Carole Durussel

Carole Durussel, PhD, joined the IASS Ocean Governance Team in 2015 and conducts research to advance and strengthen regional ocean governance, with a particular focus on the legal and institutional framework for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). She is the co-lead of the STRONG High Seas project (Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance for the High Seas), a project that facilitates the development of comprehensive, cross-sectoral approaches to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in ABNJ in the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific. She holds a PhD in international law from the University of Wollongong, Australia, and a Masters equivalent in marine environmental sciences from the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany.