CURRICULUM VITAE
Maria Hadjimichael, Ph.D.
e-mail: [email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Innovative Fisheries Management, Department for Society, Development, and Planning,
Aalborg University, Denmark.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Fisheries Governance, 2010. Bangor University, Bangor, U.K.
Thesis title: The Human Dimension of the European Fisheries Governance: the north / south
divide
M.Sc., Marine Environmental Protection, 2006. University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.
Marine Ecology Skills (i.e. Experimental Survey and Design, Statistical Techniques), Marine
Fisheries, Coastal Habitat Ecology and Survey, Marine Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine
Conservation and Coastal Zone Management, Remote Sensing & ArcGIS, Presentation Skills, Field
research / dissertation
B.Sc., Natural Environmental Sciences, 2005. University of Sheffield, U.K.
Environmental Impact Assessment Skills; Knowledge of Animal and Plant Sciences, Geography
and Geology; Environmental Change, Practical Skills in Biology, Geo-environmental Fieldwork
Skills, Field research / dissertation
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Political ecology: research on the interactions between social, economic and political factors on
ecological issues and specifically ones relating to power struggles, and environmental and social
justice; environment; common property theory; natural resource management; governance and
policy.
TEACHING
2014
Aalborg University, Centre for Innovative Fisheries Management, Department of
Development and Planning. Environmental Management and Sustainability MSc,
Current Topics in Sustainability module: The right to the Sea - shifting rights in a
market-based economy.
2013
Aalborg University, Centre for Innovative Fisheries Management, Department of
Development and Planning. Natural Resource Management module: teaching on
Decision-making and Natural Resource Management in the European Union.
2007-10
University of Wales, Bangor. School of Ocean Sciences. Marine Ecology Skills
(Experimental Survey and Design and Statistical Techniques) module for M.Sc.
Marine Environmental Protection and M.Sc. Marine Biology: teaching.
SELECTED RESEARCH
2012-2014
MYFISH: Maximizing yield of fisheries while balancing ecosystem, economic and
social concerns. Postdoctoral researcher at IFM. The MYFISH project is a flagship
research initiative funded by the EU. MYFISH aims at developing new Maximum
Sustainable Yield (MSY) indicators that can ensure high levels of fishery yield
while respecting ecological, economic and social sustainability, thereby
contributing to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) as foreseen in the EU’s
Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
2013-2014
GAP2: Bridging the gap between science, stakeholders and policy-makers.
Postdoctoral researcher at IFM. Field application of Q-sort methodology followed
by institutional analysis of the different case studies using interviews. The overall
project aims for the integration of evidence-based knowledge and its application
to science and management of fisheries and the marine environment.
2013-2014
SOCIOEC: Socio economic effects of management measures of the future CFP.
Postdoctoral research her at IFM. The project aims to investigate the potential
socio-economic effects of the main management principles of the future Common
Fishery Policy (CFP) and particularly the impacts of new policy framework and
opportunities for the fishing sector to develop self- and co-management.
2013-2014
VECTORS:
2013
Global review of social science integration with natural resource
management. Postdoctoral researcher at IFM. Report commissioned by the North
Pacific Research Board to describe relevant to Alaska ways that social science is
integrated with natural resource management around the world with explicit,
referenced case studies, as well as information on the social, scientific, policy, and
management structures and systems that form the context of those case studies.
2013
ODEMM: Options for Delivering Ecosystem-Based Marine Management.
Governance research in ecosystem based management. Postdoctoral researcher
at IFM. EU 7th Framework Programme.
2012
CLICO Project. Postdoctoral researcher at The Cyprus Institute. EU 7th Framework
Programme. A political ecology perspective of the right to the sea: The Cyprus
marine aquaculture sector. The project studied the Cypriot Marine Aquaculture
governance. Research included policy analysis of the relevant national, EU and
International legislative measures, analysis of the main environmental
instruments (for example Environmental Impact Assessments and
Environmental Monitoring Reports) and interviews with relevant stakeholders.
2011
Research assistant. Wales, U.K. Calculating the carbon footprint of Welsh farms,
Bangor University.
2010
Principal Investigator. European Union: Doctoral dissertation. The Human
Dimension of the European Fisheries Governance: the North / South divide.
October 2007 – December 2010. The project comprised of different aspects
aiming for a holistic understanding of the European fisheries governance
including: In-depth investigation of European fisheries legislation and
governance; policy analysis; study of theoretical frameworks of Common
Property Resources; surveys with fishers in Cyprus, Spain, Denmark and the U.K.;
interviews with relevant stakeholders and European Commission officials.
2006
Principal Investigator. Chile: M.Sc. Thesis. Influence of Fisheries Management
Policies and Market Changes on Nutrition of Small-Sale Fishermen in Urban
and Rural Chile, May 2006 – September 2006.
2005
Principal Investigator. Cyprus: Undergraduate Honors Thesis research.
“Interpretation of the Palaeoenvironments of a Miocene Rock Formation at the
Palatia area, near Cape Greko, Ayia Napa, Cyprus,'' June 2004 – December 2004.
SELECTED NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2011-2012
Traineeship (Bluebook Stagiare: 5 months) at the European Commission,
Directorate – General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG-MARE), Unit F2:
Information, Communication, Inter-institutional relations, Evaluation and
Programming. Activities: Assist and deal with meetings with the different
institutions (Council and European Parliament), fisheries stakeholders (ACFA / RAC)
and organizations interested in the Common Fisheries Policy and Maritime Policy.
Assist with follow up of the policy recommendations issued by the various
stakeholders. Draft articles for magazines and e-zines and DG MARE reports on the
CFP reform and general DG MARE activities.
2009
PhD Placement at the European Commission (2 months), Directorate – General for
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG-MARE). Hosted by Giorgio Galizzioli, Advisor on
Simplification Issues, to i) gain knowledge and experience of EU Institutions with specific
reference to fisheries and ii) knowledge exchange on fisheries legislation simplification
strategies
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
2015
Hadjimichael, M. “Power Dynamics and Community Failure in the Small-Scale Fisheries
Sector in Cyprus”, in Jentoft, S. and Chuenpagdee, R., Interactive Governance for SmallScale Fisheries, Global Reflections, MARE Publication Series. Springer.
2014
Raakjaer, J., van Leeuwen, J., van Tatenhove, J. and M. Hadjimichael. Ecosystem-based
marine management in European regional seas calls for nested governance structures and
coordination – A policy brief. Marine Policy, 50B:373-381.
Hadjimichael, M., Bruggeman, A. and Lange, M.A. (2014). Tragedy of the few? A
Political Ecology Perspective to the right to the sea: the Cyprus Marine Aquaculture
sector. Marine Policy, 49, 11:12-19.
2013
Hadjimichael, M., Delaney, A., Kaiser, M.J. and Edwards – Jones, G. (2013). How
resilient are Europe’s inshore fishing communities to change: differences among the north
and the south. AMBIO, 42(8):1037-1046.
Hadjimichael, M., Kaiser, M.J. and Edwards – Jones, G. (2013). The impact of regulatory
obligations on fishers’ income: Identifying perceptions using a market-testing tool.
Fisheries Research, 137:129-140.
2010
Hadjimichael, M., Edwards-Jones, G. and Kaiser, M.J. (2010). Spatial distribution of the
burden of fisheries regulations in Europe: The north/south divide. Marine Policy,
34(4):795-802.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS
2015
Invited speaker: “The Right to the Sea: Re-imagining Society, Re-claiming the
Commons”. Ocean Sustainability Science Symposium, Social Science Workshop, 5th
March, The Future Ocean excellence cluster, University of Kiel, Germany.
2014
Paper Presentation: “The stealing of the seashore as a second wave of the enclosure
movement: examples from the Mediterranean”, Panel Political and social ecology
at times of “crisis”: Theoretical perspectives and case studies, First CAPS (Cyprus
Association of Political Science) International Conference, 21-22nd November,
University of Cyprus.
Invited speaker. Presentation on the actions of the Initiative for the Protection of the
Natural Coastline, Cyprus. Re-Commoning Democracy. A workshop with
scholars/activists, October 16, University of Coimbra.
Paper presentation: “Reaching the boundaries of the blue planet: Dwindling
stocks, disappearing communities and the failure of solutions within the
neoliberal paradigm”, 4th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological
Sustainability and Social Equity, September 2-6, Leipzig, Germany.
Poster presentation: “Choosing between Blue Growth and Degrowth and the need
to reclaim the right to the sea”, 4th International Conference on Degrowth for
Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, September 2-6, Leipzig, Germany.
Paper presentation: “The Right to the Sea”. 4th Annual Dimensions of Political
Ecology, DOPE 2014, 27th February-1st March, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Oral presentation: “Occupy Buffer Zone – Adapting a global movement to local
circumstances”, part of roundtable discussion European alternatives from below.
Democratic transformations, Aalborg University, 23-24th January 2014, Aalborg,
Denmark.
2013
Paper presentation: “Tragedy of the few? A Political Ecology Perspective to the
right to the sea: the Cyprus Marine Aquaculture sector”. MARE biannual
conference, People and the Sea VII – Maritime Futures, 26-28th June 2013,
Amsterdam.
2010
Paper presentation: “Importance of regionalization: policy, enforcement and
culture as evidence of the north/south divide in the European Union fish catching
sector”. ICES Annual Science Conference 2009, 21-25th September 2009, Berlin.
2009
Poster presentation: “Spatial distribution and burden of fisheries regulations in the
European Community”. FAO – Coping with global change in marine socialecological systems”, 8-11th July 2008, Rome, Italy.
ARTICLES IN E-ZINES AND NEWSPAPERS / INTERVIEWS
2014
In Greece, a battle to reclaim the seashore as commons, 4th June 2014.
Reflections on a Revolution, roarmag.org: http://roarmag.org/2014/06/greeceseashore-privatization-bill/
Let’s Go Global, MYCYradio, 6th June 2014. Discussion about marine and coastal
policies in the EU: http://listenagain.mycyradio.eu/index.php?id=2181
For additional articles please contact me.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
January 2013 North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) Grant for a “Global review of social science
integration with natural resource management”
October 2007 ESRC/NERC Interdisciplinary Research Studentship (3+1 Fellowship for
undertaking PhD research at the interface between environmental science and
economic and social science.)
July 2005
The L.R. Moore prize for map and data interpretation for dissertation, University
of Sheffield.
CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE
2012
Rapid Fisheries Assessments for Macalister Elliot and Partners. Independent
consultant, reviewing current literature and assessments of certain fish stocks’
biological, ecosystem and management status.
LANGUAGE ABILITY
Greek (native), English (excellent), Spanish (good), French (fair)
PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL
Europe:
North America:
South America:
Belgium, Denmark (resident), Cyprus, England, Scotland, Spain, Wales, Greece
Seattle, Alaska
Chile
SELECTED COMMITTEE AND SERVICE WORK
2013-present
• Active member of different civil society groups
• Initiative for the Protection of the Cyprus Fox
• Initiative for the protection of the natural coastline in Cyprus
(Spokesperson).
• Initiative against the golf course in the Ayia Napa Natura 2000 area
• Sispirosi Atakton:
http://syspirosiotherlanguages.wordpress.com/about-english/
2012-present
• Nireas Marine Research (http://www.nireasmare.org/), Cyprus based e-NGO
• Campaigner and Scientific advisor
• Main contact for OCEAN2012 coalition (http://ocean2012.eu) for the
reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
• Regional Co-ordinator for ‘Let’s Do It Cyprus’, part of a global movement
organising national clean up events, http://www.letsdoitworld.org/
• Co-founder and co-director of Stagiares’ Ideas That Matter,
http://stagiairesideasthatmatter.wordpress.com/
• Co-chair of Solidarity Sub-Committee, a thematic working group during the
traineeship at the European Commission on increasing awareness on social and
humanitarian issues.
• Co-chair / member of the local ‘People and Planet’ Sheffield and Bangor student
action groups (http://peopleandplanet.org/)
2012
2011-2012
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
• International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
• Too Big To Ignore (TBTI): Global partnership for small-scale fisheries research
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST