Researchers
Students
Alumni
ManagementJessica Spijkers
PhD candidate
James Cook University, Townsville
jessica.spijkers@my.jcu.edu.au
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
PhD Candidate
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. Environmental Governance group
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Jessica Spijkers is a cotutelle PhD student enrolled at both the Stockholm Resilience Center and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (James Cook University, Australia). She holds a Master in European Studies (completed at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) and a Master in Social-Ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development (completed at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden).
Her project seeks to understand where, why and with what social-ecological consequences international conflicts over shared fish stocks occur. The project merges global-scale database analyses with case study approaches to combine the strength of global descriptive understandings of conflicts with in-depth analytical insights. The findings are combined with existing scenarios for climate change, will be used to explore high-risk areas for future conflict. This understanding will enable the development of recommendations on how to cope with and adapt to change, how to reduce the risk of conflict, and increase the prospects for sustainable, equitable use of shared marine resources.
Project Title
Navigating International Conflicts in the Governance of Shared Stocks
Supervisors
Dr. Tiffany Morrison (ARC), Dr. Henrik Österblom (SRC)
Professor Graeme Cumming (ARC), Dr. Matthew Osborne (SRC)
Publications
Blasiak, R., Spijkers, J., Tokunaga, K., Pittman, J., Yagi, N., Henrik, O., 2017. Climate change and marine fisheries : Least developed countries top global index of vulnerability 1–15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179632
Spijkers, J., Boonstra, W.J., 2017. Environmental change and social conflict: the northeast Atlantic mackerel dispute. Reg. Environ. Chang. doi:10.1007/s10113-017-1150-4
Österblom, H., Jouffray, J.-B., Spijkers, J., 2016. Where and how to prioritize fishery reform? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 201605723. doi:10.1073/pnas.1605723113
New research shows that conservation initiatives often spread like disease, which helps scientists and policymakers to better design successful programs that are more likely to be adopted.In a st
Millions of people across the globe are suffering from malnutrition despite some of the most nutritious fish species in the world being caught near their homes, according to new research published in
An internationally respected group of scientists is calling on world leaders to urgently accelerate efforts to tackle climate change.Almost every aspect of the environment and ecology is changing
Scientists say bolder actions to protect coral reefs from the effects of global warming will benefit all ecosystems, including those on land.In an article published in Nature today two researcher
Abstract: Because coastal fisheries have been a major provider of food and economic growth in modern human history, the inherent characteristics of fish populations have been studied by researchers f
Abstract Climate change is the fastest-growing global threat to the world's natural and cultural heritage. No systematic approach to assess climate vulnerability of protected areas and their communit
Abstract: This presentation will provide an updated prognosis of the overgrazing collapse of kelp beds driven by the range-extending sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) and outline antidotes cur
Abstract: Disturbances are fundamental to structuring many ecosystems, yet climate-driven alterations to disturbance regimes may prevent recovery in many biomes. Coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef
Abstract: Outbreaks of the corallivorous Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthaster cf. solaris) have been responsible for 40% of the decline in coral cover on the GBR over the last 35 years. With
Abstract: Complex interdependencies between social and ecological dynamics underpin many important environmental problems. To account for these complex dynamics, over the past several years my collea
Abstract: Coral reef restoration is gaining momentum globally in response to the threat of climate change and associated coral bleaching. In Australia, as part of the Reef Restoration and Adaptatio
Abstract:Developing global environmental policies, and implementing these at a local level has proven extremely challenging. I will present research using ethnographic techniques and multi-level
Partner Research Institutions
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au