Theme Leader
Associate Professor Marcus Haward holds a PhD in political science from the University of Tasmania and has a substantive appointment in the School of Government at UTas. He has held a number of appointments at UTas including Head of School and Deputy Dean. His research interests lie in Fisheries management, Ocean policy and governance, coastal zone management, Antarctic and Southern Ocean law and policy.

Partner Organisers
Prof Karen Edyvane is Principle Scientist for the Marine Biodiversity Group within the Northern Territory Government.  Her research group is currently leading and undertaking a range of collaborative marine research projects and conservation planning projects in the Northern Territory. Her research interests include Marine Protected Areas, system design and planning, ecosystem-based marine planning, marine biodiversity and habitat conservation, temperate and tropical macrofloral ecology, temperate marine biogeography, marine environmental assessment, monitoring and reporting.


Dr Ben McNeil (University of New South Wales) is an expert in a range of areas relating to climate change science, policy and energy economics






Research Fellow
Emily Ogier is based at the University of Tasmania and has submitted her PhD through the University of Western Australia (UWA) which examined marine resource governance in multiple use areas, with a focus on interactions between marine tourism, fisheries and aquaculture.  Her research interests lie in fisheries governance, fishing industry social capital, and science knowledge production. She is a member of the Steering Committee for the FRDC’s Social Sciences Research Coordination Program. She and her husband run a crayfishing boat in Tasmania.