Experts

Dr. Judith T. Kildow is founding Director Emeritus of the National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP) (www.OceanEconomics.org), located at the  Center for the Blue Economy (CBE), Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, where she currently serves on their  Advisory Council and editorial board for their Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics.  She is also on the Board of Trustees for the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

She has a PhD in International Relations and Science Policy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Her early career as Associate Director for the Center for Marine Affairs at Scripps Institution of Oceanography established her as a founding member of the field of Ocean Policy. In 1999, her National Ocean Economics Program laid the foundation for the field of Ocean Economics.

For more than 50 years working, with scientists and engineers, she has taught and done research to provide evidence for policy makers and the public that oceans and coasts are valuable.

She served 28 years on the faculty of the Ocean Engineering Department at MIT, was Senior Social Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, James W. Rote Distinguished Professor, California State University Monterey Bay, Research Faculty/Senior Fellow at Harvard University Kennedy School, University of Southern California Wrigley Institute, and University of Vermont, Gund Institute.

Her public service includes Presidential commissions, National Academy boards, federal and state commissions, corporate and editorial boards. She has published and lectured globally on coastal and ocean science policy, economics, and management.

Publications, lectures and awards and more details can be found on her longer CV at www.oceaneconomics.org

Jacqueline is a Senior Research Scientist based at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya. She is the recipient of the 2019 NK Panniker Award for capacity building from the IOC-UNESCO General Assembly. She has also served as the Co-chair of the Editorial Board of the 2^nd Edition of the Global Ocean Science Report.

Jacqueline is the immediate former President of the WIOMSA Board of Trustees.  Jacqueline is also a co-opted member of the Executive Committee of the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research (SCOR). She has recently become the chair of the Africa Ocean Decade Taskforce under the IOC-UNESCO. She is also an expert on the Ocean Literacy Expert Group under IOC-UNESCO and has a special interest in the promotion of ocean learning through engagement with children.

Nationally, she has contributed to the development of the National Environmental Policy as a member of the National Steering Committee. She has been a mentor under the African Women Agricultural Research and Development Programme (AWARD). She has led the World Bank Funded Kenya Coastal Development Project (KCDP) where she supported community and institutional development projects. She has also served as a technical member of the National Blue Economy Technical Committee. She is the current National Coordinator for Marine Spatial Planning in Kenya.

Peter Haugan is Programme Director at Institute of Marine Research, Norway, professor of oceanography at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen and past chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC of UNESCO).

He has more than 30 years of experience in marine scientific research and international ocean science coordination. The preparation and proclamation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and the launch of the first ever Global Ocean Science Report (2017) are recent highlights.

His research interests include various aspects of physical oceanography with primary focus on the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean as well as global ocean carbon cycling and climate.

He has expertise in polar oceanography and sea ice from working in the high Arctic and has also initiated and led research and education efforts in renewable energy including offshore wind. From 2019, he is in charge of international work with global development at the Institute of Marine Research.