Professor Dr. Melissa Marschke

Biography

Melissa Marschke is a Full Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on human-environment relations, with an emphasis on livelihoods and common-pool resources, specifically in the context of environmental governance. Geographically, her work has a focus on Southeast Asia, as well as seafood industries in Canada and the Caribbean. She is currently involved in research projects that explore work across the seafood sector and investigate the complexities of sand livelihoods. Professor Marschke is the author of 'Life, Fish, Mangroves: Resource Governance in Coastal Cambodia' published by the University of Ottawa Press in 2012. Her work has been featured in several academic journals including Marine Policy, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Ecology & Society, Canadian Geographer, and Journal of Rural Studies.

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