Kahlil Hassanali

Senior Researcher
Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago

Kahlil Hassanali is a senior researcher at the Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago with over ten years experience in the field of marine policy and governance. He holds a BSc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia (United Kingdom), an MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Reading  (United Kingdom) and a PhD in Maritime Affairs from the World Maritime University – Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute (WMU-GOI). Additionally, he was a 2013-2014 recipient of the United Nations-Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship where he received advanced training in ocean affairs and Law of the Sea. He was also a 2017-2018 Hubert Humphrey Fellowship recipient in the field of Natural Resources, Environmental Policy and Climate Change. He has served as lead negotiator for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Environmental Impact Assessment in the process to develop a legally binding instrument being negotiated under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (The BBNJ Agreement).