Maarten Bavinck

Maarten Bavinck is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies (GPIO) of the University of Amsterdam. He holds a chair in coastal resource governance at the Norwegian Fisheries College of the Norges Arktisk Universitet in Tromso, Norway. Maarten is specialized in the governance of capture fisheries, particularly in the South, and is especially interested in the condition of small-scale fisher peoples. His own fieldwork is concentrated in South Asia. Maarten is founder and co-director of the social-science Centre for Maritime Studies (MARE).