fellow

Dr Katherine SETO
Honorary Fellow 

Sudarshan SHRIKHANDE
Honorary Senior Fellow

Christopher SMYTH
Honorary Fellow

Philippus SNIJMAN
Honorary Fellow

Dr David STEVENS
Honorary Principal Fellow

Dr Phil SYMONDS
Honorary Professorial Fellow

Professor Hendrik VAN AS
Honorary Professorial Fellow 

Robert VAN DE POLL
Honorary Fellow

Jan VAN DER PLOEG
Honorary Fellow

Professor Patrick VRANCKEN
Honorary Fellow

Professor Kazumi WAKITA
Honorary Fellow

Professor Robin WARNER 
Honorary Professorial Fellow

Anica DAMCEVSKI
Administration Officer
anica_damcevski@uow.edu.au

Christine O'BRIEN
Administration Officer
christine_obrien@uow.edu.au 

Jim LONGLEY (He/him)
Finance and Administration Officer
james_longley@uow.edu.au 

Eleanor MCNEILL
Graphic Design and Science Interpretation
eleanor_mcneil@uow.edu.au 

Anna LEWIS 
Research Program Manager, Regenerating Country Regenerating Economies
anna_lewis@uow.edu.au

Owen LI
Communications Coordinator, ACIAR/DFAT Pathways Project
owen_li@uow.edu.au 

Lisa WRAITH
Project Manager, ACIAR/DFAT Pathways Project
lisa_wraith@uow.edu.au

Ziyad ADAM
PhD title: TBA

Ibukun ADEWUMI
PhD title: Accounting for the perspectives of stakeholders in the development of Blue Economy policy in West Africa

Latu ALSEA
PhD title: Policy and co-management in Tonga’s coastal fisheries: The evolution of the Special Management Area program

Elizabeth-Rose AMIDJOGBE
PhD title: First Comes Pre-identification Then Comes Governance: An Analysis of the Impact of the EU IUU Regulations on Fisheries Governance in Impacted Countries

Isuru ARACHCHIGE
PhD title: Navigating Poverty: Spatial Dimensions in the Pacific Islands

Farah BAHARI
PhD tile: The Political Economy of Malaysia's Security Dilemma in the South China Sea and Its Relations with other ASEAN Member States

Dominique BENZAKEN
PhD title: Implementing a blue economy agenda: from Policy to practice: A case study of implementation in the Seychelles and Indian Ocean Region

Geoffrey BRITTON
PhD tile: How Indonesia's Sea Lines of Communication Advance U.S. National Security Objectives

Brooke CAMPBELL
PhD title: The role of information and communication technologies for fisheries governance in the Western and Central Pacific ocean 

Sophia Kuei-Chin CHEN
PhD tile: Strengthening the Regulatory Framework for Marine Spatial Planning in Taiwan - Adaptive Lessons and Innovations from Australia

Peng Kuang CHU
PhD tile: A Comparison of National and Regional Practices of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Western Pacific, and the Lessons to Taiwan

Nichola CLARK
PhD title: The new international legally binding instrument under UNCLOS: Integrating new structures with existing sectoral management regimes

Ruth DAVIS 
PhD title: Legislating for a New Song: Effective Legal Regimes to Support the Coastal Fisheries of the Future

Tuan Anh DINH
PhD tile: Maritime domain awareness in major power rivalries and cooperation in the South China Sea and implications for Vietnam

Eric DOORNBOS
PhD title: State Securitization under the Law of the Sea Convention

David FATAI
PhD title: Tuna for food security and livelihoods, implications for policy and governance in Solomon Islands

Andre FLORES
PhD tile: Enabling equitable nutrition outcomes through multisectoral food systems policy: A Philippine case study.

Chelcia GOMESE
PhD title: Aquatic plants as indigenous foods: A space of women’s influence on livelihoods and resource management in Solomon Islands

Alp Eren GUL
PhD title: Offshore Construction and Decommissioning Contracts of Oil and Gas Platforms

Arip HIDAYATULLOH
PhD tile: Examining the Regulation of Foreign Fishing Vessels in Archipelagic Waters: An International Law of the Sea, Fisheries Governance and Maritime Security Perspective on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Indonesia

Farjana HOSSAIN
PhD title: Addressing Ocean Acidification impacts on marine biodiversity: Can the new Internationally Legally Binding Instrument for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) help to prevent, reduce, and mitigate OA in ABNJ

Chris JONES
PhD title: Understanding environmental stewardship in recreational saltwater fishers; long term trends and management implications

Jeremie KALTAVARA
PhD title: Examining Coastal Fisheries Management System Changes in Vanuatu: Implications for Livelihood, Resource Management and Governance

Blaise KUMEMLANGAN
PhD title: Towards the effective exercise of port states jurisdiction for sustainable fisheries under the Agreement on Port States Measures to Prevent Deter and Eliminate Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Takeshi KURASHINA
PhD Title:  A Comprehensive Analysis of Shipriders in Policy and as a Maritime Enforcement Measure

Tekateteke Charlie KWONG
PhD tile: Navigating Tradition and Innovation: A Comparative analysis of Silver biddy (Gerres spp.) and Seaweed (kappaphycus alvarezii) farming in Kiribati

Steven MACKAY
PhD tile: The Problem with Ports - A Potted History of Ports and Port Legislation in NSW, the Evolution of Legislative Port Charges, the Position Following the Port Privatisations in NSW and the Case for Legislative Reform 

Rosalie MASU
PhD title: Contribution of fish distribution systems to rural livelihoods in Solomon Islands: Management and development perspectives

Senoveva MAULI
PhD title: Does embedding Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) into Rural Development Initiatives lead to an improved, effective and functioning CBM system?

Mayette MENDOZA
PhD tile: Legal Aspects of Maritime Security Operations: Involving Legal Minds in ALL Stages of Maritime Security Operations

Lilly MULLER
PhD tile: Climate change and the management of the PNA tuna fishery

Sunnefa Yeatman OMARSDOTTIR
PhD tile: Bridging Policy Gaps in the Regulation of Anthropogenic Underwater Noise Pollution

Jennifer PARKER
PhD tile: Charting Australia's Course: A Comprehensive Study of the Evolution and Future Trajectory of Australia's Naval Strategy

Constance RAMBOURG
PhD title: TBA

Anais REMONT
PhD title: Strengthening capacity-building, data-sharing, and access to knowledge to better implement legal frameworks, protect biodiversity, and ensure equitable and effective participation in the Antarctic Treaty System.

Kerrie ROBERTSON
PhD title: The national-level impact on small island developing States arising from the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

Matthew ROSCHER
PhD title: Transformations out of poverty and malnutrition for whom? A critical examination of livelihood interventions in small island developing states in the Pacific

Randa SACEDON
PhD title: Ocean stories: The importance of integrating traditional ecological knowledge within global ocean governance

Enly SAENI
PhD title: NGO approaches towards strengthening community economies of coastal fishing communities in Solomon Islands

Michael SHARP
PhD title: Poverty, malnutrition and food security in Pacific Small Island Developing States

George SHEDRAWI
PhD tile: The role of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in enhancing sustainability of Coastal Fisheries management and co-management in the South Pacific

Nathalie SIMMONDS
PhD title: An Interdisciplinary review of the effectiveness of Sydney's network of Aquatic Reserves and Intertidal Protected Areas

Thea STONEMAN
PhD title: TBA

Maximus TAHU
PhD title: Using a place-based food system approach to understand and improve Municipal food and nutrition security in Timor-Leste

Saeful Akhmad TAULADANI
PhD title: Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of fish transhipment policy in Indonesia

Itohowo (Itty) Michael TIMOTHY
PhD title:The Limitations of Third Party Maritime Dispute Resolution and the Need for an Alternative Means: A case study of the Nigeria and Cameroon Case

Candice VISSER (She/her)
PhD title: The Intersection of Legal Regimes at the Edge of the Continental Shelf

Nyokabi WAITITU
PhD title: Constraints, opportunities and options for sustainable tuna fishery development in Kenya

Dorah WILSON
PhD title: Vanuatu food system Governance: Status and opportunity for transformation for improved food security and health outcomes

Lucky WUWUNG
PhD tile: A Comparative Study of Ocean Policy Roles in Maritime Countries' National Development: Lessons Learned to Realise Indonesia's Future Vision

Yavuz YAKUT
PhD title: Developing a Robust Liability Regime for Deep Seabed Mining Activities in the Area 

Pornomo Rovan Astri YOGA
PhD title: Legal and Policy Analysis Related to Indonesia on the South China Sea Dispute

Derin YONEL 
PhD title: Pax Sinica Mare Nostrum: China’s Maritime Rights Protection as a Matter of Hegemonic Challenge and Change